The Laundry System that Changed My Life! (Minimalist Laundry Routine)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Laundry used to be such a pain in our house! Piles EVERYWHERE! But not anymore! We've found a laundry system that works for us and practically runs itself. There was one BIG change we had to make to our laundry routine-- and that probably accounts for 90% of the success!
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Great video Dawn😁
Loving your hair!!!
I been on a “the minimal mom” marathon so this made me happy! 🙏🏽💗
"Dont start laundry unless you can finish it" welp I guess I'm never starting laundry again haha
Hahaha right! 🤣🤣🤣
Lol!!! There is a lot of re washing going on here when I forget to put them in the dryer. I think it helps for her that it's all on the same level. When I was in a condo I rarely forgot to change it over cause it was right next to me in the kitchen. But now in a house with a basement it's out of sight out if mind.
That’s what I thought! Hahaha
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1. Simplify your inventory (2:54)
2. One load a day (4:57)
3. All dirty laundry comes into the laundry room (5:53)
4. Significantly reduce your number of hampers and laundry baskets (6:40)
5. When each load of laundry comes out of the dryer, deal with it fully (7:15)
6. Fold as little as physically possible (8:35)
7. Don't start another load of laundry if you don't have time to deal with what's in the dryer (9:35)
8. Co-mingle, wash anything together, except darks (10:05)
9. Simplify detergents, etc. (10:47)
10. Socks in the laundry room (12:05)
Thank you this was a big time-saver!
I guess I’m too picky… I’ve never wash towels and jeans together with knit shirts... All separate 😳😊
Me too,I sort:) but I love doing laundry
I find it really does make a difference if we sort. I don't know if it's cause we have a old washer or what because others say it doesn't matter. Anytime something slips in the wrong load for me it gets discolored.
I can't put towels w clothes, the lint on the clothes would drive me nuts. Dryer is only used for linens n jeans. Clothes last so much longer w out all the lint coming off from the clothes in the dryer. Dryer fades colors too on certain clothes.
Me too... the tougher/heavier weight things are too hard on the more delicate/lighter weight things, I feel.
@@blackholesun3152 most clothes say wash on gental cycle cold water you cant wash towls on gental.
Leave the washer lid open between loads to avoid the smells!!
I do this!
@@pjengland286 me to the instruction book said to.
Just hope the cats don't jump in!
I've always used a cutoff hockey stick to push laundry down in my old washer. My new washer doesn't fill like the old one I loved. I've always used it to keep the lid from closing after I'm done. It's also handy when I soak towels or really dirty clothes/stuff.
Yes this does work it allows the air to circulate and elimate the mildew smell.
the mildew smdlls
Me: looks at pile of laundry 🧺 on 🛋😅
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This is why back in the old days people were more relaxed...they didnt have but only what they needed
I am that way now
“Anything that holds stuff holds stuff”
Best quote ever!
Yes! Now what about surfaces Anything flat accumulates cr***. So dusty.
My mom's Achilles heel is baskets. Don't even get me started on all the baskets and boxes.🙄😊
Everyone in my household does their own laundry. I'm nobody's maid. The kids started doing theirs as soon as they could reach the detergent and machine controls.
ETA: Their friends are perplexed at this, but my kids are equally perplexed at why their friends expect others to clean up after them.
Damn. Okay Xirena!
Love it! 🙌🏼
I'm kinda in the middle there. My 12 year old does about as much laundry as I do in a household of 6, my oldest and youngest are tasked with helping whomever is doing laundry. But in saying that, they still seem to think mom's everyones maid for the rest of the house...
I did the same with my kids.
I don’t know exactly when I started them on their own laundry, it’s been so long ago. I’m thinking about 7-8 yrs old.
My step daughter came into my life when she was 5 or 6 & she needed some learning & trust time.
I do remember though not long after being in the school system, if they can learn & do in school, they can learn & do in the home.
They were doing their own laundry early & their bedroom could be trashed all week but come the weekend it was spotless & they did all of that at early ages.
Their bathroom soon followed with the silver even left shining.
They only needed a few lessons & they were off to the races. Of course it didn’t hurt that the younger wanted to be as old or at least think he was, the older was.
One happy mama.
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Same in our family of 9.. Any 9 year old can do laundry. Plus we hated sorting. when everyone did their own, there was no sorting. We also eventually got to the point of owning less, but it was a process! lol
Never wash clothing with towels, makes them linty
Rhonda Alan must be the towels you have. We have never had that problem 🤷♀️
Also... Towels need higher temperature than jeans🙈
I always wash towels on 95 and jeans on 40.
I agree, towels are also rough-textured and are abrasive to clothes over time. Plus I have white towels and wash them in hot water... clothes get washed in cold.
Ever notice the lint in the trap after drying towels? Mines always full.
Maybe cause they’re cotton and not microfibre?
I've never washed towels and clothes together or sheets. They're all separate, even hand/face towels. They all have different dry times and I've never dried anything fully in the dryer. That ruins clothes and puckers the banding on the towels. Everything gets partially dried then hung. No wrinkles that way. And my 20+ year sheets and towels look amazing.
My goodness! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I'm 38, pregnant with #4 (thank you quarantine 😂) and have been completely overwhelmed with the state of my home. After watching your videos, I tackled a small closet and got momentum. Yesterday, I COMPLETELY minimimalized our kitchen. I feel physically lighter and can't stop smiling...to the point of being down right giddy. The most amazing and unexpected side effect is that I feel closer to the Lord than I have in such a long long time. THANK YOU!!!
Same boat! Pregnant with #4 and realized we can’t live like this especially with another little one coming to our little home. Love love LOVE minimizing!
You're so inspiring!
My laundry routine:
Day 1: put clothes in washer
End of day 1: put clothes in dryer
Day 2-3: take clothes out of dryer
Day 6: put clothes away.
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😆 yes! Relatable 100%
Even more so with kids at least at my house with 6 people. I have clean clothes folded on my bed from 2 days ago and I don't think any of it is mine
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I think Flylady says “A load a day keep mount Wash More away.”
Unless you have 5 young kids, then it's 2-3 loads a day haha. But worth it! Because we always have clean clothes to wear.
This hits too close to home... 😰😩😅
This is the first of your videos I watched... I've been watching every day since and my house is slowly evolving into the home I want it to be. Thank you xxx
I found your other laundry video shortly after we lost our eight year old son tragically two years ago. I am still doing this system today. It has been a blessing to me to have one more thing in my life simplified. We only have what we need, I do one load of laundry every day, I don't have piles of laundry. I just have simple wicker shelves in the laundry room nothing fancy I toss each persons laundry on a shelf they grab it up and take care of it. I appreciate this system more than you will ever know. Going through something like we did put me in a mental fog for months having this system is a blessing. THANK YOU for touching my life when I really needed it most!
Solution for socks: My mother-in-law told me she bought all plain black crew socks for her boys (and picked one single brand) and I adopted this. It was a game changer! Absolutely no sorting because the socks are all identical and they are tossed in a bin 👏👏I used to have a hard time with all of the patterned dress socks my husband wore to work. The patterns were subtle, it was hard to tell navy from black etc., which made sorting a nightmare! This was my biggest laundry whoa LOL
There are some white socks, too. But same idea...all one brand, same style, bin method!
Yes! My kids and I had to escape a situation, and we got out with two sets of clothes and a set of PJs each, eventually getting some towels and one blanket each. So the bright side of a dark time was that I saw how EASY laundry can be when you only have a little to do in the first place.
I don’t mind laundry. I don’t love touching dirty stuff but, I LOVE being surrounded by clean warm laundry. I wish I felt as inspired by dishes or floors.
The thing that would help most with my laundry would be a laundry room, my washer is in my small kitchen.
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Maureen Clements
I’m with you on that. In my several moves in life- several tiny shoved in weird places and much too many outdoor laundry situations! I am always envious of the beautiful, large, “Instagram” laundry rooms. One of these days....
Same! I love laundry...dishes make me SICK
@@michellekathryn44 i actually don't mind either one. I know where I am at with dishes and laundry. Also, I have learned a lot about attitudes about work from my Amish friends.
I live alone and I use my washing machine as a hamper. When it's nearly full I wash all clothes in cold. I only do about 4-5 loads per month. Always love your videos!!
Ditto! I just put all dirty clothes in the washer and run it when it’s full ( I throw a color catcher in if it’s a mixed load because I don’t even sort colors) 🤣
@@ImSimplyAHuman I've washed plenty a non sorted load, even with warm water and no problems. My clothes are so old I doubt there is a drop of dye that could come out at this point.
kokolatte825 even better! Save that💰
I do this abit too.especially if i have done a clothes load and have all the towels then on the floor I stick them in the washing machine for when I do have time to complete the load 😊
@@ImSimplyAHuman I haven’t sorted laundry in many years. Don’t use a color catcher & never have a problem. Also use cold water to conserve energy
Our family re-wears clothes as long as they don’t stink or there’s no visible dirt. Makes a difference in the amount of laundry.
I agree! I think we over wash and it's so hard on the material!
Multiple wears of everything (except underwear and socks) is definitely the way to go. If my daughter ever put once worn jeans in the washing basket I would just fold them and put them straight back in her room. Clothes last much longer with fewer washes.
Jeans and sweaters or sweatshirts are a rewear for me.
Definitely! People don’t realize that the purpose of undergarments is to keep the most important parts of clothes clean. I rewear until it’s gets a little funky or there’s dirt.
If the clothes are worn outside in public they need to be washed especially with the convid out there.
Laundry is my favourite chore. Living in a warm climate my routine is quite different as we do not use the dryer but hang outside on the clothesline. I agree we only have the dirty clothes in the laundry.
Routine: I wash first thing in the morning and as I hang the items on the line I have different spots on the line for different family members, which is my first sort. At the end of the day when I remove from the line I then put each person’s like items together (all hubby’s t-shirts come off at the same time). I also fold as I remove from the line. The basket is then full of sorted folded clothing or linen and I walk through the house putting the items away and return the basket to the laundry.
I have always found the whole process to be very mindful (before mindfulness was a thing) and the joy of going out in the sunshine, hearing the birds etc. Favourite chore.
Hanging clothes on the line is the best!
I have a dryer but I would rather have a clothes line. Gonna have to get on my husband to put one up for me!
What? What line? Lines aren’t allowed in my community. We’d be fined.
If laundry is your favourite chore - you are always welcome to visit. 😀
You sound like a laundry angel
I 100% agree! I recently got rid of EVERYTHING and bought a small capsule wardrobe I love. *Loving the clothes* has made such a difference for me.
I’m TOTALLY trying the laundry basket trick. We always have laundry on the bathroom floor so I’m just going to put one in there.
I definitely fold my kids clothes. Their shirts get wrinkly and I don’t want them going out looking sloppy.
I hang shirts/dresses and fold pants. But i let my kids pick their clothes so they often become unfolded any way.😒
@@KJ-nv9uz very true🤦♀️
I hang all the wet laundry on hangers and put them out on the clothes line outside. Once everything is dry, I hang it straight in the wardrobe. Simple!
Have you discovered the Flip Fold? It is a game changer. Not only is everything wrinkle-free but it knocks the air out of folded clothes so they take up less space.
I fold in front of the TV or while listening to a podcast.
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Once our kids were in Middle School, it was a 'right of passage" that they Got to do their own laundry. They each got Laundry 101 lesson. Now that really cut down on the Mom's work.
Yes my son has been doing his own laundry since he was 13, taking out the garbage, mowing the lawns and cleaning his own rooms, he has his bedroom, bathroom and a rumpus/playroom.
Yes! My two boys do their own laundry and have been for a few years now. (I put in the soap for my 7 year old.) They are both 12 & 9 now and know when they are getting low on clothes, they better start a load!
I’m working on getting the kids into laundry younger
Judy Zwemke once mine turned 12 they were taught and I don’t wash their sheets or towels either. They know exactly what to use to treat different kinds of stains and read labels.
Do they also help out with the family laundry? My husband’s mom had the kids do their own laundry, but never made them help with the family laundry. Fast forward many years and I move in with him, his sister, & a couple friends ... no one ever washed the household laundry - the kitchen towels were so gross & the bath mats were even worse! Everyone’s personal laundry was great, but not so much for those shared objects. I figured out really fast that it’s because none of them ever helped with the shared laundry growing up.
My big change was teaching my teenagers to do their own laundry. Each of us...4 teens and myself... have an assigned day to have the laundry room. I have 2 days because I do mine and my husband’s. It works great. I no longer hate doing laundry!! I had to give up control of having no wrinkled clothes. They occ have wrinkled clothes. I left my house to head to college having never done a load of laundry. Won’t be the same for them!
Everyone in your house does their own laundry except for the grown man.
@@marlajean1715 maybe her husband makes up for it by doing other tasks for her. You don't know their agreements.
My husband does my laundry. In turn, I clean our room. We split other tasks.
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I am an empty nester. I have two hampers in my closet...One for dark and one for light clothes. They are on wheels so when one gets full I wheel it to the laundry room and do that load. We've been using this system for years and never lose socks and don't have a huge pile up of laundry. I also have a laundry bag that hangs in my closet for delicate items. It has been a lifesaver. We also do not have many undergarments, so we have to do laundry at least once a week. When the kids were still at home, they started doing their own laundry in middle school and were completely responsible for doing it by high school in preparation for college and beyond. If a soccer uniform didn't get washed, they had to wear it dirty. It taught them how to plan ahead. I did help out from time to time because sometimes life gets crazy and a little help from mom is not so bad occasionally. Thanks Dawn for the encouragement to keep the inventory down. That really does make a difference.
Marti Peterson that’s a great skill for kids to learn. When I went to college many years ago, I had a few people pay me to do their laundry because they didn’t know how. Plus I had to give a few laundry lessons.
I remember 1st year of college being surprised by kids that couldn't do their laundry. Basic life skill.
I taught my kids in middle school. Taught my son about whites, and reds running. His baseball red socks ended up pink. He didn't care and the other parents cracked up.
I grew up with that "dark" and "light" clothes system. I ended up buying all colored underwear and socks and sheets. Nothing is white anymore. No bleach. No sorting clothes. I just put everything straight into the washing machine when I get ready for bed and run the wash every few days.
Can you tell me how you handle the yearly stomach bugs or accidents/ spills without extra towels and sheets?
I keep extras specifically for accidents or throw ups!
I have a bucket of rags including torn up towels and old cloth diapers
I guess that could help with clean ups from the floor, but we tend to need to change bedding when kids are sick. And I typically put a towel next to the bed
We Use a bucket or trash bin- I trained my kids to aim for the bucket and it’s cut down on laundry.... keeps it nice and tidy
I use all of these things as well once I know there are sick.....but the first middle of the night throw up out of no where doesnt always make it and small kids that just doesn't work. I was hoping to hear what she did, but no luck. I'll continue to have at least 2 sets of sheets and blankets per bed.....because when the stomach bugs hits a family of 5 at the same time and you have one bathroom, it's a necessity 🤷♀️
I agree- I still kept 2 sets per bed as well- one on the bed one in the closet - but i has so many more then that/ today was my purge day....
I can't imagine having 6 towels.. where were you 30 years ago when I was raising kids.. You are amazing 👏
We have 2 towels per person. One set goes in the laundry and other set gets hung. Same with sheets. Then those get folded (when washed/dried) and put up.
My mum has a cupboard that must hold 50 towels, accumulated over 35+ years. It’s just her and my adult brother living there now. Probably most of those towels haven’t been touched or used in years!
Hi Dawn! My wife got me to start watching your vids...have to say I enjoy seeing what you and Tom are up to! Happy Fall, everyone!
That's awesome! Thank you!!!
Your cardinal picture is absolutely gorgeous! Happy Fall to you, too!
@@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane Thanks!! Funny story - I was actually able to get some nice close ups of it after it flew into our window...haha - he was stunned for a little bit, but flew away unscathed after regaining himself!
@@dentonlunsford3191 Oh, that's why your picture's so nice! Haha, they are quite a skittish bird, and it does make it difficult to get a good picture! I've gotten some decent ones of them in our pine tree, but through the windows from inside the house... Well I'm glad he was ok! Ever try those window clings to help birds see your windows? We use the Birds Eye View brand and it has reduced birds crashing into our windows a LOT! They have several brands on Amazon. Also keeping feeders really close to windows so as they fly off they don't get up enough speed to hurt themselves, or far away so they have lots of room to avoid windows... those 2 tips help a lot too, in case you didn't already know that! =D Take care!
I was thinking "You don't have a laundry basket??? Whaaat?" 😲😲 I have 3!
Then I remembered you just put your washing straight in the dryer after washing. In Australia, especially in warm areas many people don't even own dryers. If you do have one you use it as necessary maybe a few times a year. People who live in apartments will use them if they dont have the hanging space and those in really cold climates but most just hang it out on the line and let the air and sun do their thing! It certainly makes it a longer process but it is what we are all used to doing here. The main thing is to just fold or hang (who has time to iron😂) and put it away straight away once you get it off the line and put the basket away before it gathers stuff. We are a family of 5 and I definitely feel like all I do is laundry but doing a load every day helps. At least our machine is automatic, my mum had a manual machine when I was young and her mum used a hand washing board!
Haylee Martin how lovely! I wish I had a nice clothes drying line at my rented house here in the NW United States.
@@clairekurdelak2913 Yes! Love being able to air out the clothes and freshen them up. Good arm workout too on a windy day 😂 Where we live temps reach 40 Celsius quite often in summer, sometimes we turn our clothes inside out so they won't fade and i even hang clothes on a rack inside when its brutally hot 😂 But here we barely get under freezing and it barely rains (we are in drought and it hasn't rained at all in 2 months) so we don't have many excuses not to use our clothes lines! Plus our electricity is amongst the most expensive in the world so this and having solar panels certianly helps our power bills!
The sun also disinfects. 😊
How would that work when it is days of rain or snow?
Picture This Autism drying racks near our wood heater work well.
Personally for me I have 2 sets of sheets for each 6 of us in case of any unexpected situations but I do agree keeping everything in your home minimal does make life easier less stress
I tried the one towel, one sheet set thing when the kids were young....then the stomach flu arrived and the power went out and I couldn't do laundry....so went out to Walmart and bought towels and sheet sets! lol!
Gee I just thought I was lazy by washing everything together and not folding anything 😂! Turns out I’m a minimalist genius!
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I wish the money in my bank account piles up as my laundry basket does.
Doing laundry daily is much more doable when you are home all day.
When I had a family at home are used to wash all day Saturday finish drying and ironing on Sunday now I’m on my own I wash when I get a load of a certain colour and I don’t do any ironing
It’s doable for the rest of us too Melissa, it’s just about building a routine. I tend to put a load in the washing machine as soon as I get home from work and it’s finished washing just after dinner. I then fold and put away the previous day’s load, which is generally dry by then. Last I hang the load I’ve just washed. I don’t own a dryer, but this would still work if you did. I wash a load of towels and a load of sheets on the weekend, so the after work loads are for school clothes, work clothes, sports clothes, etc.
@@kyliemoloney3218 oh I’ve got routines! I’m good!! I’m just saying in general. When I look back over the last several years when I would go straight from work to one or more kids activities and get home to then do dinner, it wasn’t feasible to do laundry daily unless I wanted it to sit in the washing machine overnight. Plus I am a fold directly from the dryer and put away type of person, so laundry sitting around is more stressful to me than anything. I had 4 kids in 27 months that are now teenagers who do their own laundry. And have always worked full time. So trust me, I have always had routines!!! I am speaking from the experience of being, for example, on maternity leave and being home all day everyday. Much easier to get laundry done daily from start to finish when you are steps from the laundry room all day!!
When you're that busy it helps to throw a load in in the morning, then once home throw it in the dryer and fold/hang/put away on the way to bed.
@@rld1278I’m sure that works great for some!
I can't imagine only having one set of sheets per bed. That means if someone gets sick and their bed is a mess, you have to do laundry before they can go back to bed!
Agreed, always a good idea to have one backup set.
We just put a beach towel or top sheet on the bed in case of accident!
Lay down a blanket or towels!!
@@jessbest931 Did you miss that she only has one towel per person? One blanket per bed?
@@jodimine1056 Nope, saw that. Just lay down a bath towel or blanket from the bed and throw the sheets in the wash.
With just two of us now, I keep COLOR CATCHERS always in my laundry room so the only separating I do is towels, bedding, and clothing..all clothing can go in together with a color catcher....and I use lingerie bags for sweaters and more fussy fabrics.....
Maureen Harrah yes, I keep color catchers but still sort by color, and don’t mix linens with clothing. Each Sunday night I do 2 loads, 1 during the week. The other people in this house are responsible for their own. Color catchers are a worthwhile investment!
I didn’t know those existed, but I just ordered some! Thanks for the tip!
@@jobielifehappens7102 You won't be sorry.....In a mixed load when you have a red or other color you are concerned about, you can even put in two. If mine comes out white, I let it dry and use it again.
What are COLOR CATCHERS? I haven't seen them. But I always sort by color, lights & darks, towels and bedding in separate loads, etc.
Maureen Harrah Oh! Didn’t know that! My first load, it came out white, but the second one definitely picked up blue/gray. Thanks again for the great tip!
I’m that person who enjoys doing laundry and loves to fold it and put it away.
I love folding laundry so it looks nice and new! 😉
Me too! Nothing better than walking into the closet and everything is perfection!
I agree I really enjoy it
So do I. It's my favorite household chore. I love the organization of it and would never mix towels with clothes.
Thank you so much for this! I paused this video half way through, went into my CRAZYYY laundry room and filled 2 garbage bags with clothes to donate!! You motivated me to go get rid of things lol. I have a ton more to go through but watching your videos gives me the motivation to toss things I normally would keep just because “maybe” lol. Thanks so much for posting these amazing videos! They are so helpful!
We have been doing almost this identical system for 7 years and I love it. The only thing I can think of that would improve the system would be to remodel so closets and the shower were IN the laundry room, lol.
Right!?! Love this!!!
Showers and closets in the laundry room. I love the idea. LOL.
Or the laundry room outside the bedrooms!
I like designing small but efficient houses for fun, and my favorite thing I've come up with is to have a larger room with a washer, dryer, and sinks in it, then off the main area are several tiny rooms that are basically stalls: two toilet rooms, a shower room, and a bathtub room.
I’m not feeling great so I’m laying around watching YT to rest. Darn you, you’ve inspired me to go pull stuff out of my closet. 😂🤣😂💙
I am so glad I found this cannel. I have watched all the hoarders shows during covid. Now i have found the anti-hoarder. This is just as satisfying to watch as hoarders. I am also a minimalist, but i have nothing left to declutter so i have to live vicariously.
I love doing laundry- you throw it in a machine and it comes out clean! Throw it in another machine and it comes out dry! 😂 We hang tops and fold all bottoms. They get hung up/folded right out of the dryer using a hanging rack in the laundry room. Goal is each day you bring your clean clothes to your room, doesn’t always happen but it’s still well organized. Thanks for the video, no matter your system, it’s interesting to hear what others do!!
Hi Casie! Ha, just seeing this comment was a yer ago. Curious if your t-shirts get lines on them from the hangers or how you handle this. Thanks!
@@megwelch8474 not that I’ve ever noticed! If you hang them wet, maybe but we do dry most of our shirts in the dryer. This method has worked well for us for many years now!
Your personality seems so warm and friendly and you’re really good at making it come through on camera 🤗
OMG! The idea of getting rid of "storage containers" in order to eliminate excess clutter is actually so smart. I've been slowly reducing the amount of clothes I have to the point where I can fit pretty much everything into a standard-sized luggage bag. Never going back. It's even gotten to the point where people think I'm poor because I often wear the same outfit and they start gifting me clothes, sweaters, etc. Lol.
I have a tension rod over the washer/dryer. Anything that doesn't go in the dryer goes on a hanger on the rod. When they're dry, they can be moved to the closet. Everything else gets folded/sorted as it comes out of the dryer. Simplifying our wardrobes has made life much simpler too! Thanks for the encouragement and motivation Dawn.
THANX I GOTTA TRY THE ROD THING 4 I DONT HAVE A DRYER, SO I Hang MY CLOTHS 2 DRY ON A HANGER IN THE SHOWER
I am very blessed, my Hubby does all the laundry...bedding, EVERYTHING. In most cases we sit together and fold and put away. 😊
I rarely comment on videos - but I've been following you for a few years now. Just wanted to say a huge "thank you!" for your advice with laundry. It was a sore spot in my home management. My husband is gracious and got used to the two of us having a "folding party" as he called it - where we'd fold multiple loads of laundry after the kids went to bed. I didn't have a problem washing or drying - just getting it all folded. Then you come, my internet best friend, and say, "don't fold it." Ding, ding, ding! Light bulb moment. One of my frustrations with folding is that the clothes never stay folded in the kids' drawers. So now I don't fold it. I make sure everything is right side out and make a pile for each kid. They come get their pile and put them away. If they choose to fold, they can. I fold mine and my husband's and put them away - straight from the dryer. Thank you, thank you, thank you! It's such a "small thing" but removed a huge daily stress point from my life.
Laundry is one of my favorite housekeeping job. So thankful for my indentured servants both washer and dryer. It is just not that HARD. I wash at night as/after we all shower 1 load and get the 2nd load set to start on a timer in the morning. Front loader for 17 years and no smell. 8 person family. -Danya
I just started the no fold method a few weeks ago. OMGOODNESS! I'm never going back! I didn't think that I'd like it but I also thought, well at least they will be put away and won't be in a pile somewhere to eventually fall in the floor and end up back in the hamper for me to wash, AGAIN. It even helps me not getting mad that the kiddos are "messing up" and unfolding the clothes in their drawers because... they can't anymore. Love love love this! Thank you for the suggestion!
What is a no fold method?
Your hair looks great in this video! My best laundry tip was teaching my husband how to do it! 😊
🤣🤣🤣 excellent tip!!!
I totally have two laundry baskets ready to be folded sitting 6 feet from me as I’m watching this! Ohhh, the shame! 🙈😂🙃
You look really pretty in grey, i think it matches your hair very nice and makes you look soft and sweet! And i will love to have an indoor laundry room, ours is outside in the balcony and its the dustiest most grows thing ever, we rent our small apartment so changing it is not an option, but since its getting too small for a family of 5 in a tiny two bedroom apartment... we might be moving in 2021.... depending on the craziness thats going on in the world now... anyways.. love how the boys were shy and happy at the same time. Too cute!! 🥰 have a lovely day! 😘
Thanks Marci!!
My husband does not like the no-fold idea. He is a perfectionist at heart, and can't stand the thought of unfolded things sitting in the drawers. So, staying on top of the laundry day-by-day is the answer for us. Otherwise we are folding for hours and I'm not doing that anymore! (:
Thanks for the awesome tips! Just finished minimizing the kids' clothes and organizing their "future" boxes. It feels good to make the box the bad guy because we are not letting the clothing grow beyond that boundary. Game changer. We took the kids clothes from 10 boxes down to 4 and it feels SO GOOD. Thank you for all your great simplifying tips.
I am the odd one, I love to do laundry, I could fold laundry all day long.
Me too.I love laundry and cooking. Don’t like the rest of the housework but would do laundry for everyone..totally uninterested in having no excess linen -I love it and I love to iron it!
I'll send you my address.
I love folding and washing laundry too. Hate ironing, but love the results! Worth time spent.
I love laundry too. I am not big on ironing but we don't have much that has to be ironed anyway. I typically do one or two loads per day vs 1 -2 days of laundry. It makes my life easier that way for now when I can't get much done due to my son doing his school work in the room near our laundry closet.
I LOVE doing laundry too!! Gimmie a Room full of dirty clothes vs. a sink full of dirty dishes ANY DAMN DAY!!!!
I used to use the washer for dirty clothes. When it was full, time to turn it on and wash the clothes 🤷🏼♀️. All together, cold water, easy peasy.
Great tips! The main one is having less clothes and towels. You might consider having your kids wash their own clothes. I waited too long before I had my girls do their own laundry. It was like pulling teeth but finally they were doing their own clothes when in high school junior or senior. I should have had them doing their own laundry in 3rd or 4th grade.
This would be great if I didn’t work 12 hour rotating shifts, washing every day is not going to happen. Plus traveling at least 4 times a year
Bless your heart! I’ve watched your first laundry video and begun simplifying our inventory and it’s been very nice! Thank you so much for your suggestions and new video💕
I have recently been able to pass along laundry as a chore to my oldest child. He is having fun, and loves to do a load daily. I put the clothes away if they are not his...Having everything clean and put away daily is so nice. I'm way less stressed out about waiting to do laundry. Now to work on having less clothes. 😀
Loved the boys’ smiles for the camera as they exited the laundry room. 😄
Great ideas! What works for us: each child cares for their own laundry, beginning to end of the process.
Kari Vanhoozer 👍🏻 I was just going mention that same thing... all of the kids do their own laundry starting at the age of 10 in my house. I only do the laundry for 3 people now.
I tried having my sons fo their own laundry, but theirs was always in the way when I needed the machine. I wound up giving them responsibility for helping, so they learned the whole process (my daughter-in-law marvelled that her new hubby knew how to wash lingerie and sweaters!).
Where do the kids and Tom dress? Seems inconvenient to get underware and socks in one place and other clothes elsewhere.
I'm not certain but I think it was explained that the laundry room is next to the bathroom, so take a shower, grab some underthings (or take them in to the bathroom before getting into the shower) and then move to the bedroom to finish getting dressed. I think Tom's closet is pretty close to the bathroom/laundry room too.
Yay fellow minimalist! We live on our sailboat, sailing the world so we definitely consider ourselves minimalists and love to see other minimalistic youtubers! Cheers!
This was awesome! Being in the south, our laundry room is outside. And yes, I go out in my PJs with laundry first thing in the am. It's so much easier to do when I'm still waking up!
Do you ever hang your washing outside.?I have never dried a load of washing in the drier. I only use it for damp clothes.I do live in Australia but you must have loads of room for a washing line and some sunny days.
Oh my goodness, yes please what’s the secret to laundry over than wearing the same clothes every day!! Lol
Kind of weird you won't spend money for a membership but you want us to? Hm.
This video has solidified two points that I have been contemplating regarding laundry. A) cut down on the number of items that can be used each week (especially flannels/wash cloths/face washers) B) not having a set laundry day for the week. Minimizing the number of items will assist me in not over loading the washing machine so clothes etc. might be better washed. I am going to place the extra items i.e. flannels, kitchen t-towels etc. in a storage container in the landing so they are available if I need to replace an item but they are not straining our limited storage space or adding to the weekly laundry.
Hi Dawn. ❤🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙂🙃My Girls are 6 and three. I try to wash every day. They have their favorite shirts and pants anyway and wear them most of the time. So I got rid of the rest. They have now 5 pieces of each catagory (shirts, pants...). (3 Pyjamas) But of course more underwear and socks. The 6 year old has to fold and put it away by herself, and the 3 year old helps a lot...they can do it, it's not a big deal, it's a habit, like tiding up. And its not overwhelming for them.
It's a little bit every day, so I can handle it aswell.👌👏👍
We FINIALLY have our own washer and dryer. I've been doing my own laundry since I was taught how at 7. I've been going to a laurndrymat since 1996. I'm just glad we don't have to go out on hot, rainy or snowy days anymore. I can set the ⏲️ and forget about it. We have to wash in Free and Clear due to allergies. We also don't use fabric softener or dryer sheets because of allergies. Plus they aren't good for your machines because it coats them.
A little vinegar works well for smelly laundry and teen boy laundry. It also works as fabric softener.
I have the messiest house in my whole town i think. I find it exhausting and avoid the mess
Just pick at least one pile/box/whatever to declutter everyday, and eventually you'll have created a better situation 👍🏻 that's what I did, and I had to declutter more than one household, because I was the only person to take care of mums and grandmothers stuff after they died. It took me a year or so, but now we live with 5 persons in a 4room-appartment and have not much mess left, we can live and breathe in here and I'm so glad I saved the most emotional and prettiest pieces and got rid off all the other stuff.
Great, helpful book..."Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind" by Dana White, from the blog A Slob Comes Clean.
I actually listened to it for free through Hoopla. She is funny and very real! (I never comment...but your comment caught me. There is hope!)
Great ideas until you have to use the laundromat vs laundry at home. I have found a system to work but it is not easy no matter when you have to go outside to do laundry vs having the washer/dryer in home. I agree too much inventory and not only capsule wardrobe and how many towels ect do you really need? My husband bless his heart does the laundry once a week and if i have to do it, then it's 2-3 times a week. I also do some hand laundry for special items and do them daily to stay on top of laundry. The best secret I can share is never let it sit in a basket when it comes out of dryer its folded including when at laundrymat, I get it home and put it away! Love to hear other ideas from people who have to do laundry outside the home? love your channel and suggestions....Thanks much
I recently had to purchase a new washer and my OCD is driving me crazy that it doesn’t match my older dryer🤪 I notice your set doesn’t match either, that’s fantastic! I feel better now!!!
Having less to manage is definitely the KEY! It makes dealing with laundry so much easier. I have to go out to the laundromat to do my laundry. I am a senior with a bad hip, living on the second floor, so I must carry the laundry from home to car to laundromat and back again. I have pared my wardrobe down so that two weeks works perfectly for me. This allows me to have two or three full loads without it being too heavy to carry up and down the stairs.
You have worked out a great strategy!
@@sherunswithscissors Thank you!
We all bring our laundry to one space. I do have a 3 basket sorter that I love and I have one collapsible laundry basket that hangs on the wall when not in use. I try not to start a load if I don’t have time to dry it. I wash, dry, fold or hang up and then my kids put their own away. I usually fold right out of the dryer. I prefer to fold warm clothes lol. I tend to restart the dryer too many times because I’ve let them sit. 🤦🏻♀️ I totally agree that if you have less then laundry is easier 👍🏻.
We did a load a day until it broke and we upgraded to a large capacity. I enjoy the break, even if it’s just a day or two. My kids bring down their own hamper and they are pretty small (4 kids to 14-5). I sort it out and everyone puts away their own. I feels so much better split up. Kids do towels as a group on the weekend. If they don’t put away their clothes, I don’t wash their hamper clothes next round.
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I like to sort and load the washer. I have the kids put them into the dryer and put away. As they get older and I trust them to sort and empty pockets the way I do it then I'll let them start the process.
I am single but still had laundry issues. After working on decluttering, I changed how I do laundry. I used to do laundry on Sunday afternoon or evening whenever I ran out of things to wear. Most of the clean laundry would just get piled on my dresser because I was too tired to deal with it. Things would “go missing” or if I could find what I was looking for it was a wrinkled mess. I now do laundry every week on Saturday mornings. Doing laundry every week makes less laundry, and doing it Saturday morning ensures I have the energy to put the little bit of laundry I do have away. It has been awesome!
We wear our clothes more than once. I put up hooks in all our bedrooms to hang the used clothes. Then I do a load every morning. It helps! I do need to purge and get rid of some more clothes though.
You previously mentioned that you don’t fold your kids’ clothes and my whole laundry life changed. Since the folded clothes in my kids’ drawers always became unfolded and a mess, I started sorting, but not folding their laundry. I still fold their socks, but that’s it. It take less than 5 minutes to do their laundry now. Many thanks for giving me the permission I needed to reconsider my laundry routine.
Easier for people who HAVE ACCESS to washer // dryer daily
Excellent point
Absolutely correct, Layla. I spent a couple of decades with the laundromat nightmare dancing through my head every week. Only recently got in-home machines. It seems small, but it's a huge lifestyle change, one that was inaccessible for my entire adult life to this point. If you're laundromat-dependent, daily washing is a ridiculous idea.
The best you can do is schedule 2 laundromat runs per week. If you get to do both, great. It's easier than doing it all at once (in some ways). If one day falls through for weather, exhaustion, coughing unmasked yokels in the laundromat, etc., you have the other as back up. But even 2 laundry days per week is a big, annoying time suck you may not have the time and energy for when it's not an in-home chore, but rather an extremely bothersome recurring errand.
I personally hate dirty clothes and dirty dishes hanging around.
I think this big deal about laundry has to do with American culture. All this process you describe you do is something we just do in my culture. Not criticizing, just pointing out. I have lived in the States and I visited houses and I know this clothes all over the place and this process of washing and folding is really something that seems to take a lot of time. Good video!
It has been great since simplifying everyone's clothes. I also have 4 children (10, 8, 4, 2) so I've given my Bigs 6 outfits and 4 church dresses and my Littles (who get dirtier) have 10 outfits and 4 church clothes.
I also require mine to wear (if possible, not always with my son haha) to rewear clothes 2 days in a row; so new clothes MWF and then Sunday. This cut down significantly on the amount of dirty.
Monday I wash sheets
Tuesday I wash all our cleaning cloths, dish towels, and hand towels
Wednesday I wash mine and my husband's clothes & and our 1 towel each
Thursday I wash my Littles and their 1 towel each
Friday my oldest washes her and her sister's clothes and 1 towel each
Sat & Sun off (I actually get 3 days off now with my oldest helping!)
Yup, I also don't sort by color etc. I wash everything in cold (except I do wash the cleaning cloths in hot).
I found Planet detergent (case of 4 for $26, which lasts 3 months). It even works great for when I was doing cloth diapers. I also add 1/2 cup of baking soda (for whitening) and 1/2 cup of vinegar (for softening). I do need a better something for stains; I may need to give OxyClean another try.
These are great tips! I’ve been looking for a different detergent than tide since that’s what I found cleans cloth diapers best. I’ll try planet!
@@kamehaz Planet worked great on our cloth diapers. I'll admit there was a load (or a few) that sat for a week and I only had to do a normal cycle (rinse, wash, rinse) and they didn't stink at all. I also added the baking soda and vinegar to those loads as well.
Also, if you ever need to strip your CDs order some packets of RLR off Amazon. You soak them in your bathtub of extremely hot water with one packet for 6-8 hours. Then ring them out and take them to the washer to just do a rinse & spin. Works wonders! Also can use it on your towels so they will become more absorbent like when you first bought them (I haven't tried this yet).
Planet also works for washing Norwex cloths. I wash these with all my other cleaning cloths on hot but without the baking soda and vinegar.
I've swapped out paper towels for microfiber cloths. And then have dish towels and hand towels that all go in the same load.
I like the tips! I try to wash my clothes in cold as well, but as long as they get clean without being damaged or faded
@@subscribee9792 6 months later I now have my oldest 2 girls washing theirs and 1 of their younger siblings clothes (Thurs my 8yo washes her and her 3yo sister's; Fri my 10yo washes her and her 5yo brother's), so then I now only have to do 3 loads a week myself. 🙌
Shared laundry room in our building. My days are Tuesday and Friday. I wash towels with towels. Clothes with clothes, sorted by colors. I also fold or hang clothes as they come out of the dryer. I take care of my clothes. Never iron because of my system.
I was sure this Laundry System would involve children taking it over once they reached a certain height. ;)
They definitely help! And they can do all of the steps, too, I just got tired of my clothes going into the dryer that weren't supposed to!! 😉
@@TheMinimalMom Oh, good for them! And yes, it can be a delicate balance... Thanks so much for Replying, and sharing so much of your life and wonderful family with us.
@@thomaslcook1998 Imma give the Lightning a couple of days, but then it's back to HABS RULE ALL. Thanks so much for replying, you minimalist fan of excellent taste!
The Minimal Mom Personally, I won’t buy clothes that can’t be tumble dried. As soon as the dryer has finished I like it all put away.
YAS! Throw it all together in a cold wash! And yes, we have do have the same dryer .😄
Just a quick question: Is it common in America to dry clothes in the dryer as a matter of course (regardless of weather/access to a outdoor space)? We tend to dry our clothes in the sun (if the weather is nice) or in the garage/in the house if the weather is less predictable.
I'm so overwhelmed with clothes. We're a family of 7, 2 are only here every other week. I need to go through the kids closes weekly it seems 😩
I just recently got rid of all of our laundry baskets except one. I found that most of the time they were full of clutter I intended on putting away, but never did. Ha. Now we have one basket for one load of laundry at a time. Seems so much easier to handle now.
I have a dedicated day for laundry. For energy efficiency, I can't justify running the washer and dryer for a few clothes once a day.
Agreed. I grew up with my mom doing it twice a week, and she had 7 kids. We all knew that laundry days were Monday and Thursday. We all tried to help with it if we weren’t in school. She said the same thing about energy. That it’s much more energy efficient to run several loads in the dryer on one day while it was already heated up. Rather than heat it up every day for just one load. I do laundry just on Monday’s and it works out great! There are just two of us here now.
Use the small load feature on your washer. Hang dry.
Love your videos, I do fold everything or it’s just a wrinkled mess. But re-wearing clothes more oftenand having LESS clothes is the right idea. Also, have to wash more when it’s summer because you perspire a lot more…but fall and winter don’t require the same amount of laundry.
Woot. 1st to thumbs up. Love ya, Dawn and family!
Hi! I live in France and have 2 toddlers (2yo and 1yo).
I do 1 load a day. I sort bedsheets/towels, colors, white.
We usually don't use the dryer unless it's for towels or when it's too cold outside. I hang clothes to dry, out when it's sunny or in the laundry room when it gets cooler.
I do not fold kids clothes. As soon as it's dry I'll hang them. 1 top/sweater on the hanger and a matching pair of shorts/ trousers on the same hanger. Each sunday I have a look at the weather forecast and set their 5 outfits for the week, no thinking on the morning.
They have approximately 5 outfits for warm weather and 7 for cold weather.
I implemented a rule at our house where clothes that aren’t in the laundry room hamper don’t get washed. I got so tired of carrying a heavy laundry basket from room to room gathering up clothes.
I never gathered clothes. My kids learned early on that if they wanted clean clothes, they had to put their dirty ones in the hamper in the laundry room. Same for my husband.
Just like you hate folding I hate turning clothes right side out. I told my family it comes back the same way it came just cleaner ;)
Washing towels w clothes has caused catastrophic, embedded, time-sucking lint.
Otherwise, cool
This happened to me! My husband also forgot a wad of kleenex in his pocket and it went everywhere. Solution: Throw the clothes in the dryer for 20-60 min and they come out lint-free.
@@marilyntang4764 My worst was a pair of spandex Capri leggings w some kind of external stitching. The lint was woven into that stitching, white lint/black capris. I'm still picking that stuff out.