How in the name of all that's holy do you keep on top of laundry?

[DunelmDoris]

I've just moved house and I'm delighted that the central heating here is so new and efficient that I can get all my laundry dried on radiators. But I'm still stuck in a neverending loop of washing and drying.

It doesn't help that we're still living out of boxes, but today the last should be unpacked. Once that's done I have no more excuses and I have to accept that it's laundry groundhog day.

How do you do it? What's the secret?

Three bags in utility room - white, colours and darks, plus a wee tub for stuff to be washed without softner. It usually gets chucked in with another wash and just forgo softner on that wash.

I put mine on at tea time and hang out before bed in bathroom with dehumidifier on.
Only exception is cloth nappies which go on a wash overnight. They are washed every 2-4 nights depending on how many she's gone through. Trying to fit those into a regular routine would be a pita.

Data I (well, not I personally, our wonderful ironing lady) irons everything. Sheets, pillow cases, duvet covers (ours and DC), jeans (but doesn't iron creases into them, thank god), shirts, polo shirts, t shirts, pyjamas etc. I love everything looking smart and crisp.

She irons cottons by spraying them with an amazing spray called easy iron, which speeds things up a lot and makes them look even better.

I agree though that school uniform does not need to be ioroned (save for school shirts and school polo shirts). I have perfected the art of hanging school jumpers, sweatshirts, tracksuit bottoms and trousers on the clothes airer so that they dry flat and pretty much crease free.