This is better because there are a few things happening here.
There is a pattern, some shapes, and some color.
You have taken the mundane laundry bin and made it into abstract art.
Since you have a thing for laundry take a look at these photographs of the subject of laundry and look at how they use color, shape, line, pattern to create stunning images:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=laundry&s=int&ss=2&z=e
See you on assignment 2