How To Do Laundry - Household Tips For Laundry Everyone Can Use

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If you're looking for simple tips on how to do laundry that will improve your routine and save you time, then you've come to the right place.

Avoid overflowing hampers and streamline your laundry process with the laundry solutions on this page. Below you'll find 5 ways to master the laundry. Happy reading!

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How To Do Laundry:
5 Household Tips For Laundry
That Will Simplify This Annoying Chore

1. Laundry room organization is vital.

The laundry room needs to be organized, so that you can find things easily and go through the whole process efficiently. Think about and accommodate every task involved in doing the laundry, and there can be many!

For example, there's sorting the laundry, emptying pockets, loading the washer, doing different types of wash, switching to the dryer, air drying, taking clothes out of the dryer, missing socks, folding clothes, ironing, putting clothes away, accessing supplies throughout the process and more!

Here are laundry room ideas for organizing a laundry room to maximize efficiency and here is some visual laundry room inspiration. Have fun with it!

2. Sort and organize dirty clothes.

Sorting the dirty clothes before you start your laundry routine saves times and makes the process more efficient. The sorting can occur in the laundry room itself or before it even gets there (depending on the size of your house and how many people live with you).

You could put labeled hampers or laundry sorters in every bedroom, so that dirty clothes get thrown into their correct category (i.e. dark, light, delicate) as soon as someone undresses. If putting hampers in each bedroom doesn't make sense for your living situation, then put the hamper in a communal area (like a bathroom) rather than in each bedroom to save time collecting laundry.

3. Get the family involved.

There are so many steps in the laundry routine, so simplify it by giving each family member a responsibility. Examples include emptying their own pockets, bringing their dirty clothes to the laundry room on laundry days, and/or putting their folded laundry away. By delegating these small tasks, you save time as well as instill good habits.

To ensure everyone follows through with their tasks, come up with a way to reward good behavior. If necessary, there can also be consequences for failing to do a job. For example, anyone who fails to clean out their own pockets forfeits the contents (i.e. money!) to a family member who didn't fail to do so.

In our family, everyone does something when it comes to the laundry. On the days my husband works from home, he will switch the laundry from the washer to the dryer. He will also bring up the clothes once they are dry and lay them flat on our bed so they don't wrinkle. I will fold the clothes and put them away. Our oldest son (elementary schooler) is responsible for putting his clothes away. Our youngest son (preschooler) helps match the socks. When changing, everyone is responsible for putting their clothes in their respective hampers.

4. Do smaller laundry loads more frequently.

Don't wait to do the laundry until the hamper is overflowing. That looks and feels so overwhelming and really discourages getting the laundry done. Let's do the opposite of the overwhelming situation and do smaller loads more frequently.

Create a routine for this that works for you and fits the size of your family. For example, if you do 10 loads of laundry a week then break this down into a few loads every other day.

Doesn't that sound better than trying to do 10 loads in 1 day?!

Additionally, it's so easy to procrastinate about how to do laundry, so be aware of the time of day that you are most productive. If the morning is when you are the most motivated, then start your 2 loads of laundry before breakfast.

5. Fold and put away clothes immediately.

Avoid wrinkles and the extra work of ironing by folding your clothes as soon as they are dry. Have hangers handy to quickly hang things up, and create a dedicated folding area to easily fold the warm clothes right out of the dryer.

If you have a small laundry room or area, use a folding table as your folding surface and simply put it away when not in use. Another idea is to bring the laundry into your bedroom and use the bed as a folding surface.

Lastly, putting clean, folded clothes away is also pretty tough if your dresser is overflowing and/or if your closet is bursting at the seams. Here's how to tame the dresser mess and 3 super simple closet storage solutions.

There you have it - 5 household tips for simplifying the laundry routine. I hope you found the information helpful and doable. Did one particular tip resonate with you? Or do you have a laundry-simplifying idea to share? Leave me a comment below. I would love to hear from you!

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