DIY Rolling Laundry Cart

Carting endless baskets of laundry to and from the laundry room on wash day can be tiring. A rolling laundry cart can give your arms a rest, while allowing enough room to organize your laundry, and keep it out of the way until laundry day. By staking three laundry baskets on top of each other, you can store the whole family’s dirty laundry in the same footprint of a single laundry basket. Roll the cart to the laundry room on laundry day and push the clean laundry back out when finished.

Sandpaper
22 1/2-inch pieces of 3/4-inch MDF 16 inches wide, 2
35-inch pieces of 3/4-inch MDF 16 inches wide, 2
Wood glue
1 box of 1 1/2-inch wood screws
Drill with bits
22 1/2- by 36 1/2-inch piece of 3/4-inch MDF
1-by-1 inch pieces of wood 16 inches long, 4
4 multi-directional casters with screws
Pencil
Measuring tape
Paint or stain

Instructions

- 1
  Sand all edges of the wood with sandpaper to remove any rough spots or splinters.
- 2
  Place one 16- by 35-inch piece of MDF on the work surface on its narrow edge. Apply a bead of wood glue along the bottom shorter edge of the board.
- 3
  Place one16- by 22 1/2-inch piece of MDF on the work surface on its narrow edge on the bottom of the 35-inch piece to make an “L” shape. Attach the two boards with three wood screws spaced along the edge.
- 4
  Apply a bead of wood glue to the bottom 16-inch edge of the last 16- by 35-inch piece of MDF. Press the board onto the other side of the “L” shape to make a “U” shape. Attach these two with three wood screws.
- 5
  Set the “U” shape piece upright on the work surface. Apply a bead of wood glue to both top edges of the side pieces. Set the last 16- by 22 1/2-inch piece on top and line the edges up. Attach the top piece to each side piece with three wood screws in each end. This makes a rectangle frame.
- 6
  Place the rectangle frame flat on the work surface. Lay the 22 1/2- by 36 1/2-inch piece on top. Line the corners with the rectangular frame. Screw all around the edge into the rectangle frame with 1 1/2-inch wood screws spaced every 6 inches.
- 7
  Line one caster with a corner of the bottom of the cabinet. Mark with a pencil the location of each screw hole. Repeat for each corner.
- 8
  Drill pilot holes at each pencil mark.
- 9
  Line a caster on the bottom of the cabinet with the pilot holes. Screw the caster into place with the included hardware.
- 10
  Flip the cabinet over and measure along the tall edge of the cabinet from the bottom and make a mark at 10 inches, 22 inches and 33 inches. Repeat on the other side of the cabinet.
- 11
  Place one 1-by-1 inside the cabinet along the tall side. Line the bottom of the 1-by-1 with the first mark at 10 inches and screw through the 1-by-1 into the side of the cabinet. Repeat for each measurement on each side.
- 12
  Stand the cabinet upright. Sand and rough edges and paint or stain as desired.

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