Laundry Logistics

You can ignore a dirty floor, but when you run out of clean underwear you’re going to do a load of laundry. All laundry rooms have been guilty of massive piles of unsorted clothes and laundry products strewn about at one time or another. When the chaos becomes overwhelming, laundry becomes a difficult chore. But with a bit of organization, the laundry room can become an organized oasis.

The first step is to develop a routine in your family for making sure their dirty laundry is delivered to the laundry room on a routine basis. Don’t feel you have to do it the way your mother did. If you want to do dark colors one day and lights another, go for it. If you’ve established Wednesday and Sunday as laundry day in your home, then laundry needs to be delivered to the laundry room no later than the night before.

Even if you take your clothes to a Laundromat, you need to have an area setup where you can grab laundry supplies and go. Make it a habit of keeping on top of the laundry supplies. Make sure there are always plenty of soap, stain fighter and fabric softener available. Nothing can be more aggravating than finding no laundry soap available when you have six loads to be done.

Maintain a laundry basket or bin for each family member. Make sure there are enough hangers for clothes that air dry. If you lose socks, there are clips you can buy to keep them together. Once clothes are washed, dried and folded, place them into each basket and deliver them to their bedrooms. Older children should be capable of putting laundry into drawers and on hangers themselves. Younger children again will probably need assistance, but their independence should be encouraged.

It may sound silly, but the décor in the laundry room will make doing laundry more pleasant. Clearing out clutter, painting, and organizing will make the task less of a chore.How about you, what do you think?