Organizing the Laundry Room
A lot of times if you ask a woman what her least
favorite household chore is, you’ll hear her reply
laundry. Unfortunately it’s a necessity and can’t be
pushed aside or neglected. Having your laundry area
organized won’t help make it a more enjoyable task but it
will certainly help make your job go a little
quicker.
If you decide that setting up a laundry schedule
will work best for yourself then it’s important that your
family get on board too. Let them know what your schedule
is. For example maybe you’ll do whites on Wednesdays or
jeans on Saturdays; just let your family know and it’s
going to be up to them to do their part. It will be their
responsibility to sort the laundry. You can make this
task easier on them by using different colored hampers or
baskets and teach them what goes where. This will not
only be easy for them but it will save you time too. Take
it a step further and show them where the stain remover
is kept and have it be their responsibility to pre-treat
stains before laundry day.
The easiest way to organize your laundry room is
going to be to make sure that you have all your laundry
soap and fabric softener near the washer and dryer. If
your laundry room is lacking storage space it’s fairly
easy to build a shelf or even purchase a shelving unit to
place near the washer and dryer.
We touched on schedules earlier for what days
you will wash what but now we need to talk about the
importance of cleaning your dryer vents. You can make a
quick schedule for doing this by hanging a calendar or a
white board near your dryer.
Another dreaded area of doing laundry is
ironing. One simple way to help save time in this area is
to make sure you have a clothing rack and a good supply
of hangers so that you can take clothes from the dryer
and immediately hang them up.
When doing laundry you’ll often come across
clothes that need to be fixed or things that you know are
too small or out of season. Designate an area in your
laundry room and put boxes or baskets there and label
them so that you know where to put ‘to be fixed’, ‘too
small’ or ‘out of season’ clothes. It will help keep your
laundry room organized and de-cluttered. You’ll have to
make sure to empty the boxes or baskets on a regular
basis.
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