Doinglaundry is one of those never ending chores. It doesn't matter how much laundry you do, there will always be more to come. I rarely see the bottom of my laundry hamper and even when I do, it's only visible for the briefest amount of time before someone goes and puts some dirty clothes in there. I don't like doing laundry. I'd rather be shopping for new clothes than cleaning the ones I already own, but until they make self-cleaning clothes or I can regularly outsource my laundry duties all I can do is make the best of a dirty situation.
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All through college I had to do laundry at a laundromat. Now I have the privilege of having a washer and dryer in home and I appreciate not having to drag my unmentionables to and fro. I appreciate anything that makes laundry easier to do.
Here are six genius ways to make doing laundry easier. If you find that these tips make laundry easy to do, would you mind coming over and doing ours?
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Over the door bar
To minimize ironing hang clothing as it comes out of the dryer. If you are short on space this over the door bar provides you with a compact space to place hanging clothes. ($7, Amazon.com)
Retractable clothes line
Some clothing just shouldn't be put in the dryer or it will be ruined. This retractable clothes line lets you hang clothes indoors. ($17.10, Amazon.com)
Laundry Sorter
Pre-sort your laundry. Get a hamper that allows you to sort your laundry in advance. You can even go ahead and stencil it with "blacks", "colors", "whites", and "delicates" to help with your sorting. ($67, Amazon.com)
Mesh bags
Keep socks from disappearing by putting matching pairs in mesh bags. You can wash them and dry them together inside the bags and be sure that you won't have orphaned socks. ($9 for 6, Amazon.com)
Rolling storage cart
Use the narrow space between your washer and dryer to keep a rolling cart with laundry essentials. ($18.47, Amazon.com)
