NCDR Laundry Question

[ABobLoblawLawBomb]

I only use one basket for diapers, everything else gets laid out flat on my couch until it gets hung.

[SAK]

Jan 17, 2015 14:15:40 GMT -5 ABobLoblawLawBomb said:

I only use one basket for diapers, everything else gets laid out flat on my couch until it gets hung.

You hang everything?!

[ABobLoblawLawBomb]

Jan 17, 2015 14:18:56 GMT -5 SAK said:

Jan 17, 2015 14:15:40 GMT -5 ABobLoblawLawBomb said:

I only use one basket for diapers, everything else gets laid out flat on my couch until it gets hung.

You hang everything?!

Except for pants, yes. We have a walk in closet. It's soooo much faster, and I HATED folding. Plus, dressers and shit just didn't work for us. Stuff was always getting lost in them.

[SAK]

Interesting...

[ABobLoblawLawBomb]

Plus I used to fold stuff then never put it away. Now if it's on a hanger, it goes upstairs.

[esd]

I don't use laundry baskets for clean clothes. I just fold or hang everything straight out of the dryer. It helps that the kids think doing laundry is really fun.

[chickypoo2468]

Jan 17, 2015 14:07:35 GMT -5 SAK said:

Jan 17, 2015 14:06:06 GMT -5 chickypoo2468 said:

5 people, 6 baskets. And there's still clean laundry all over my couches.

I love you a little more every day.

I edited ^^^ but forgot to hit post

[chickypoo2468]

Jan 17, 2015 14:18:56 GMT -5 SAK said:

Jan 17, 2015 14:15:40 GMT -5 ABobLoblawLawBomb said:

I only use one basket for diapers, everything else gets laid out flat on my couch until it gets hung.

You hang everything?!

Oh, AND I try to hang most things right out of the washer. So there's all that too.

[MapleMomma]

Jan 17, 2015 14:21:35 GMT -5 ABobLoblawLawBomb said:

Jan 17, 2015 14:18:56 GMT -5 SAK said:

You hang everything?!

Except for pants, yes. We have a walk in closet. It's soooo much faster, and I HATED folding. Plus, dressers and shit just didn't work for us. Stuff was always getting lost in them.

I hang most everything as well and we also have a walk in closet. Only MH's t-shirts and pants get folded, and my tanks and pj pants.

[piccyami]

We lived without anything to fold fabric for a few years. We had baskets to put on the shelves in the closets and just hung everything. We still need more folding space now that we bought a dresser.

Also, we have 4 huge laundry baskets for 2 people. I need more. We sort laundry as it goes in, so darks, colors, delicates, towels, and jeans.

[rrrrrachel]

I use mine for all kinds of stuff. Sorting for yard sales and consigning. We have some "laundry basket dressers" that are good for storing stuff like blankets or clothes the kids still need to go into. Plus I am not a quick laundry putter awayer so I need a cushion so at least laundry gets done.

[clldll]

Jan 17, 2015 14:32:29 GMT -5 esd said:

I don't use laundry baskets for clean clothes. I just fold or hang everything straight out of the dryer. It helps that the kids think doing laundry is really fun.

Can I borrow your kids? I hate laundry. Except CD laundry.

[redrock]

Jan 17, 2015 11:59:16 GMT -5 ellebeedub said:

4 humans, 1 basket, but that usually means there's a massive pile-up of clean laundry in our room and the family room.

This is us too, except we only have 3 humans. It also makes us have a huge pile of dirty laundry all the time. We could definitely use another basket or 2.

[MapleMe]

Do people differentiate between hampers and laundry baskets? We've only got hampers. But three: our bedroom, M's bedroom and next to the washing machine (off the kitchen)

[clldll]

Jan 17, 2015 21:58:40 GMT -5 MapleMe said:

Do people differentiate between hampers and laundry baskets? We've only got hampers. But three: our bedroom, M's bedroom and next to the washing machine (off the kitchen)

I hate hampers. They always gather fuzzies from the laundry in the bottom. I much prefer a basket I can wipe out.

[grumpycakes]

Jan 17, 2015 21:58:40 GMT -5 MapleMe said:

Do people differentiate between hampers and laundry baskets? We've only got hampers. But three: our bedroom, M's bedroom and next to the washing machine (off the kitchen)

I do.  My husband doesn't and it drives me BSC.

[MapleMe]

Hm, DH doesn't get the difference either

[redrock]

Jan 17, 2015 21:58:40 GMT -5 MapleMe said:

Do people differentiate between hampers and laundry baskets? We've only got hampers. But three: our bedroom, M's bedroom and next to the washing machine (off the kitchen)

Yes. M has a hamper, but it's just for dirty clothes. We just use the chute for the rest of the dirty laundry. The basket is only for clean laundry.

[TJ]

I have no clue what the difference is. We have 4 baskets that store dirty clothes, get wiped out, then store clean clothes till they're put away.

[awful]

We only have one basket that doesn't ever house dirty clothes. Then there is a basket in DS's room that holds his dirties but I also use it to sort and put away clean clothes when I'm doing laundry. DH and I's clothes go in a cabinet that is designed to be a hamper. I'll probably just get one more basket for DD's room when she gets here.

[MapleMe]

I always feel so lost when it comes to "laundry culture." We had a cleaning lady when I was growing up, so no one ever taught me how to do laundry. So I just did the way that makes sense for me (since joining here I feel like some kind of laundry expert though). It had never occurred to me to have different place for clean and dirty laundry. For y'all who wipe out your basket. Is it because there is dirt/fuzz etc or something that you do as a matter of course?

[tinkerham]

3 baskets but use them just for hampers. I have too many stairs and found it better to limit my carrying to one armful at a time so I can grip the rail w my other arm. (I'm really clumsy and live in a 5 level row house type thing).

[SAK]

Oh strange. I didn't realize everyone didn't differentiate. We call anything holding dirty clothes hampers. And then baskets hold clean clothes until they're taken care of.

[grumpycakes]

Jan 18, 2015 7:27:21 GMT -5 SAK said:

Oh strange. I didn't realize everyone didn't differentiate. We call anything holding dirty clothes hampers. And then baskets hold clean clothes until they're taken care of.

This is the correct way

[MapleMe]

Jan 18, 2015 7:27:21 GMT -5 SAK said:

Oh strange. I didn't realize everyone didn't differentiate. We call anything holding dirty clothes hampers. And then baskets hold clean clothes until they're taken care of.

DH is the main launderer of the house and he always takes care of clothes right away (he hates leaving a task incomplete). But back when I did my own laundry (I have no problem leaving tasks incomplete), I usually had two bags/baskets/hampers/clothes chairs (depending on life stage), but I used them interchangeably.

[cornerofthesky]

Jan 17, 2015 9:34:48 GMT -5 SAK said:

How many people are in your family and how many laundry baskets do you have?  Not hampers to put dirty clothes in.

Four people and two laundry baskets

[unaveragejane]

SAK, I thought you were keeping a separate mesh basket for everyone in your house to make it easier to put up the clean clothes. I was going to try that. Is it not working for you?

[SAK]

Jan 18, 2015 12:52:05 GMT -5 unaveragejane said:

SAK, I thought you were keeping a separate mesh basket for everyone in your house to make it easier to put up the clean clothes. I was going to try that. Is it not working for you?

We do once they're folded for them to put away and that works well. It's between the time they come out of the dryer and I get around to folding them that is a hold up. I have to do a minimum of 3 loads/day and that's if no one is sick or muddy or whatever. So if I miss a day or get behind there is immediately 6+ loads of laundry waiting to be folded at any given time.

[rrrrrachel]

It's crazy how quickly laundry piles up.

[meesh]

Jan 18, 2015 14:13:59 GMT -5 rrrrrachel said:

It's crazy how quickly laundry piles up.

truth.  I only have two adults and a toddler (okay, and four pets) and I do laundry all day, every day.  I hate it