Dirty Laundry
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Comments (13)We just moved in our new home build a month ago & I absolutely LOVE how we did the laundry room set up. We are a family of 4 and somehow it seems like we generate enough laundry for a family twice that size! I knew something had to change in the new house because I was completely overwhelmed with the laundry room set up we had in the previous house (pretty standard setup). In the new house, we have 3 laundry pullouts--they are full size double trashcan pullouts from Rev-A-Shelf. Each can holds 1 full load of laundry for my 3.7cu ft front load washer. So we have 6 hampers/cans altogether--1 for lights, 2 for darks/colors, 1 for DH's uniforms, 1 for whites, & 1 for towels. When a hamper gets full, I just pop the contents into the washer. The laundry not only stays out of sight all the time, but it stays sorted too! If you go this route, make sure you specify the tall, full under counter height (with no space for a drawer above) trash cans. If you say 'hamper', you will get a single low hamper in each. If you just say 'trash pullouts' you will likely get the little short cans that would fit under your kitchen sink & won't hold anywhere near as much laundry. Feel free to use my pics to show your cabinet guy what you want. Like you, we're on a large piece of property & most of the time the kids are stripping down in the laundry room & then headed straight for the shower. If they are clean enough to bypass the laundry room, I have them bring their dirty clothes into the laundry room after their shower/bath and they sort their clothes themselves into the proper bins. DH & I have a hamper in our master bath--I just bring it to the laundry room every couple days & sort the clothes into the proper bins. I have a fairly simple set up & my laundry room is about 8.5' x 8.5'. My folding counter/hanging space/3 pullout hamper space is on the left as you go in, the sink is in the corner with a counter, upper & lower cabinet to the right of it, and the washer and dryer are to the right as you go in (conveniently located just across from the pullout hampers, folding counter & hanging space.) These aren't the best photos as I had to use the webcam but you get the idea--haven't found the box with the battery chargers for the camera yet! Hope these help :-) Front shot of Pullout Hampers/Trash Can Pullouts: Middle Hamper Pulled Out: Corner Sink w/ Counter & Cabinets to Right: Washer/Dryer w/ Deep Cabinets Above:...See MoreDirty Clothing
Comments (14)My vote would be, maybe it's time to rethink whether you're willing to sort into hampers once you get stuff downstairs. Bcs I think that's what I'd do in your situation: one hamper per closet, so as not to take up so much space; and sort when you get downstairs. Sorting never bothered me; it would give me a chance to empty pockets, pretreat stains, turn jeans inside out, be sure knits etc., are in net bags so I don't forget to dry them, etc. It would just perhaps change the time that I do them, bcs I wouldn't need to do them right before I put them in the washer (which I'd have to do if I sorted in my closet) Then tossing a load in the wash would be fast--grab, stuff, start. It would also give me the opportunity to preSOAK stuff in OxyClean before I ran the load. Of course, I'd have to remind myself to take the laundry down more regularly....See Morewho's dirty laundry?
Comments (5)paloma, you *are* enabling him. If you weren't there shouldering the entire burden of his household, he'd have to do it himself, & *that's* what would make him change his routine. You don't want to enable a disfunctional system, you don't like it, but you are doing it. & you're the only one who'll stop or change what's going on: BF has no reason to change anything on your account; he has no consequences from you no matter what, while he does have consequences to fear, or at least to deal with, from his daughter's mother. It's easier to impose on you & to use you than it is to negotiate with his ex, & she's the mother of his child, so that's the way it's gonna be. No matter how bad it hurts, the only way to stop it is to... stop it. The fact that you have to ask for help, & the fact that he "helps" reluctantly & poorly, tells you that he isn't going to treat you like you're anybody important, that your role in his life is to make things easier for him in his "real" life with his ex & their daughter, & that winning & control are important to him & your happines & quality of life are not; it tells you that he views relationships in terms of winning/losing & of control. ex is winning, so he's losing with her, but at least he's got you under control, so at least he's winning somewhere... & you're losing. I'm afraid that if you stay in the relationship, you'll be the loser for the rest of your life. The real "relationship" or marriage or partnership is between him & his daughter's mother, & both of them are using you- you're the live-in help that enables both of them to continue their disfunctional relationship without the stress of actually living together. It will not get better; it will get much much worse, & you'll eventually be too exhausted & worn down to get out, & your self-confidance will be *gone*. Get out now. I wish you the best. ps: a word about "having a talk" with him. This kind of person will always "promise" to "try". & he'll be a little better for a little while, but things always revert to his old pattern. It's similar to abuse in that respect. When an abuser's victim finally cannot bear any more & decides to leave (or to file charges, or whatever), the abuser always acts remorseful & "promises" to do better, & the victim believes him, & she returns home with him, & things are better for a little while, & then the ordinary stresses in the abuser's life build up & he takes it out on her again. & again. & again. It stops when she gets away & stays away. Take care of yourself....See MoreDirty Laundry
Comments (29)It took a while to get through to my sister and her boyfriend who kept stamping their feet "it says you can wash in COLD WATER!!!", to which my response was, it say COLD water, not ICE water! Maybe in Tennessee the "cold" water meets the 75 degree requirement but not here. Especially when my water comes from deep wells. I've been using Tide Free now for years, having tried a number of other brands. If you react to Tide, you're probably reacting to the dyes and stenches rather than the soap itself. And another thing, you might not be rinsing your clothes properly. I used to react to it and quit using it but tried it again probably 10 years ago and have been very happy. My sister too is very sensitive and she didn't want to try it again until I convinced her I had to problems with it. She tried it. She loves it but is too cheap to keep buying it so she buys the cheaper stuff and complains that her clothes don't get clean enough. So I won't say more. Also I do like the pods for convenience but it's not a big deal. I got such a deal that I have enough Tide for probably another couple years. Still I've tried a couple others. Era Free (another P&G product) also has enzymes which I want, but not as many as Tide. But it's a good detergent and for most things for me worked fine. I can't deal with the stench of most laundry detergents. Really, who says April smells like THAT? Or linen? Or whatever else. I don't understand why people want their clothes to stink. To me, when clothes smell, it's time to wash them. I'm not a nutcase about "Buy American" but try to when I can and not give up things I want at least within reason. I have a couple issues with P&G but they *are* a good company with quality products so given a choice of buying overseas or here, I like to buy USA. And I know others disagree and others are hypocrites too! Just my humble opinion....See Moresandy1616
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