Ironing....those of you who iron, a couple of questions

[TrinityRhino]

How often do you iron?

Do you do it all as it comes out of the dryer/off the line or do you iron as you need it?

Where do you store stuff waiting to be ironed?

What do you not iron?

Do you leave your board out somewhere?

How many are in your family?

[TrinityRhino]

I have never ironed as a norm, I have ironed a few randon things that were so crumpled I had to. I would like to start mybe
I have me, dh, a 7yr, 2 yr old and a baby to iron for. I need some sort of routine. we are continually washing.

[NikkiBFG]

How often do you iron? Hardly ever - I blame mnet!!

Do you do it all as it comes out of the dryer/off the line or do you iron as you need it? as I need it

Where do you store stuff waiting to be ironed? sofa/armchair/door knob....occaisonally the laundry basket

What do you not iron? Most things.....

Do you leave your board out somewhere? Anywhere where DS can't pull it down!

How many are in your family? 3 inc DS

[TrinityRhino]

thanks nikki, you still sound more ironing organised than I am lol

[bobsmum]

I iron about once a week.

Iron in one go for 2/3 hours in an evening in front of the telly (apart from duvet covers - I iron them as needed). I don't like having the iron out in the day when the dcs are running around.

Clean stuff sits in 2 washing baskets in the kitchen porch.

Don't iron tea towels/towels/nightwear/underwear (my mum does!)

Board hides in cupboard under stairs.

4 in family.

[Desiderata]

1. I iron when everyone's run out of clothes.

2. Same answer as above.
3. In a cupboard ... a very big cupboard.
4. Jeans/bed sheets/t-towels
5. No
6. 3

[TrinityRhino]

thanks bobsmum, that sounds quite sensible

[TrinityRhino]

cheers desi

[NikkiBFG]

Am in awe of Bobsmum....

Respect woman!!

PS Anthea turner is on tonight.....

[TrinityRhino]

ooo is it, I'll watch that then

[bessa]

ironing is definately one of those horrid jobs that i confess i leave until the pile is as tall as my toddler, or none of us have anything left to wear. my ironing board is stored in a cupboard, if it was out all the time would have to take notice of the big pile of ironing waiting to be done.

[ggglimpopo]

Every sunday evening. Stop for an hour to eat oysters then finish it off. Do it in front of tv/dvd.

Take everything out of dryer/off line and fold and put away as necessary. Put stuff to be ironed to one side.

In a wicker basket in a cupboard in laundry room

Board folded next to washing machine in laundry room; comes out on sunday evenings.

I iron for younger kids, dh and I and table linen. Big kids iron (or not) for themselves.

[TrinityRhino]

thanks ggg

I am in constant awe of the people I hear of that have actual routines for stuff. I am a total dunce routine-wise and really need to sort it

[bobsmum]

Ha ha! Will try to post pic of said piles of ironing on profile - then awe will disappear instantly

[iwouldgoouttonight]

How often do you iron? When me or DS has run out of clothes.

Do you do it all as it comes out of the dryer/off the line or do you iron as you need it? As I need it.

Where do you store stuff waiting to be ironed? Mine and DP's in a basket in our bedroom, DS's on a chair in his bedroom (not sure why there is two different places!)

What do you not iron? DP's clothes/ towels/ sheets/ nightwear.

Do you leave your board out somewhere? No it leans against the wall in DP's office/ spare bedroom.

How many are in your family? 3.

[lucykate]

i iron once a week at the most

its piled on top of a chest of drawers on the landing til the pile gets so big it falls over

i iron as little as possible, only posh things and things that are really crumpled

board lives under the stairs

there are 4 of us, i am a sahm/wahm, and dh in a portrait painter so neither of us work in an office enviroment, i would have to iron more if we needed clothes smartish for work

[OhNo40]

How often do you iron? When the basket is full-ish. DH used to do it all on a Sunday pm (taking all pm to do it) but that has stopped since we moved house 8 mths ago. I'm currently trying to do small amounts 2-3 times a week to keep it under control.

Do you do it all as it comes out of the dryer/off the line or do you iron as you need it? I hate ironing as I need it - extra pressure when I'm in a rush. If its not ironed, I don't consider it as a possible outfit

Where do you store stuff waiting to be ironed? Spare room - its got a nice solid door so I can't see the basket.

What do you not iron? Anything I think will look OK without it. I'm drastically cutting down on what gets ironed. DDs shorts/trousers, teatowels and some tops now get folded carefully when they are dry. Socks/undies never came into consideration (even though my mum does).

Do you leave your board out somewhere? Nope, we have a nice tall cupboard to put it in.

How many are in your family? Me, DH, DD (age 3)

[TrinityRhino]

thanks for all these replies, very much appreciated

[NikkiBFG]

I would love a domestic routine....I coo and aww over Anthea's house and at same time, feel proud I don't have a slattern house like the people she helps - I even go as far as to call DH into living room and say looook!!!! Our house is never that bad, followed by

But.....its still nowhere near perfect and DH keeps going to work in crumpled shirts...

[slayerette]

How often do you iron?

Once a week

Do you do it all as it comes out of the dryer/off the line or do you iron as you need it?

See above

Where do you store stuff waiting to be ironed?

basket in the living room

What do you not iron?

Towels, socks, underwear, etc

Do you leave your board out somewhere?

Nope -lives in understairs cupboard

How many are in your family?

3

[deegward]

How often do you iron? Twice/three times a week

Do you do it all as it comes out of the dryer/off the line or do you iron as you need it? Wash one day iron the next.

Where do you store stuff waiting to be ironed? In the dining room, in basket

What do you not iron? I iron everything

Do you leave your board out somewhere? Ironing board kept in cupboard in kitchen

How many are in your family? 4 dh, me, and two boys (7 & 4)

[geekgirl]

about once a week, when all the dc are out. Will watch TV whilst doing it. Takes about 1-1.5 hours, I've got a steam generator iron and it's so much faster.

Store it in a laundry basket

Don't iron anything that's not clothes or bedding (don't iron our superking-sized bedding either). Also don't iron school jumpers, pyjamas etc.

Don't leave it out

5

[Hulababy]

DH does pretty much all of out ironing. I rarely iron these days.

He irons once a week generally - normally on a Saturday or Sunday whilst watching TV.

I wash all week round and the things for ironing go in the ironing basket ready for him.

We keep the ironing basket in the utility room downstairs.

The ironing board is folded up, behind the door, in the utility room.

What do we not iron? bedding, towels, underwear, PJs,

There are 3 of us: me, Dh and 5yo DD.

[MamaMaiasaura]

How often do you iron? When the pile gets really big (at least once a week)

Do you do it all as it comes out of the dryer/off the line or do you iron as you need it? Iron in one go from basket

Where do you store stuff waiting to be ironed? In basket

What do you not iron? Socks, bedding and towels

Do you leave your board out somewhere? No

How many are in your family? 3

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