When I was running the shop, this natural basket was one of our best-sellers. I still have a few at home and regularly change the way I use them.

Here are five practical ways to use your natural basket at home and if you haven’t got one of these yet, I’ve added a small selection at the bottom of the article.

{#1 USE YOUR NATURAL BASKET AS A PLANTER}

Talented Stylist and Photographer Line Kay used hers as a planter (while the other way round probably wouldn’t work) and in the process, add some textures to her room. The natural basket fits nicely with the green of her Papyrus plant and all the items she has in the room.

Urban Outfitters has a nice selection of rugs here. As an alternative to the traditional planter, I’m using this paper bag in our London home.

{#2 USE YOUR NATURAL BASKET TO STORE THROWS & BLANKETS} 

When I first added the basket to the BODIE and FOU collection, our mostly used mine in our lounge (below) to store our throws and hide the TV remote controls (I hate cables on display!). Since the renovations, the basket has been moved to our new bathroom and I’m going to use a couple in Mila’s bedroom to store her toys once they’re back in stock.

{#3 USE YOUR NATURAL BASKET TO STORE TOWELS} 

Interior Designer Elisabeth Heier uses hers in her bathroom to store bath towels. If you haven’t seen her amazing bathroom with concrete floors, read this article here 

{#4 USE YOUR NATURAL BASKET FOR DIRTY LAUNDRY} 

At some point, I was really struggling to find a nice laundry basket and eventually I got a tall, seagrassl basket from The White Company which you can see in our loft conversion here.

I think they are sold out now but if you’re after a natural feel, then the natural basket will work well too.

{#5 USE YOUR NATURAL BASKET AS A PAPER BIN} 

Blogger Maria Svitabo uses her in the office (what a nice view to look at). Not sure if she uses it as a paper bag or just as storage basket but it looks nice in her workspace (similar wire basket on her desk from here) 

Line Kay | Elisabeth Heier | Maria Svitabo

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