Laundry

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How do you organise your laundry?. We used to have a garage so washer was in there with a basket for towels, sheets etc then a thing from Amazon called the ‘Poshbox’ which is basically a three compartment laundry basket. Now we’ve moved and the poshbox is too big and cumbersome plus when it’s full the baskets don’t fit properly inside. The basket was in the bathroom but is in the way. Plus no one puts the washing in properly. Also no room for towels and sheets and extra basket ends up somewhere else and the cat jumped in it and weed up the wall!

do I have separate basket for DD 13 and one for DH and I and just put sheets and towels in those too then sort them each time?

We have a laundry basket in the bedroom. All clothes go in there and are then sorted on washing days.
Towels and sheets go straight into the machine on their days.

Same as @RaraRachael except the laundry basket is on the landing - just a bog standard square Ikea one with a hinged lid. If the DCs don't put their clothes in there, then their clothes don't get washed (by me - they know how the machine works and can do it themselves). Towels and sheets never go in there as they go straight into the machine, then they come out of the dryer or off the airer and go straight into the airing cupboard.

I don't have a solution for your cat though except a lid on the basket!?

We have a laundry basket in each bathroom and they are checked every day or so (by either my OH or I) and the washing sorted out into lights, darks, towels, delicates etc. Anything not put into the wash goes back into the baskets ready for next time.
Things like bedding go straight into the wash.

Drying is done either on the line, airer or tumble. Then it is into the ironing basket and dealt with by whoever fancies an ironing session.
When ironed, it is put away immediately.

Thank you- happy to hear other people’s experiences too.
@Xiaoxiongshes 12 now and will pee on anything soft. We no longer can have a bathmat in the bathroom 🤨
I think it’s the sorting that is annoying me. I was getting them to put the washing in one basket and sorting it in the garage as I went along but when we moved here we had no space. DH said everyone can put it in sorted but in reality it ends up getting mixed up and the basket then gives way.

Depends how you organise the washes. I do clothes washing on Mondays and towels and sheets around a Thursday. We have one basket for clothes which I empty out on Mondays and separate into lights and darks. Towels and sheets never go into a basket, we just strip beds & pile up the towels and take them down as a bundle.

I think I'd have a basket in your room and one in DD's, and maybe a small separate one for whites or lights if you only have a few. It might be easiest to do DD washes some days and you & DH washes on other days. The more you combine things together the more work it is, I think. Our eldest does her own laundry now so has her own basket, she just adds a handful of whites into the family basket for me to do.

I used to have a white and black laundry basket in the main bathroom. Kids would put their clothes in there. Sheets and big stuff like that I’d just tell them to strip their beds and take that down. Now it’s just me and DD so we have one basket outside the laundry (which is in upstairs cupboard in this house). I then drape it over the banister for her to collect on the way up to her room. There’s shelves above the machine to put extra towels sheets etc.

Each person has their own laundry basket in their bedroom and is responsible for doing their own washing. Youngest is 14 and we've been doing that for a couple of years.

Towels get taken off the hooks in the bathroom straight into the machine, same with bedding, so they never languish in anyone's laundry basket.

I have an ikea cupboard on the landing with two baskets inside (and holes in the door to post the clothes through). Whites and colours. A load of colours is done every other day roughly, with whites done on a Friday after school. I only wash clothes that are put out - DD has learned the hard way that if she doesn't put her washing out, it doesn't get done.

We don't have a tumble drier, so when we can't dry outdoors, we do sheets and towels fortnightly at the launderette (we change them more frequently than that, we have plenty of sets). Everything else goes on the heated airer.

Don't use laundry bins. Laundry goes straight in the basket in the landing or on the floor of the utility room or soaking in gymwash in the utility room sink (specifically DHs gym kits) until I have enough for a load. Just DH and me. I wash clothes about twice a week (one dark, one whites).
DS(22) does his own laundry about once a week, overloading my machine and monopolising the airer at inconvenient times!!!
I do towels and bedding when I have drying room and remember to do them.
When everyone is home (another DS and a DD) i wash overnight everyday.

if you have room somewhere for a Kallax or similar the cube pullouts are a pretty good size for most wash loads. If it can go somewhere everyone can access then have a cube for each type of washing and a cube is full the load goes on.

We keep the laundry seperate. Its easier to sort one persons socks rather tham have everyones mixed up. Always do a full load and wait for days when it wont rain to haing outside. Its a faff.

Laundry basket in each bedroom. Try and do sheets on bed changing day. If not possible they get added to the pile in the basket.

Thanks all. Not going to put towels and sheets on floor as the cat thinks it’s an invitation for a wee🤦🏻‍♀️🤣
I try to do towels and bedsheets on a Sunday straight off bed/ off hooks. Clothes mainly done on mon or Fri as wfh days and can dry on weekend. I have rotary airer outside, heated one inside and tumble dryer. I only iron my own stuff and not even all that. I need closed baskets due to the cat peeing. I think having a basket in each room is a good idea. DD said she was happy to do her own but I then think we’ll end up with half loads and stuff plus I actually enjoy doing the washing 😃

I have a basket in each room and sort them to pick out the relevant bits for the wash I’m doing ( I grab one basket to bring it down in, then return it). Towels and sheets go straight from beds/hooks to washed ( maybe a bit if time on the utility floor as I can’t fit them all in one wash, but I don’t have a cat). My clean laundry and ironing basket are the same to avoid them building up too much as I hate putting laundry away.
@Namechangedasouting987does gymwash actually work? I keep seeing ads for it but wasn’t sure if it was just another fb scam.

Exactly this set up for us - towels and sheets are never in a basket as I collect them and wash straight away - individual laundry baskets that fit in each bedroom

@Justploddingonandon I find it helps if I soak the kit in Gymwash in a bowl and hot water for a while before washing.
I did use it in the machine too for a while, but that works out quite expensive. Def better than when I didnt use gymwash