Laundry Tips: How to Get Control of Laundry Day

There is no doubt about it, laundry tips are needed for organizing the laundry process in most of today's busy households. The middle class has emerged as the first social class in history to have wealth and no servants. Middle class wealth brings with it the opportunity to have more than two sets of clothing and lots of clothing means lots of clothing care.

Here are some laundry tips to help you with your managing your laundry day.

Set a regular laundry day - Your laundry should not be in control of you, you should be in control of the laundry. Set a regular cycle for doing laundry. For example you might want to do laundry once per week or once every five days but set a regular time and stick to it.

Understand your own needs - how much is enough? - You will need to make sure that you have enough clothing and linens to see you through one laundry cycle. For example: if you do laundry once per week and you wear one set of underwear per day you will need at least 8 pairs of underwear to get you through the week. If you exercise and go through two pairs of underwear per day you will need more.

Change one bed per laundry cycle - Do not try to change all the beds on the same day this is just too overwhelming. If you have a 4 bedroom house and there are 4 beds in the house then doing one bed per week means that every bed gets changed once per month. There is really no reason except for personal comfort to change the bed any more often. Showering everyday uses fewer resources than laundering bed linen every week so practicing good personal hygiene can save you time and energy when it comes to laundry day.

Reduce the amount of clothing you have to launder - If business shirts are needed then take them to a commercial laundry. Purge your closet and get rid of items that you are not wearing on a regular basis.

Re-evaluate your shopping habits - Most clothing in your laundry hamper comes from your purchasing habits. Try to determine if you are using shopping as therapy or because you really need something.

Practice the one in/one out rule - If you buy something new then get rid of something you already have.

Sort at the source - Have two laundry hampers instead of one in your bedroom and use one for lights and one for darks.

Keep hangers handy in the laundry room - This makes it so much easier to hang up garments that come directly from the dryer and saves them from getting wrinkled.

So there you have it. Laundry tips to help you get and stay organized on laundry day!