The best places to buy storage bins: Walmart, Ikea, Home Depot, Target and more

2021-12-30 05:05:59 By : Ms. SW S

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One telltale sign you’ve mastered the art of adulting? You own a comprehensive set of storage bins for all your stuff. Not only do storage bins help you organize your clutter in plain sight, they add to the overall visual appeal of any room. 

With so many options on the market serving every purpose under the sun (or under your roof!) it can be tough to know where to start. We’ve scoured the web for the best places to buy storage bins, including Walmart, Home Depot and Target. You'll find a wide selection—from plastic storage bins with lids to stackable storage bins—at every price point and style.

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Walmart is a popular destination for all things small space-friendly (i.e.: apartments and tiny homes), so you can be confident the retailer is rife with sensible options that’ll fit seamlessly into any space. Search for storage bins by the suggested search terms up top, like plastic lid, Sterilite, drawers and wheels. Need your storage bins ASAP? Under the "All Filters" tab, narrow down options available for delivery as soon as today or tomorrow. The same tab also features helpful parameters like capacity, "shop my store," and gift eligible (because what better way to welcome someone into their new home than with a storage bin housewarming gift?).

Product pages are laid out to help you explore not just the product in question, but others just like it. Look at models that customers ultimately ended up buying or similar items you might like based on your search. Then, peak at reviews labeled most helpful positive review and most helpful negative review to help you decide on your dream storage bin. 

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Target has a massive selection of storage bins—more than 5,600 pieces, to be exact. But don't let the storage section intimidate you. Target breaks it down by categoriy, including cubbies and storage cubes, decorative storage and tubs to help you get closer to your ideal storage bin. It even has a dedicated holiday storage section devoted to tree, ribbon, wreath and ornament storage so you can stow festive goods away safely throughout the year. 

Target’s product descriptions are notoriously comprehensive, well-written and clear. If you’re looking for the honest, unbranded truth about a given product, look to customers who tend to leave detailed descriptions of their experience with the product in their reviews, often including photos of the item itself.  

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If The Home Depot is a place you shop for heavy-duty supplies for home renovations, chances are its storage bins are equally up to the task of staying strong throughout everyday use. Look through all 1,600 storage bin options via suggested search terms like Sterilite or extra large, or customize your search via the lefthand toolbar featuring elements like capacity, brand, shape, color, price and delivery options. 

For a better view of each product, take advantage of the 360-degree feature in most products’ image sections. If the clear and concise product descriptions aren't enough, check out the "compare similar storage bins" section underneath. There, you’ll see a side-by-side comparison of a given product against others in its category so you don’t have to toggle back and forth to gather information about capacity, width, material and more.

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Shopping at Ikea gets a bad rap, thanks to the typical hours upon hours of furniture building. Luckily, the Swedish retailer's storage bins all come intact ready to declutter your home right out of the box. In the storage section, look through categories like bins and bags, clothes organizers, under bed storage and storage boxes and baskets. Ikea offers the perfect balance of practical storage bins you’d use to stow away seasonal goods in the garage to decorative display storage in its signature Nordic aesthetic. 

The “goes well with” section on each product page offers helpful suggestions not just for other storage bins that suit your taste, but shelving units meant for housing them. You’ll also notice the brand makes an effort to include information about how and where it's sourced its materials—from plastic to rattan—which can help make your decision. To see customer reviews, you have to actually click on the number of reviews up top, and a side tab will open to reveal them. No energy to read paragraphs of text? The reviews each come with a bulleted list of qualities like value for money and appearance with a helpful numbered rating.  

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The Container Store is what organization aficionados might call heaven. Though storage containers are scattered throughout the site in shoppable categories like office, closet and kitchen, you’ll find a consolidated array on the storage landing page. There, sift through decorative bins and baskets, trunks, toy and pet storage, plastic bins and more. 

If you’re looking for bins that marry fashion and function, the reatiler's exclusive collection with Marie Kondo is bound to spark joy with its handwoven, renewable materials. While browsing the review section for photos of a given product can help you understand how it’ll look in your space, even better is the way The Container Store curates social media images of its storage bins from shoppers’ social media feeds. If your sights are set on a particular storage bin that doesn’t have customer reviews, let the review of the brand itself help guide your decision.

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Amazon is a no-brainer place to start on your search for storage bins because the mega retailer has come up with categories you probably hadn’t even considered. From mounted storage for your closet to storage designed to be stowed away under your bed, you’re bound to find a bin for every nook and cranny of your house. Search by your favorite reliable brands like Sterilite, Cuisinart, mDesign, Rubbermaid and Amazon Basics for more utilitarian styles of storage, or take advantage of Amazon's vast inventory by exploring more decorative options like Songmics or Neaterize.

While your mileage may vary depending on the brand, Amazon is usually good about providing exact measurements both listed in the product description and as a visual representation in the image section. If you go for best-selling models, you’ll also often find a comprehensive question and answer section, which should clear up any confusion about dimensions, materials and the like.

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You could spend an entire day sifting through Wayfair’s selection of 20,000 storage bins, but thankfully, it's broken down into helpful categories like storage bins and boxes, underbed storage bins, crates and buckets and more. To narrow it down further, featured collections are arranged by material from fabric to wicker. 

What’s interesting about Wayfair’s storage bin landing page is that each product thumbnail sits above a truncated (though sufficient) product review, so you have an idea of its quality even before you click through. Once you land on a particular product page, you’ll be dazzled by enticing images that’ll inspire you to add to cart right away, but be sure to read the reviews first. Product information is organized as neatly as the storage bins themselves, with helpful tools like image-driven bullet points about each product.

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West Elm offers some of the most Instagrammable furniture pieces on the market, and its storage bins are no exception. The search parameters allow you to choose from sustainability, which includes local artisans and handcrafted items; features, which includes nesting, sets, and handles; and material, which includes natural fibers, bamboo, metal and wood.

While West Elm storage bins veer on the pricier side, you can take solace in the fact that they double as art. You'll even find niche solutions like organization for your vinyl records, laundry bags on wheels a la high-end hotels and wicker baskets that can be used interchangeably as planters or towel bins. While many product thumbnails may look like storage bin sets, you can select the individual size(s) you want on the product page itself. What West Elm lacks in a customer review section it makes up for in endless rows of suggested items. Each page guides you towards items other shoppers viewed, bought and styled on social media. 

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