Making Laundry Easier

Host Mary Ellen Pinkham offers neat and efficient ideas for reducing the laundry load.

Family members should each have a mesh laundry bag in which to place their dirty clothes. Buy mesh bags with multiple compartments, and sort articles of clothing into different pockets (see photo).
While children are young, buy them socks that are all one color. Assign a different color to each child to makes sorting them easier.
Before doing the laundry, inspect the clothes because they may not be that dirty. Some items just need to be re-pressed and placed on hangers.
Each child should have a set of play clothes that they can wear for a few days before washing.
Wear an apron while doing household chores to keep your clothes from getting soiled.
Assign a different towel color to each family member. This helps to keep track of how often they're tossing them in the dirty clothes to be washed.
Keep a little plastic bin under the kitchen sink for dirty kitchen towels. Wash the towels when the bin gets full.

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