I mean, I’ve basically accepted the fact that no matter what I do, my mom will always trounce me in the the Awesome department, because she’s a billion times nicer than me, completely hilarious and not to be all anti-feminist or whatever, but she is awesome at laundry.
I keep waiting for something to kick in that will make me be good at laundry, because growing up, my mom was never all stressy about laundry. She just did it, and I always smelled good, and our house was never a total LAUNDRY BOMB despite four of us living there, but now, I’m a Laundry, Party Of One, and oh my god, I just can’t get a hold on it. I learned to cook, I can clean house like whoa, but I still suck at laundry.
I tend to hover somewhere between totally clean and totally cluttered. I love a clean house with every fiber of my being; however, I don’t freak the freak out if there is stuff everywhere. I firmly believe that there is a difference between being “dirty” and being “messy” — an important distinction. Basically, in a “dirty” house you’re all, “I don’t think I want to pee in that toilet” and in a messy house you’re all, “Aww, cute, let me move this pile of magazines.” My house is usually a bit cluttery, but it is never, ever straight up dirty.
Except for laundry.
I will totally let laundry pile up and just dress creatively and sniff the armpits of shirts I’ve worn out a time or two (try and resist me now, boys!) until I have no more underwear (and trust me when I say that I have enough underwear to clothe a small nation) and then laundry basically sends me over the edge of madness because it’s overtaken my bedroom floor and there are a million loads and I don’t even separate it because I just want it clean and I don’t even care how it gets that way.
One time, someone I was dating took all my laundry home and WASHED AND FOLDED AND IRONED and I nearly died. Another time, in a fit of total stress, I dropped my laundry off at one of those Wash N Fold places and for a mere $50, this tiny woman washed and folded and starched and ironed and pinned things together and it was in all reality the BEST use of money ever.
Sadly, I’m trying to make it a practice to do my own chores and save money and you know, BE AN ADULT, so I need your advice. Do you have a laundry system: days, baskets, a separation system, ANYTHING THAT WILL MAYBE HELP ME GET MY RIDICULOUS, DIRTY-CLOTHED SELF TOGETHER? I mean, how often do you do your laundry? Do you have a designated day? Do you separate things before hand? Do you just throw it in and trust the Laundry Gods and deal with the occasional white shirt turned pink?
Or, better yet: do you want to come over and do it?
MY LAUNDRY.
Leave me your tips in the comments.
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I do my laundry every weekend, I try and be organised and do it on Saturday if it’s fine, so I can dry it outside, instead of putting off till Sunday and risking crappy weather. I keep it simple, I wash all my dark stuff – generally all pants and maybe a top or two – together, then do a lighter load, which is generally tops/underwear. I always put my bras in a washbag, it really does make a difference (although maybe it’s just me who is constantly snapping underwires!) then I do towels etc. as a final load And on occasion sheets, though I have been known to leave them on the floor a week or three
I don’t really own a lot of whites, which helps, but sometimes I have to suck it up and get my favourite cardi into a delicate load on it’s own and dry it nicely laid out. I NEVER handwash. If it says handwash only then I put it on the lightest cycle in the machine, it never harms anything. I don’t own a drier so getting things outside is a must whenever possible, in winter my living area turns into a chinese laundry which does drive me a little crazy, I’m over it by September (I’m on the other side of the world, so seasons are backwards!). I will never use a drier for my clothes anyway, but it would be handy for getting towels and sheets done and put away. My downfall is the part where they have to be folded and put away – I have been known to have a clean pile and a dirty pile and never put anything away that week, and I’ve even slept under a pile that’s on the end of the bed!
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ahhh, i also HATE laundry. my room right now has been eaten by clothes recently and i haven’t done laundry in about 3 weeks and i need to. i come home from wokr everyday and think i need to do it, but i don’t. and i’m like you where i have enough underwear for like 45 days (i need to stop buying it when i see a sale) so it just makes the cycle worse!
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I do my laundry at the weekend too, bras and pants in 1 washbag, socks in another and lights that might get colour running onto them in a special one that locks colour runs out. I only have to do one load a week so it’s simple until i remember i haven’t washed my sheets for a few weeks (yikes)
I once dated a boy who thought it was ok to not wash a towel for 3 months at a time
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When boyfriend and I first moved in together he couldn’t get over the amount of clothing I owned. He didn’t understand why I had two full drawers of underwear and would seasonally switch GIANT containers of clothing at my mother’s house (house of unlimited storage). He was confused at my mountain of towels and several sets of sheets.
He quickly learned: Laundry is a monthly (if that) occurrence for me. I told him he could a) learn to do laundry or b) buy more clothing. He chose option b and we’ve happily lived in a bedroom filled with chaos ever since. I do have to keep on top of the gym clothing, but that’s it.
My sister and mother assure me that once you have children and clothing *actually* gets dirty with milk and pee and whatnot you learn to keep on top of it.
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I’m really bad about pushing it through and not just zoning out and walking away- but I’ve had the luxury of always having in suite laundry. Maybe if I’d had to go to a laundry mat I wouldn’t play it so fast and loose with the whole ritual lol
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We are laundry soulmates. I could have written this post myself – not like that’s surprising, mind you. Fifty something days until Vegas?
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I hate laundry too, so I work a one load/alternating weekends schedule. Darks one weekend, lights another. I wear almost everything except the unmentionables twice before washing – by rehanging it on the “dirty” side of the closet at the end of the day. Seriously – I’ve split my closet in half so I can tell the difference between “freshly washed” and “ready for one more go.” I buy enough inexpensive clothing to get me through – don’t sweat it if said inexpensive clothing suffers due to careless laundry treatment. My guilty secret is that my sheets get washed maybe once every 4-6 weeks. I’m sure many people reading this comment are shuddering in quiet disgust. Oh well.
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It’s so frightening how alike we are because I could have written this about myself word for word. I also have enough underwear to clothe a small nation and can get pretty creative when I run out of clothes. I also have this theory that jeans and pants can be worn six or seven times without needing to be washed. I was totally cool living this way.
And then I got married.
My husband unfortunately, does not have the underwear stock that I do. Furthermore, I told him I don’t do laundry on days that end in “y”.
Though I don’t have any useful words of advice, I hope you are at least comforted in the fact that you’re not alone.
B
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I always do my laundry on the weekends – Saturday or Sunday, whichever day I’m not crazy busy. I always sort it – colors, whites, then separates for sheets and towels. I’d love to get one of those hampers that are divided for this purpose, but as of right now, I just sort when it’s time to wash. I make every attempt possible to get it all done immediately. When one load is dry, I fold it and put it away. I save all my ironing for the end of the process. Basically, between me and my husband, we have a TON of laundry. He has work clothes and his after-work casual clothes but clothes for the gym, so he basically wears 3 outfits a day. It’s ridiculous.
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This post sounds so like me! From the mom envy (how did my mom have a job, raise two kids, make dinner every night, and keep the house immaculate? HOW?!?) to the messy-but-not-dirty to the laundry overload.
I am completely enchanted by the idea of paying for laundry services. Except it kind of gives me the heebie jeebies to imagine someone washing and folding my underthings.
Anyway, the only tip I can offer you is to buy two Rubbermaid wheeled hampers. They have a handle and wheels which means you no longer have to trek bath and forth across the house with a mountain of clothes in your arms, trailing socks and bras behind you. Plus, they are at Target for $26.99, which, okay, is not cheap, but they REALLY HELP. And I recommend two, one for whites and one for darks. Then all you need to do is actually put the clothes in the washer. It really does make things easier.
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I dispise laundry – especially folding. I have been known to pick my clothes out of the laundry basket for months on end. I do laundry every Sunday – mainly b/c I only own 3 pairs of jeans and my dogs love to put muddy paws on them. Nonetheless, I’ve found that by doing it weekly I only have 2 or 3 loads to do and it makes it much less painful. I sort by delicates, jeans/towels, and everything else and wash everything on cold (with cold water detergent) so I don’t have to worry about anything bleeding onto my whites.
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Buy one of those hampers with three sections. One for whites, one for darks, and one for towels. I don’t have one, but I’m convinced that if I did, my laundry would be much more manageable!
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I don’t know if Kori can be your laundry soul mate because clearly I am your laundry soul mate. I thought having a bigger house, closet and an actual laundry room would help me… it didn’t. Turns out I just hate doing laundry and I hate putting it away.
Let’s just get rich and after we are done wearing something we can donate it to someone who needs it (and washes their own laundry) and then we will saunter down to Nordstroms and buy ourselves something new. Fabulous idea.
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So, I have to admit: I don’t mind doing laundry. I’ll drag my feet, kicking and screaming the whole way when I have to sweep or clean the tub or take out the trash or my worst enemy, wash the dishes.
There’s two of us, between my mom and me, and we do a LOT of laundry.We do it about 2 times a week, at least 2 loads each time. (Our laundry is in our apartment complex and a hop/skip/jump away.) I’m such a Type-A personality that folding, organizing, and putting away laundry just fulfills my every want and need.
We don’t do anything special, just stay on top of it so we don’t have load after load to do. That’s when it gets crazy.
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i looove doing laundry (dryer warm clothes: yes please!) but dont have an insuite washer or dryer. i have to look for change in the couch, trek down to the basement of my apartment building and ‘donate’ $2 to wash and $2 to dry. this has made me super good at racking up a good two weeks worth of clothes and stuffing them into the aforementioned machines. i must admit that once (kay maybe more than once) there were so many clothes in the washer that some of them didnt even get wet. so i had to divide and re-wash. not fun.
my little system is to have three baskets – one for dark, one for light-ish (i dont wear white cause i am super spilly) and one for misc (dish towels, bedding, bath towels etc) when the basket is full, it means its time to do laundry. sometimes ‘being full’ means the basket is overflowing, sometimes it means it is a well balanced load. sometimes i trek 17 loads of laundry to my moms and do it there (for free). kill two birds with one stone: visit mom and free laundry. whoo hoo!
another fun thing: buy only dark or light clothing and when the item is dirty, throw it in the washer. when the washer is full, add soap and turn it on. its the lazy mans way
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I assume you have to use a communal laundry room at your apartment building? (BTW, I hate that.). If not, I would try to throw in a load of laundry whenever you have a minute (in the evening or on the weekends)… if you have to go to a communal laundry room, a little more planning is in order, of course.
I usually do laundry about once a week. I do a load of whites and a load of darks, sometimes if there are a lot of shirts/sweaters, I separate the darks into underwear/socks and shirts. Jeans/pants and towels I do separately.
The only thing that really bothers me about doing laundry if you have to use a laundry room is that you have to make time for it, because you basically have to “babysit” your laundry… because if I am 10 minutes late taking the laundry out of the machine, I can be sure some asshead has taken it out of the washer already and put it on the laundry table.
I mean, 2 washers/dryers for 24 units is just ludicrous.
Anyway, I think my point is: you just have to have a schedule, because if you do laundry once a week (or so), it won’t get too overwhelming.
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I have a three-sectioned laundry basket/hamper thingy from Target. Towels and sheets go in one section, whites in one, darks in one. Wednesday night is laundry night. Wash it all then, dry it all then, fold it all then and put it away. Then you’re done for another week.
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When I was in school, I used to buy more underwear before I would do laundry just to put it off that 3-pack of panties* longer.
Now that I have to dress ‘office appropriate’ every day, I’m more on top of my laundry. I try to put things away as soon as I take them off if they are ‘wear-more-than-once-able’ and put everything else in the hamper. I definitly sort whites from colours from darks because my mother was also a laundry queen but the type that drilled the ‘how to do laundry’ basics into her children’s heads so once they were tall enough to reach the dials she never had to do it again.
But, if you really can’t get a handle on it, I support your decision to purchase more panties*.
*I know how much you love this word, so I used it twice!
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I love having fresh, clean laundry. And I don’t mind actually DOING the laundry. But in my apartment complex, the laundry is down 2 flights of stairs and across the parking lot and it takes quarters (I absolutely HATE having to pay for laundry!). So I usually designate a whole evening to laundry, knowing full well it’ll take awhile. I get a roll of quarters and go to it. Usually I can take up 2 or 3 washers at the same time, which makes it go by quicker, and then I put on a good movie or TV show after it’s done and zone out while I fold. I would give my right arm to have a washer and dryer IN my apartment, though…
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Before I moved to Seattle we had a washer and dryer in our rental house, which was amazing. When I had enough for a load of laundry, I’d just do it.
Now that I’m back to apartment living, though, and have to pay whenever I want to do laundry, I do it about once or twice a month. And then for a few days you can see the floor in our bedroom!
I’m definitely a cluttered bordering on filthy person. I’m terrible about dishes. I love it when it’s clean, but lately I just haven’t had the time or energy to keep up with the apartment and it is so small that it seems to become a bomb of exploded papers and books at the drop of a hat.
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I haven’t read all the comments, but I would give in to paying for the wash and fold. Granted, when I was in NYC doing this, I had to pay for laundry anyway (and all those quarters add up fast, especially since the machines are tiny!), but it’s really not that expensive. It was worth 10x what I paid in peace of mind, because I hate laundry so much that not doing it makes me crazy, because I think about how I have to do it, and get agitated about the dirty clothes that are piling up and it’s terrible.
Seriously, switching to paying for wash and fold did wonders for me
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i like doing laundry.
i’m weird.
i’d help you with yours if i lived closer but when it comes to “delicates,” you’re on your own
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Oh goodness, one of the things I miss most about having moved from a house to an apartment is that I can’t do my laundry every day now. I used to do a small load every single day — one day for delicates, one for sheets and towels, day for lights, day for darks, etc. Now I’ll let it go ’til I’m out of socks or underwear, then do three loads at once at the laundromat. One for sanitizing/hot water (sheets, towels, delicates); one for dark; one for lights. Not too terrible, right?
Then again, when I’m feeling too lazy to go to the laundromat, I just handwash everything in my bathtub. Doesn’t work with stuff that gets seriously dirty, like socks, but good enough for shirts and skirts!
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I used to hate doing laundry because I didn’t have insuite machines. When I moved into my condo I swear I did laundry every freaking day because I could. Now I do all of my laundry on Sunday. It helps that I can turn on the washer and leave it for a few hours and not worry about my clothes getting stolen
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DO YOUR LAUNDRY and I will clean my bathroom. Don’t forget our pact!
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Whoa, dude that would stress me the eff out after the laundry situation crossed the point of no return (I imagine that line to be the boundary between I Have It Under Control, and It Will Take Over My Life If I Go Anywhere Near It). In my house the rule is:
-bedsheets once a week, usually on the first day of my weekend
-towels once a week, usually the second day of my weekend. I throw in items like teatowels and bathrobes in with the towels. (The bathrobe however gets washed embarassingly infrequently, but oh well.)
-when my clothes need washing, I throw them in the laundry basket in my closet. I don’t separate as I go.
-when the basket is full or when I need to wear something that is in the laundry basket, (usually takes about 5 days) I separate it into light colours (this includes beige, pastels, light grey as well as whites) and, uh, everything else. Then I do two loads of laundry.
When the second load of laundry is done, I usually leave it in the dryer till I need to use it again. As a general rule, the boyfriend will get annoyed that his favourite tshirts are lying in a crumpled heap in the dryer, or he’ll need socks long before I get around to folding it, and he’ll do it for me out of irritation. I’m okay with that.
I find doing just a couple of loads every few days is a lot less stressful than what you’re describing here!
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I think you know that I am not responsible about my laundry, so I don’t really have much in the way of tips for you. But what I CAN do is commiserate! I don’t do laundry until I have to, and, by HAVE TO, I mean “Jesus, I’m all out of underwear that I’m willing to wear.” This can take between 6 and 8 weeks. If for some reason I don’t wait that long (you know, hot date or something), I do it whenever it is convenient, wherever is convenient. I feel like my life would be so much easier if I had laundry machines in my apartment, but I don’t; I have the communal laundry room that closes at 9 (which means that if I’m not home from work by 7:30pm, my clothes are staying dirty) and I have the local laundromat that I will only go to on Friday nights because WHO GOES TO THE LAUNDROMAT ON FRIDAY NIGHTS!? No one, that’s who, and I hate people.
I’ve been considering doing a fluff and fold because Kirk does it sometimes and we talk about it frequently (because that’s how often we complain about laundry) and he even recommended one to me that is WEB BASED and does pick-up and delivery and I never have to speak to a human being and, you know, I hate people. However… the problem for me isn’t really WASHING the laundry. I hate that, but I don’t hate it as much as PUTTING AWAY the laundry. Which is why my clean laundry often just sits in piles in bags and baskets on my bedroom floor and everything I wear is a wrinkled mess.
Here’s my advice though: take advantage of whatever free resources you have. Who wants to spend their hard-earned quarters on laundry? If you’re going to be visiting your brother for the weekend and you know he has free laundry, pack your dirty clothes (I so did that when I went to SF). Or, you know, bring it to your parents’ house if you’re going to be hanging out there for the afternoon. Good luck!
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There is DEFINITELY a difference between DIRTY and MESSY/CLUTTERED. We fired our last cleaning lady, because she kept telling me we’re dirty. Messy? Yes, at times. Dirty? Definitely not. Now do your job! hahaha.
Our laundry gets pretty out of control, too. I separate whites from colors, but that’s about it. I do a second separation after the washing machine to determine what goes in the dryer and what goes on the rack. That said, having a washer and dryer in my unit (versus down the hall, in the basement or having to go to a laundromat) changed my life. Period. Never again will I live somewhere that doesn’t have its own cleaning appliances.
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I am not a fan of doing laundry at all. So, like you, it gets pushed back until I have nothing to wear. My “secret” to make it a bit easier is I have those stackable front load bins instead of a laundry hamper. Which means I sort my dirty clothes as I take them off. Then come laundry day I just pick a bin, and dump it in the washing machine. I do delicates (hang to dry), colours & whites (dryer), blacks (dryer) and hoodies, sweats & jeans (hang to dry). Everything is done on a cold cycle so nothing leeches colour, or shrinks.
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Laundry doesn’t bother me as much as putting it away does. That part of laundry sucks BIG TIME!! I feel your pain.
Sadie at heyMamas
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I have always been bad at doing my laundry in a timely fashion. I usually wait until it piles up and I have to swim through it to navigate my bedroom and closet. I had a baby in December and everything got worse. A lot more laundry; hers and mine and my husbands because she spits up on us all the time.
I have recently implemented the once a week trip to the laundro-mat regardless of how little laundry I have. This “date” I have with my laundry every Wednesday is working or now (2 weeks in).
The best thing to tame the laundry monster: HAVE LESS CLOTHES! When I retired my maternity wardrobe and dug out my regular clothes I purged a lot. I was holding on to dozens of items that were stained or holey or never fit quite right (or will never fit again) I am so much happier with my scaled down wardrobe, I am not even missing anything. I was just used to digging through tons of clothes to pull out the same tried and true items that I wear over and over. Less clothes=less folding, less washing, and more closet space.
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Don’t hate me but I LOVE doing the laundry! I truly cherish the entire process, including (don’t faint) ironing!
I always do laundry on Tuesdays and Fridays (unless I travel). On Tuesdays I only do one load with towels and whites that don’t need to be ironed, so it’s quick. On Fridays I do four loads starting with sheets, followed by all whites, then darks, then towels. Usually the clothes are done by 4pm and I watch TV while ironing. DONE!
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I think you and me are very alike in our wanting to be clean but accepting clutter, accepting the difference between messy and tidy, and failing at laundry.
Therefore I’m not equipped to give you advice BUT I wanted to share that other stuff so we could bond.
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I’m horrible about laundry. The worst part of it is putting it away. I have laundry I did on Sunday still sitting in the basket, thus making things all wrinkled. Yeah, that’s me.
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Sweet mother of GOD, woman! How much laundry did you have that it cost FIFTY DOLLARS?! I used to send out my laundry (for me and the ex-husband) and it only cost MAYBE $30, and that was for like twenty-five pounds of laundry. Once I discovered wash-n-fold I totally stopped doing my own. That whole entitled-New-Yorker bit.
Anyway! I just rented an apartment and the fact that it had two bedrooms and a washer and dryer for a reasonable price made me want to French kiss the landlord. And the fact that he looks a wee bit like a young Robert DiNiro/Bono. I would say that it would solve my laundry issues, but my room has that “Germany after the war” look and there is a washer/dryer here where I’m living (with Gmom! for only one more week). So I’m a mess, too.
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I have recently gotten to this remarkable place where I’m actually able to keep up on laundry. Shhh. Don’t tell anyone I said that out loud or the laundry bomb will be sure to go off. At any rate – I credit this to my new Three Basket System. (Mostly because I love these laundry baskets from Target in the different colors and I just can’t help myself.) (WHAT?) The system works like this – basket #1 from the hamper to the laundry (dirty clothes) basket #2 sits empty in front of the dryer waiting for clean clothes at which point it becomes basket #3 which waits while I empty it, fold the laundry, refill it and carry it around to everyone’s dressers. And then it becomes basket #1 and they all rotate once more.
I do laundry every day. Either whites, towels, or darks. Often more than one load, depending on what the boys are up to and if I have the luxury of time to fold while they are not putting each other in harm’s way. During the week my dining room table is my folding station, as it is conveniently right next to the play room (see above re: children killing each other). Then, on Friday, I finish up my last load, put everything away, nest the baskets into each other and lock them away into the laundry room until Monday morning where the whole thing starts again. As a stay at home mom, I really try to get all of my chores (my “work”) done during the week when my husband is also doing his work. That way I have weekends off too and we can enjoy family time. The system works well…in theory.
I keep a small basket with them that I call the Sock Box. As I’m folding, I just throw all the socks into the box and fold them about once a week. That way any stragglers just live in the box until their mate shows up.
I realize that it’s not just the baskets (although, the colors! They’re so pretty!) that make this work. I’ve got other factors working in my favor: I’m home, so I really can make my own schedule and do as much laundry as I want on any given day. I have enough space to spread out and get the job done, etc.
Now when my mom comes to visit she is almost at a loss for what to do. She’s a workhorse, that woman, and that was her Thing- doing my laundry. Seriously, Amy, by the time that woman leaves my appliances used to just look EXHAUSTED. Now they’re just tired ALL the time.
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My laundry is my clutter monster too, but in my case, it is clean laundry. I know, it sounds weird to me too! But for some reason after I have all the clothes dried and heaped into my basket to fold and put away, they just never leave. I rummage through the basket for clothes each morning and sometimes even get as far as folding and sorting out my clothes vs the kids, but then they just sit there and eat up my couch space until we all wear the clothes and the cycle begins again. So all that to say, I totally feel ya!
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So my mom did my laundry fanatically growing up. In high school my friends made fun of me because I had starched gym shirts. Dude, she ironed my PJs!
I think it diluted itself into me. Her laundry trait. I do my bf’s laundry. Like I’ve always gone to his place, pick it up, and then haul up 3 flights, do it, fold it, and bring it over.
I do laundry on the weekends (usually all day Sunday) and I separate by lights, darks, delicates, towels, and sheets. I had a guest living with me for 2 months last year and I did all her laundry too.
Bring it over, Amy
I’ll help!
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Since moving into an apartment, laundry has become a nightmare for me. It costs us (us being two people) about $15 every time we do laundry. That gets expensive real quick! We have a laundry card that has to be filled up at a gas station a couple of blocks away, and the laundry room is located in the basement of our building. Laundry has become a two person job because I can’t stand lugging all of our clothes to the basement alone.
Ugh.
Not much help, I know, but maybe hearing about someone else’s laundry troubles would make you feel better!
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Oh my gosh, I LOVE doing laundry. I try to keep to an organized schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday I wash, dry and fold one load of clothes. Just one load. On Wednesday I wash, dry and fold all the towels. And on Saturday I wash and dry the sheets. I usually put the sheets right back on the bed — I hate folding sheets. Sunday is usually a laundry-free day, unless I wasn’t able to get to some of it during the week, which is rare. I think this works for me because I just do one load at a time (except for the sheets, ’cause then it’s like four loads — mattress pad, sheets, and two blankets) and I don’t get overwhelmed. Some might call me a bit neurotic. I don’t mind. I’ve been called worse.
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Laundry and I don’t have a good relationship…luckily I live with someone who likes to keep on top of these things, because if you compare our drawers, it is obvious who doesn’t know how to organize for crap!
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I wait until I run out of undies also, though I don’t have a ton, so I usually get stuck after about a week and a half.
The one must-have item I found that makes my laundry a million times easier is Shout Color Catchers! I can wash whites with reds and yellows with pinks and throw everything in one load without worrying about something turning the wrong color! They’re amazing, and I highly recommend them if you’re throwing all your clothes together just to get them done!!
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I actually really like doing laundry. I fantasize about the day when I will have my own washer and dryer. And maybe I only really like laundry because right now it is an epic pain in the ass for me to do, because in my last two apartments, it was a coin-op free-for-all, and in this one, the machines are in my neighbor’s basement (I live in a duplex) which is horribly awkward and inconvenient, even if it’s free. So whenever I go visit my family I always bring a carload of laundry with me which allows me to relive my college experience all over again. Whee.
What I do hate, though, is doing dishes. I don’t know why. I just do. If you come do my dishes, I’ll come do your laundry?
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