Dirty Business Laundry Basket

The laundry basket is usually the ugliest thing in the house. Not this one: orange stripes, an embroidered label that reads «Affari Sporchi» (dirty business), and problem solved.

Inside there's a green lining with a drawstring, so what's inside stays inside; the two handles let you carry it to the washing machine without having to hug it.

It lives in the bathroom, bedroom or utility room, and when it's empty it flops down and takes up almost no space.