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Laundry Tricks and Tips

March 7th, 2008 at 03:09 am

Here a few tips that help me in the laundry room.

1. Decorate your laundry area or room.
I have cupboards in mine and an open bookcase I had around. I keep school uniforms folded on it. I have cute wallpaper and some decorative country stuff. Baskets and old quilts make it homey and sweet. I also have a radio. Important to have music or talk radio. When I need to work alot in there.....I haul the small portable TV with VCR and watch an old movie as I work.
2. Keep socks organized in the laundry room. Each person has a drawer or two. Including mom! It is very easy to organize them quickly. Rubbermaid plastic drawers are what I use. Forget the sock hassles!!! This system of mine is genius!
3. Use a shower rod that is spring loaded to stretch cross the room or across two shelves in my case. Have plastic hangers to hang up clothes to dry.
4. Use drying racks. I set mine up in the dining room. We never eat in there so why not??
5. Wash as much as you can on cold
6. Of course cut your dryer sheets in half.
7. Make use of all space. I have an old bulletin board covered with contact paper across my utility sink. I can fold clothes on it or rest a laundry basket.
8. If you need some extra work space use a TV try table or two. Easy and they provide a surface to work on if needed.
9. Hang pegs in your work area.
10.Laundry never ends so keep things positive with a good work area that you keep neat as much as possible. Also limit your clothes and keep it basic.
11. Have laundry rules with children. My children for the most part need to gather and sort their own clothes. My older ones can do alot of their own laundry. When I have extra time I will launder things for them.
12. I got rid of my HUGE ironing board. I bought a small nice table top one from a garage sale. I have a HIGH quality iron that is a great help when I do need to iron which seems rare anymore. The small iron stores nicer and the older kids can use it without much hassle.
13. Sounds odd....but have a small clock in your laundry area. It helps to motivate and to stay on track. It also might encourage you to throw in one more load or to keep folding till American Idol is on.

I hope this little list inspires you to get control in your laundry room and motivates you to set up things in an organized fashion so laundry is not such an ordeal. Good Luck!

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5 Responses to “Laundry Tricks and Tips”

  1. boomeyers Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 03:58 am 1204862292
    1204862292

    I envy you! My laundry room is really more of a closet. You have the door to the garage and the door to the house, a washer and a dryer. I do have some cabinets, but they are so high up over the w/d that I really can't reach what goes into them. I totally agree, cold water and cut those sheets in half! Great tips!

  2. JanH Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 04:47 am 1204865274
    1204865274

    I love the idea of decorating the room. Mine is large, but contains stored stuff, too. I think I need to work on that...great idea! And great tips!

  3. Front Porch Mom Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 12:58 pm 1204894702
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    If I HAD to do it all over again...I would build a small office space or alcove just for me in my laundry room....complete with a small love seat. I did lose a closet when we built the house. The original plans called for a large hallway closet in the LR area. I nixed that and put in a small half bath. I can't complain I am glad it is near the kitchen and it works really well for me and the kids. It leads right to the garage.....that is nice for unloading and wet yucky shoes. We don't have to walk right into the kitchen. Silly stuff but really the laundry area is important to have organized and "nice as can be" since we are in it so darn much! Even a closet can be cozy so to speak.....just add a few little tiny touches and you are set!!

    Have a good weekend!

  4. Carolina Bound Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 01:40 pm 1204897248
    1204897248

    I had an awful laundry room in my old house -- it was the furnace room, too, and just barely enough space to squeeze in. Now my laundry room is the bathroom, so I guess I'm still not normal. But there's more room!

    My "tip" to add is that a dog crate (that's not being used currently for a dog) is a great drying rack.

  5. Front Porch Mom Says:
    March 8th, 2008 at 12:41 am 1204936861
    1204936861

    Great IDEA!!! I hae never owned a dog but they can be large those crates and that would make a great drying surface. Super Idea.

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