Fluff and Fold Raleigh NC: Laundry Tips!

Our fluff and fold in Raleigh, NC is back with more tips that will help lessen your load this summer! Laundry is never fun, but it seems like summer makes it even worse! No one wants to be stuck indoors doing laundry all day. Below, you’ll find some great tips that will hopefully help you reduce the need to do mountains of laundry all summer long! Be sure to visit back with our previous posts for more tips, if you happened to miss them!

Dodge summer ironing. Pull shirts and other items you usually need to iron out of the dryer as soon as it’s finished, and hang them up on hangers. Place a garment rack or extra closet rod in your laundry room to keep it easy and simple. Just smooth your dressy clothes out, hang them while they’re still warm and watch how it will reduce (and possibly eliminate) the need to iron.

Designate specific wash days.  Although the size of your family may require every day to be a wash day, try to minimize your time doing laundry by delegating certain days of the week as wash days.

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Make hand washing easy. Our bathing suits need to be hand washed to ensure they keep their shape.  Keep a washtub at the ready in the bathroom or outside on your back deck. Toss in bathing suits and other delicate items as needed.

Add a space-saving drying resolution. Instead of throwing swimsuits across the shower rod or dealing with a bulky drying rack outside on your deck, try using a magazine rack or a vintage ladder, leaned against the wall. Either one will be functional and stylish!

Our Raleigh Laundromat loves offering tips for you to be as efficient as possible while doing your laundry at home.  Even still, we know how hard it is to keep on top of laundry chores. If you need help, remember our fluff and fold in Raleigh NC! We will wash, dry, and fold or hang your clothes for you while you’re at work, out shopping, or on vacation! Contact us for more information!

Wash Dry Fold Raleigh NC: Lighten Your Laundry Load!

Welcome back! Our wash dry fold in Raleigh is here to continue offering tips that will hopefully help you lighten your summer laundry chores! We all prefer to spend time outdoors when the weather is nice. The last thing we want to do is laundry! Sadly, the bulk of our clothes washing for the year happens during the summer. Extra towels, clothes, and more end up adding to our already large laundry list.

Thankfully, as we mentioned last post, there are a few ways to lighten the load and spend more time with your friends and family doing fun summer activities! According to houzz.com:

Keep towels off the floor. Provide wall hooks for each member of the household, plus a bench or shelf to stow extras and a small hamper for dirties. For larger households, labeling each hook with a number or letter is an easy way to keep track of whose towel is whose.

Put a laundry basket in every room. Kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms each need their own laundry basket. (Remember, keep those baskets small so you’ll be more likely to do smaller loads more frequently!)

Make your laundry room a place that brightens your whites and your mood. Keeping things fresh and light in the laundry area can help make this chore feel a little more fun. Clean white or bright, sunny hues are a great choice. If you like to buy giant containers of detergent, decanting them into glass jars will make them more attractive and more convenient to use.

Add a multipurpose pinboard. Place a nice, big covered bulletin board in your laundry room and see how many ways you end up using it. You can hang family photos and inspiration of course, but also try pinning up stray socks, found items and a fabric care chart for easy reference.

Designate a spot for pocket contents. A bowl or basket placed on top of the washer serves as a visual reminder to check those pockets before washing that lip balm or money. For extra organizing credit, give each person their own little basket for small items that would otherwise be easily lost.

Wash Dry Fold Raleigh NC | Laundry Tips for Summer

Be sure to check back with our wash dry fold in Raleigh NC soon, as we will have a few more tips for helping you keep your laundry chores as minimal as possible this summer so you can spend more time doing fun activities! If you need help keeping your laundry done, consider our Raleigh Laundromat! We offer tons of laundry services!

Fluff and Fold Raleigh NC: Summer Laundry Tips!

With summer just around the corner, our fluff and fold in Raleigh NC knows, the last thing we all want to think about is time spent cleaning. We’d much rather be outdoors swimming, hiking, soaking up the sun. Chances are though, if you’re spending a great deal of time outdoors, especially swimming, your home can be overrun with extra laundry in no time at all. Keeping the extra towels, changes of clothes, and more clean can become a full time job.

Thankfully there are ways to set up a functional laundry system that will help you through all the extra laundry that summer brings!

According to houzz.com, you should “First, get ready for summer with a seasonal swap. Take a day to go through every drawer, closet and cupboard, pulling out things that are no longer seasonally appropriate. Stow off-season clothes and gear in an out-of-the-way spot and dig out the beach towels, swimsuits and sarongs. Often after a season in storage, towels and other items end up a little musty; if so, throw everything in the wash before using. If you come across any items with tears or stains, now is the time to toss them out.”

In addition, there are several other ways to keep from laundering your life away this summer! Below, you’ll find out how!

Fluff and Fold Raleigh NC | Summer Laundry Tips

Minimize laundry loads. Don’t let that laundry pile up into a mountain of overwhelming heights. Do a little here and there, while you’re letting the kids rest during the day or at night after you’ve put them to bed. Letting laundry build up can discourage your from doing it altogether. Using smaller baskets to store dirty laundry can help keep the mountain at bay.  They fill quicker, prompting you to do laundry more frequently.

Stop wet or dirty clothing before they enter the house. A peg rail or several sturdy hooks nailed to the exterior of your home’s back door will make it easy for the kids to hang up their wet towels or dirty play clothes, before coming into the house!

Keep fresh towels and suits in a designated spot. If you have a pool at your house, or even a neighborhood pool that you and your kids frequent during summer, be sure to add a second set of hooks inside. Hang fresh, clean towels on them so the kids know which towels are ready to use!

For more tips on how to lighten your laundry load this summer, be sure to visit back with our fluff and fold in Raleigh NC, soon! Also, feel free to contact us or stop by for help with any of your laundry needs!