Welcome to the 30-Day Organize-athon!
In today’s 5 minutes we’re going to express-organize your laundry.
Our focus is clarity, freedom, order. Now let’s do it!
Day 9: Organize Your Laundry
Step 1: Get a large bag. Quickly scanning your laundry shelves and benches, throw into the bag:
- Old paint cans, tiles, etc
- Decrepit brooms, dustpans, cleaning equipment
- Cleaning supplies you don’t use
- Empty bottles of laundry detergent, fabric softener, etc
- Tatty baskets and hampers
- Broken irons, ironing boards, etc
- Anything moldy, mildewed, or yucky.
Step 2: Pop your bag into the trash.
Step 3: Remove anything from the laundry that should be stored elsewhere – eg:
- Car-related stuff –> in the garage
- Random clothes –> in the closet
- Spare paper towels –> in the pantry
- Spare bulbs –> in the hall closet
- Towels –> in the linen closet; etc.
Step 4: Do a quick tidy of your laundry shelves.
And you’re done!
Got an Extra 5 Minutes?
Review your laundry equipment and supplies. Make a note of anything you need to replace, update, or purchase so that doing laundry takes as little time and effort as possible. Check that you have:
- A washer and dryer that work well, and are of the right size for your family’s needs
- Laundry detergent, fabric softener, dryer softener sheets, stain remover, etc – in sufficient quantities for your household routine, and appropriate for your needs (eg for cold water, front loader, etc)
- Laundry hampers – one in the laundry (or several, if you sort whites, colors, etc); or one in each bathroom; or one in each bedroom (this can be more effective with kids)
- A laundry basket for transporting clothes
- An iron and ironing board.
Now doesn’t that take some of the pain out of doing laundry?
The 30-Day Organize-athon Mantra
Move fast. Don’t overthink. Let it go!
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See you tomorrow!
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OK, in England most houses don’t have a separate laundry, but usually it’s a cupboard under the sink. So, I have organised that and all my ironing equipment and caught up with all the washing, so the actual ironing and the organisation of the cleaning equipment cupboard are on the to do list 🙂 this was one of the rare days that took 5 minutes 🙂
Yay Amanda! 🙂
This was a project that was way overdue! More like 15 minutes instead of five, but I went shopping this morning for some cheap small storage containers and they helped a bunch.
The laundry gets neglected in most homes Stacey. But it’s used all the time so having a bit of organization in there sure helps. 🙂
Done!
done, thanks
easy one…I tend to keep up on this one well
Done! Since we’ve recently moved in, there weren’t many things that needed to be done in this category…thank goodness!!
I did this finally! It took over an hour, but I got involved in scrubbing the grout between the tiles. What a relief to have this room looking good again!
Done
Done and it’s a big improvement. I have been sick for a week now and tired and weak so I will stay with day # 9 tomorrow too.
I did it! I am a few days behind, but I will not quit! I will just double up my tasks til I catch up. This is not an unusual occurrence, since our handicapped daughter gets sick often and I have to put everything on the back burner. I am telling myself that it’s okay to do this differently, just like so much of our life has become because of our sweet Mandy!