Is laundry day at your house a hassle? Do you have to search to find the detergent and the fabric softener sheets among the piles of dirty clothes? Are your clothes pins easy to reach, or are they hidden too? Do you have a clothes hamper for the dirty laundry?
One factor in any successful project is organization. You need a certain amount of organization around your house so you and your family don't waste time trying to find needed items. You can easily make laundry day less stressful and less hassle free for you and your family if you just organize your work area. Using some free standing shelves can help you do this in no time! Shelves that are placed over your conventional washer and dryer will give you handy areas to place the detergent, fabric softener sheets, and clothes pins on. These shelves are usually made of tubular metal. They are inexpensive to buy and are easy to assemble. The tubular metal legs slide over your machines so their legs fit over the sides of your washer and dryer. The shelves extend above the control panels of your machines in the back. You can choose between one shelf, two, or more! Get however many you need to organize your laundry room!
Now that you can find the supplies you need to do your laundry, that's a first step in the right direction. It's now time to organize your laundry. Let's start with your dirty laundry. If you don't already have one, you should have a free standing clothes hamper that 's separated into two sections. One section should be for dark clothes, and the other one should be for light clothes. If you and your family get into the habit of separating dirty clothes in the laundry room, then it will take less time for you to wash and dry them.
To further organize your laundry room, you can use another set of free standing shelves to store your clean laundry on. The perfect location for these shelves would be somewhere near the clothes dryer.
Then, once the dirty laundry is washed, then dried, all you have to do is to remove it from the dryer, piece by piece. Fold each piece of clothing and place it on the freestanding shelves. You can even use a separate shelf for each member of your family. That way, once the laundry is done, they can stop in the laundry room and pick up their clean clothes. Your family can put their own laundry away and save you unnecessary time and steps!
To further organize your laundry room, you should, if you haven't already, compile a list of rules for your family to follow. These rules should include (1) Bringing their dirty clothes to the laundry room on a regular and timely basis. That way, when you're ready to wash, everyone's clothes will be in the hamper, separated and ready to go.
The second rule should be that everyone in your family clean out their own pockets. This will also make your laundry day easier! Of course, you can do a quick feel, especially when you're washing the little ones' clothes, to make sure you don't feel anything in the pants or shirt pockets.
