tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post8142068248275199711..comments2023-12-25T03:08:49.682-08:00Comments on PrettyOrganizedPalace: A Laundry RoutinePretty Organizerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689144923219492816noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-61187789112044077882012-01-23T19:16:22.211-08:002012-01-23T19:16:22.211-08:00I really like the idea of doing laundry by the per...I really like the idea of doing laundry by the person. I already do all of my baby's clothes together. We all use the same soap, but I was tired of finding onesies in pantlegs.Cheerful Homemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18063336645711094029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-23077810210542874232011-01-25T16:11:48.189-08:002011-01-25T16:11:48.189-08:00I've just found your blog and have been readin...I've just found your blog and have been reading through older posts. We are a family of 7. I LOVE the idea of washing by person...although I would probably separate whites...I think my guys would be upset with white socks turned pink from a red shirt? I'd love to know how you deal with the whites issue? <br /><br />I struggle constantly with laundry...but my ALL TIME most dreaded part is matching/folding socks. So....here is my solution and it WORKS SOOOOO WELL! <br /> <br />Buy a bunch of LARGE safety pins and place small containers of these pins in strategic areas around the house. When you take off your socks..pin the socks together. They will go through the washer and dryer pinned together, and when they are done...just toss them in the drawer pinned together. When you get dressed, take the pin out an toss the pin in the container. I have several containers around my house so they are never far away from wherever one might be changing clothes! Super time saver!!! Love your blog!!!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547958478211090234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-55905589772272023252010-06-02T12:54:19.590-07:002010-06-02T12:54:19.590-07:00First of all, God bless you for your website. Sec...First of all, God bless you for your website. Secondly, the Laundry blog is AWESOME! Loved it! So true....hilariously so. We have 7 in our family; 3 children. I don't mind washing and drying everyone's laundry....it's the folding that I hate. Thus, everyone gets their clean laundry dumped on their beds to do with as they wish. LOL - I think all your suggestions were wonderful and I just might start implementing them straight away. Thank goodness, my 16 yr old daughter has gotten the hint, and now does her own laundry. My 18 yr old son has Autism, so that is a work in progress...he's still learning. I have a heck of a time getting my 7 yr old son to PUT AWAY his clothes. They sit in his laundry basket (clean clothes basket) in his room. That's become his new dresser...LOL One of these days, right? Thank you for making me laugh and just being so down to earth. <br />Mrs. Becky Saucedathree4mom2002https://www.blogger.com/profile/03264330529223372475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-61167184903223643682009-07-25T06:10:25.451-07:002009-07-25T06:10:25.451-07:00check out my site. I tell how I tame my laundry on...check out my site. I tell how I tame my laundry on my front page for tip of the week <br />www.victoriouslyorganizedwoman.comHollyhttp://www.victoriouslyorganizedwoman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-50905557586212057822009-07-24T18:44:51.607-07:002009-07-24T18:44:51.607-07:00we are a family of 7 and i'm sitting here thin...we are a family of 7 and i'm sitting here thinking.....why haven't i thought of this before??? what great ideas! thank you, thank you, thank you.<br />p.s. any tips on keeping up with socks???truly blessedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884786321442013634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-49581428999759347942009-07-23T06:21:17.580-07:002009-07-23T06:21:17.580-07:00My son is in college--I seriously wonder about tho...My son is in college--I seriously wonder about those college age kids who come home on weekends with laundry for their mother to do--my sis does if for her two girls--mine has done his own laundry for years, even to stripping his bed and washing his own sheets (His get changed more often than mine, lol). Hubby does his own "outside" clothes-even irons his own shirts if they need it; I do mine, plus our bedding and our towels and whites together. DH does all of his on Sunday afternoon and evening, DS and I just work around each other during the week. I used to do all of it, but over the years we've acquired "laundry independence". <br /><br />I learned long ago to wash my clothes seperately--too many bad experiencs of things left in pockets that ruined a load--I've scrubbed ink out of a whole load, picked off tons of little teeny tine bits of wadded up, wet paper off of black clothes. Now if that happens, it's my own fault!Charlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375151972784634379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-66350850573130317012009-07-22T22:39:24.325-07:002009-07-22T22:39:24.325-07:00http://organizedeveryday.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-...http://organizedeveryday.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-laundry-works-at-our-house.html<br /><br />I just wrote a laundry post! How funny. found your blog at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam. Nice blog.Jena Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385358595707452914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-52880931112237834392009-05-04T15:30:00.000-07:002009-05-04T15:30:00.000-07:00It is SO nice to hear from another with so many in...It is SO nice to hear from another with so many in the household! :) my sister (2 kids) never could understand why our laundry wasn't kept up with until she visited for 2 weeks! <br /><br />We schedule by room: Monday-Mom/Dad, Tues-girls room,Wed-2 teeny teens,Thurs-ABC and Friday catch up and/or sheets and towels. I get Monday 'cause otherwise I woudl have to clear out everyone else's clothes! All the rooms are responsible for their own clothes. We have divided the rooms with older siblings and younger so they have a "mentor" in each room. Only my daughter gets help since her big sis got married and she's only 5! :)<br /><br />Someone asked about socks. I have 5 boys and then 1 girl (youngest) still at home. We use X's on the bottom. you get the number of X's for where in the lineup you are (i.e. oldest son gets 2 x's, youngest son gets 6 x's.)that way I just add an X as the socks are passed down (obviously since these are boys that doesn't happen often!) it's easier than letters and the kids can identify their socks at camp as well!<br /><br />We do have a lot of lost socks still. I think they do their laundry without the socks and then wonder where they all are! I still hold on to an entire laundry basket full of unmatched socks for some reason. I guess I think maybe they will show up some day. I really should know better. Everyone knows that all the lost socks turn into wire hangers! :)<br /><br />Blessings, KristaVineyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633863774587158419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-21204723831090037692009-03-31T12:42:00.000-07:002009-03-31T12:42:00.000-07:00You might just have changed my life lol ... this i...You might just have changed my life lol ... this is going to mean turning everything on it's head for me, but it makes soooooo much sense. There are just six of us here, but already the laundry monster is taking over my life!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-59323886971576285702009-03-31T07:25:00.000-07:002009-03-31T07:25:00.000-07:00Another Family of eight here...and our laundry roo...Another Family of eight here...and our laundry room is actually the hallway to the basement and the garage - no room for a mess. I have a three-compartment sorter - mega style from Costco. Each bedroom and bathroom has their won basket. And each basket has an assigned day. Towels are the only thing that is supposed to go in the bathroom baskets, but 4 year old clothes before baths usually end up there. On the assigned day, I was the clothes in the basket, fold, and put away. I put hubby's on his side of the bed and if I'm feeling nice or overly OCD, put them away. I too am very OCD about the undies being in a neat pile, so I put clothes away until kids are 10. Then it is their responsibility...and I expect them to do it nicely (not perfectly). We talk about respecting the fact that someone worked hard to wash and fold your clothes so you treat them nicely. At 13 you do your own laundry, because, like you, I am not responsible anymore. Also, at 10 the kids are responsible to bring their laundry basket to the laundry "room", otherwise I don't wash it. Also, I try to fold the clothes in the room that they came from to eliminate the piles in family room.Ivymammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15645611213101442979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-33871541501673996382009-03-24T07:17:00.000-07:002009-03-24T07:17:00.000-07:00I have 4 kids & every other weekend i have 5. ...I have 4 kids & every other weekend i have 5. I do ALL the laundry in the house. I wish I had a laundry room, ours washer & dryer are in a closet in the kitchen. Every 2 days I gather all the laundry (off the floor, on the bed, what manages to walk itself into the basket) & sort. Every room has a basket, 3 bedrooms & 1 hall closet. I sort into piles, all hanging up clothes (shirts that we wear (which gets washed, hung dried & ironed) jeans, sleeping clothes (which includes colored socks & undies) whites (which do get bleach). Every 3rd day i do a load of towels. Every monday I do the bedding. I do towels every 3rd day. I wash all rugs every monday also. I don't sort until after sleeping & whites come out of the dryer. from there they go into a basket & i sort & fold from there. I have 7 piles, each kid gets their own & puts them in their drawers. It does help that i have the largest capacity front loaders that were available at the time! I have 2 boxes on top of the washer&dryer that hold yards sale clothes & save clothes (which I'll save for my two younger kids to grow into.) When they're full they get separated into Spring or Fall yard sale boxes & into Spring or Fall clothes to keep boxes. Yeah, it sounds more organized than what it really is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-36933359173469225552009-02-26T18:47:00.000-08:002009-02-26T18:47:00.000-08:00I found my way over to your site via 'Kari &am...I found my way over to your site via 'Kari & Kijsa'.<BR/><BR/>I really loved this post. The laundry room pics are gorgeous, seriously I was drooling. Like you, I have a big family (me, hubby and four kids). And, our laundry room is tiny, it's actually a laundry "closet". I do laundry every single day. Just one day off and it starts to really pile up. I have to admit I'm a little bit (okay, a lot) of a control freak and prefer to do all washing/drying/folding myself. I do have my oldest two put all their own clothes away. And, I have just finally started to have my daughter (she is 12) help with folding. The worst part of laundry, to me, is putting it away. I keep three baskets for sorting - darks, lights, towels/underwear - and try to encourage everyone to deposit their laundry in the correct baskets. Someday, I dream of having a huge walk-in laundry room/mudroom, with cabinets, counter space, and cubbies for each kiddo. A girl can dream, right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02362541400510447208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-7119859437050692872009-02-24T04:36:00.000-08:002009-02-24T04:36:00.000-08:00I just found your blog, and wanted to thank you fo...I just found your blog, and wanted to thank you for your honesty! I love looking at blogs with the huge gorgeous laundry rooms and beautiful living rooms but it always makes me wonder....do they ever do laundry? Thanks for a great post and the inspiration your blog is giving me:)Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812327135363281046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-64918825726653109812009-02-23T09:43:00.000-08:002009-02-23T09:43:00.000-08:00I'm doing laundry for nine and it is seriously my ...I'm doing laundry for nine and it is seriously my least favorite job. Doing it everyday is like torture so I let it stack up and do it twice a week. During the day all the clean laundry gets piled on the couch and we fold and put it away as a family in the evening. <BR/><BR/>I so agree about the no sorting/ wash everything in cold method. There really is no other way.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm curious. How do you handle socks?Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05856975629899818393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-9870899566541613352009-02-21T08:59:00.000-08:002009-02-21T08:59:00.000-08:00We are a family of five. Our laundry room looks ju...We are a family of five. Our laundry room looks just like yours. Last year I started teaching my 12 y/o daughter to do her own laundry. I'm thinking I should have started teaching her at 10! It's wonderful! <BR/>We sort by color, but I am intrigued by sorting by person. My kids wear uniforms to school so Saturday I remind them to have their uniforms in the laundry room and I do those all together.<BR/>Socks are our big problem. Several of us wear the same size socks. I usually fold the socks and put all unmatched socks in a basket. The basket gets full and we go through and sort the matches out. We constantly have unmatched socks though! My mother had 6 kids and she made us safety pin our socks together before putting them in the wash. I hated that and refuse to do it with my own, but I can see why she did it. We are drowning in unmatched socks here! Every once in a while (clearly not enough) I get disgusted and throw away all unmatched socks, but it is a perpetual problem. I think we have too much. If we had less it would be easier to keep up with, right??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-63722086658127750962009-02-21T06:30:00.000-08:002009-02-21T06:30:00.000-08:00This is a humbling post for me! I will think of yo...This is a humbling post for me! I will think of you, when I start complaining about doing laundry twice a week for my family of four! It looks like you have your system down!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872513975317827750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-67483606546273433332009-02-20T21:53:00.000-08:002009-02-20T21:53:00.000-08:00Not sure how you keep up! My husband calls the dry...Not sure how you keep up! My husband calls the dryer his "other dresser". I love your methods, my kids would not! They are spoiled rotten. Their wives will surely hate me!<BR/>Thanks for showing us all how it should be done.<BR/>~MistiMisti of Studio M Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00989487170698114089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-39991938961416736902009-02-20T20:30:00.000-08:002009-02-20T20:30:00.000-08:00Well, first of all I have to manage without even o...Well, first of all I have to manage without even one tiny laundry room! My washer and dryer are in the kitchen under a counter. The one remaining young adult we have living at home does her own laundry. I never ever let my husband touch the laundry, he tried twice and both times it ended in disaster! I do laundry three times a week for two people so it is no big deal. I love that you have a system worked out for a large family that cuts down on the friction! Happy washing!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705378309728984562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-43402736611918900352009-02-20T18:54:00.000-08:002009-02-20T18:54:00.000-08:00I totally agree! We are a family of eight also. ...I totally agree! We are a family of eight also. I started washing by child 2 years ago. What a difference! No more piles and wondering whos is whos. I too have kids 7 and older do their own laundry, folding and keeping clothes (neatly?) folded on shelves in their closets. No dressers in the rooms. I do laundry every day except Sunday but this keeps the task very manageable and never overwhelming.<BR/>I love your blog. . . My first time here.<BR/>Blessings!Mrs. E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02426982729666815228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-11754509391587177282009-02-20T14:57:00.000-08:002009-02-20T14:57:00.000-08:00I too, have 6 children (3 girls, 3 boys). What has...I too, have 6 children (3 girls, 3 boys). What has worked best for us is having an assigned laundry day for each of the kids. Like you, they learn to do their own laundry at age 10 and are assigned a day of the week to do it. Each child has their own laundry basket.<BR/><BR/>This is our schedule:<BR/>Monday- parents (I do)<BR/>Tuesday- 2 older boys <BR/>Wednesday- son #6 + linens(I do)<BR/>Thursday- 2 older girls (they do)<BR/>Friday- daughter #5 + towels(I do) <BR/><BR/>I hope this helps. Thanks for all of your encouraging posts. Keep them coming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-84604932969826225052009-02-20T10:08:00.000-08:002009-02-20T10:08:00.000-08:00Laundry right now for me is pretty easy- it's just...Laundry right now for me is pretty easy- it's just the two of us. But I use to do laundry for 7- and it was crazy so I can relate- Now it's about once or twice a week. <BR/>I Think my husband things there is a laundry fairy- he did his own laundry once while I was in the hospital- :]Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669468122896664662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-43446074656537311982009-02-20T03:57:00.000-08:002009-02-20T03:57:00.000-08:00Hello. I'm loving your blog. Thanks for sharing....Hello. I'm loving your blog. Thanks for sharing. My question is about your laundry and how do you dump the whole thing of children's clothes without running into reds, darks with whites, etc? I can't seem to get past that. Please advise. I'm washing for 7 and it gets overwhelming. I love your idea about the tall trash cans. Where do you keep them? In the closet? I don't think I can put 5 children's cans in our laundry room. I have baskets for all the children's clean clothes so I set them in there and they put them away. Please write: alysawhitlock@yahoo.comAlysa@atticgals.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573180649815467225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-59299924887938863362009-02-19T11:28:00.000-08:002009-02-19T11:28:00.000-08:00This is the best post! I have three children. I on...This is the best post! I have three children. I only do laundry for two of them plus mine and my husbands. That in itself is a disaster. I work full time outside the home and as of right now, my living room floor is covered with my baby girls laundrey. The kids get into my folded piles and it's OVER. <BR/>Thank you for this. I so appreciate it.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249278064229212751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-43716047722653316752009-02-19T07:34:00.000-08:002009-02-19T07:34:00.000-08:00Now I want to re-do my laundry room! Since we hav...Now I want to re-do my laundry room! Since we have moved in we have only added more junk and storage to the laundry room--no painting or face lifts. <BR/><BR/>So there is three of us including a toddler. I have a 3 section laundry sorter in my laundry room. 1 for my son, 1 for sheets and towels, 1 for my husband and I. Everything gets washed in cold water. No ironing. No dry cleaners. I try to fold and hang soon after the dryer stops to get ahead of the wrinkles. I really like to organize how our clothes are put away because I feel it saves us time later. Oh, and I pretreat, presoak, use color safe bleach, and really hot water with the wonderful stains that my son creates. :)knittingknirvanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383985032723786341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007858033104457650.post-14375339913051805252009-02-19T07:22:00.000-08:002009-02-19T07:22:00.000-08:00Again...I.LOVE.YOU!!! Not a weird stalker kind of ...Again...I.LOVE.YOU!!! Not a weird stalker kind of love by the way, but a you are my BFF in cyber space kind of way, and this post sealed the deal.<BR/><BR/>I am now just copying and pasting this post onto my blog for my very next entry. You don't mind, do you? hee hee<BR/>I wont even get started on laundry - my nemesis, but yes, my guys do quite a bit of it. Their wives WILL love us, but when I have so many playing sports and having three sets of stinky clothes in a day....it almost drives me to drink. Yes it does!Jen - Balancing Beauty and Bedlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09152743288585898776noreply@blogger.com