Help with laundry, ideas please

Zed42

I hang everything out on the line when possible, airers if not.

I don't iron DH's t-shirts, bedlinen (Except pillowcases).

Once dried I sort things immediately into "non ironing" and "ironing", non-ironing then gets put away.

Ironing-wise, I tend to do it once a week, and because it's dull, I have to kid myself into it ... so I do one easy item (ie tea towel or hankie), 1 medium item (DD's clothes or one of my tops) and then 1 hard (DH's shirts ... bleurgh) and repeat as necessary.

Oh and then get DH to put the ironing away, because that bores me even more, LOL!

hotcookie101

Before my OH moved in I think the iron had been in the cupboard for about 3 years. He irons his workshirts in the morning before he goes to work, I think I have ironed about 3 things in the last year. Only thing is he never puts the ironing board away so I keep falling over it in the dining room!

However-I do ALL the washing though and fold straight from line/t dryer so nothing gets too creased. If he puts it away is all bundled up and I look like a scrag-bag (although I still don't iron as the creases fall out pretty quickly!)

Merlot

Tashja wrote: »

Will be watching tis thread as I am in the same situation as smiley

My ironing is taking over the house !!!

T xx

Me too!

I hate ironing, I am returning to a wee part time job in September so I can pay for someone to do my ironing again, I used to get a lady down the road in the next village to do it, she charged £5 per basket, but she has now moved to Australia, so I'm on the lookout for someone else. I will do anything and everything not to do the ironing, even returning to work after being a sahm for 5 years.

Merlot.x.

elmer

My children do their own ironing(13 and 15) every Sunday when they have to do their school uniforms as well, and when I started doing this the amount of daily washing dropped dramatically!

And my husband is in the Ambulance Service so does all his uniform whilst he is at work.
This only leaves my ironing which I do once a week for half an hour whilst listening to the News Quiz or the Now Show, I usually laugh so much I dont notice Im ironing.

Elmer xx

chunky79

I do my ironing on a daily basis. I do have the odd where i slip but then i do it. We are a family of 6 and my partner works away so i must keep up with jos like that. I also have 2 days to get all his stuff washed, dried ironed and packed. I now also don't own anything to keep my ironing in this way i must do it.....For years i did the same as you and spent 4 hours at a weekend doing it then stressing about it.

TBH daily sounds abit ott but it take 20 minutes i do 2 loads a day same as you and the sense of achievement you feel when you first start doing it is great then it just becomes a habit xx

pandas66

going to have a small brag

son has cleared my basket....................hurrah!

moanymoany

Tee shirts I lay them on a table and smooth them before hanging them out. They then don't need ironing - body heat will remove the last wrinkles. Jeans the same.

Put shirts in the tumble dryer on hot - after drying outside - and whisk them out and put on hangers.

Hanging, straightening and careful folding make a huge difference.

iceicebaby

Only things I iron are linen trousers and a certain couple of tops thats crease badly.

I make sure every thing is dried straight and folded and smoothed when its dry.

Magentasue

I think the consensus seems to be:

- careful folding and smoothing reduces/eliminates ironing
- a blast in the tumble drier can help further
- some people don't mind unironed clothes - others do
- little and often is best
- best way, if you don't like ironing, is to get someone else to do it!

baileysbattlebus

There are 6 of us in the house - OH, our 3 grown up children and 6 year old gs, up until about a month ago I worked full time, came home, picked gs up from childminder, made dinner, cleared up, bathed and put gs to bed, fell asleep on the sofa as soon as I sat down, then went to bed. Got up at 5.30, ironed what I needed for work and ironed gs uniform and OH shirt for work, and so it went on, I washed and cleaned at the weekend, our utility was like a chinese laundry. I never, ever got on top of it. It wasn't organised, who used the dryer last just pulled the clothes out and threw them in heap.

I decided to leave work last month and what a difference that's made, I wash and iron almost every day, the ironing only takes 15 - 20 mins. I leave on an armchair - so I have to do it.

I have been following the flylady thread and mainly keeping upto date, infact the other day I had nothing to do!! But it's taken neary a month to get there.

Our eldest commented to his girlfriend how clean the house was since mum had stopped work - I didn't think it was dirty!! Just a bit untidy!!!

What has been really nice though, I have a friend who was visiting the UK, a couple of weeks ago, she rang up and said I'm on way round - see you shortly. Well I didn't have to panic and rush round like a blue axxed fly trying to tidy up - it was all done.

So now I don't need a weeks notice before we have visitors!!!