After years of having laundry baskets of clean laundry end up in our bedroom, with little
ones (and admittedly, a couple grown-ups) rummaging daily to find clothes out of heaps
of clothing that inevitably hit the floor, I decided one year that this was it.
Time to change up the drill.
If you ‘re like me and have a strong dislike for mountains of laundry to fold at one sitting,
consider incorporating this one habit into your routine.
It’s embarassingly simple, but it works.
Just fold laundry as it comes, straight from the dryer. No dumping it all out into one big
basket! Grab a shirt, fold or hang it and sort it into the appropriate person’s “put-away” pile. That’s it.
We each have our own small fabric box to hold the clean goods. These are small enough
that even the 2 year old can carry their own. Though the goal is to have baskets put
away at the end of the day, but at the very least, the clothes are clean, folded, sorted and
available!
There are times when I really just need to toss that wet load into the dryer as soon as
possible and need to then empty out the big load of clean dry clothes without folding…
but for the most part, I find I can spare 10 minutes to fold that one load. It keeps a little
job from becoming a really big job!
I love hearing how others tackle the daily challenges of laundry management. What kind
of folding system works for you?
Laundry Mom~Kali ♥
My best tip is i have a rung in my laundry room with a billion hangers on it. As laundry comes out, I put the vast majority of it on hangers… It can all go to one spot then, and no piles to knock over. Undies and socks for 7 little ones all go in a basket and they can rummage through and find their own. (separate zippered bag for single socks that come through are sorted every few weeks.
Love it Paige! I’m implementing more hangers in our laundry room too so at least some shirts stay out of “farm wear” circulation and will stay decent enough for public appearances- haha!
Great tip! I have a love seat in my bedroom and the clothes get piled. This will help!!
Love the idea of the fabric boxes for each child!!
Yes Hannah- they’ve worked really well! We used to have wicker baskets but they took a beating pretty quickly- these have been in use more than a year now and still work great.
Great Regina! Let us know how it goes for you!