Laundry Ideas

By Jennifer Allen

I was doing laundry the other day and my Mom gave me a new laundry lesson. (We never stop learning do we?) She has already taught me to hang up my clothes in sections in the closet. This saves on time as I pull out clothes to wear and certainly helps me see at a glance which clothes I have and what I could get rid of. I hang all my blouses and T-shirts in one spot. Next would skirts, then matching sets (skirt and blouse), dresses, and nightgowns. This sections change depending on what season it is but you get the idea.

My Mom has a laundry area in the garage. There are 3 baskets for dirty clothes. One basket is for whites, another for colors, and the last for darks. These baskets sit under a 6 ft. table that can be used to fold all the clothes as they come out of the dryer. After clothes are done in the dryer she can throw clothes that need folded on the table and hanging clothes are hung on the spot and placed on a garment hanger. The new lesson for me was to place all the clothes on the garment hanger in the laundry room in order too! Place all the clothes for Mom in one spot in order-skirts, blouses, etc. all the clothes for Dad in order next to hers, then lastly all my clothes. That way when the clothes are taken upstairs to put in the closets I don’t have to sort them for each person, it’s already done! I thought that was a nifty tip. It may sound like a lot of trouble but once you organize your closet this way it can be forever done if you keep it up. I have been in a hurry and hung all my clothes in the closet in one bunch. Later I end up putting it back in order because I’m used to it that way and I like it better.