With five kids, I find a lot of items in the laundry pile each week: pennies, quarters, Lego minifigures, and I won’t even mention the odd pen and chapstick that find their way into the wash {groan}. I pull a number of items from pockets every week and they’ve always ended up in a pile in the laundry room waiting to be claimed … until now. Now the kids can claim their treasures {or someone else’s, I suppose} in our new laundry room lost and found bucket!
I bought a $2 vintage washboard {a total steal} in Canton on my last trip and I’ve been wanting to repurpose it into a lost and found spot. Finding the right container for it proved difficult until Pick Your Plum recently featured flat-backed galvanized buckets. The medium size was perfect for this project.
I added black adhesive vinyl to the galvanized bucket …
… and attached it to the washboard with E6000. So simple but entirely practical and it’s the perfect vintage touch in my laundry room {and will look fabulous against my apple green walls}.
A vintage touch always makes laundry day brighter!
So cute! Our lego guys seem to have the washing machine confused with the bath tub too 🙂 we always have a pile by the dryer… i only like it when its money 😉
I need one of those! We have the same problem around here. It’s usually my husband’s stuff though! haha! 😉
What a great idea! I’d love to find coins in my dryer. I only seem to get old, shredded kleenex tissues – ugh 🙂
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