Shirts and jeans that could be worn again thrown indiscriminately in the hamper with those that can’t.
Socks treated like formal wear, with different pairs for day and evening.
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Spreading the work around helps, too.
Here are some tips for an early parole from laundry-room prison.
It would also make things easier to buy white cotton sheets for every bed in the household.
“That way, they can all be laundered together,” she says.
Since cotton woven fabrics are usually less stretchy, “they wrinkle to death in the dryer.”
By contrast, light clothes are walking targets for stains and even a casual brush with dirt.
Use apronstough ones that protect clothes from spots that would otherwise send them straight to the hamper.
A better protection against wash pileup is to wear designated clothes for grimy activities.
And if you think the kids aren’t up to the task, consider this revelation from St. James.
He washes, dries, folds, then puts away his own clothes."
In fact, kids are uniquely skilled to do laundry.
To help this along, each person needs a personal hamper so that dirty laundry has a ready destination.
“I mean, why have different colors?”
asks St. James, who advocates having just seven identical pairs to last the entire week.
“You’ll never have to fold themor hunt for the mates,” she says.
“It saves a tremendous amount of time.”
