Laundry Hacks: 5 Stress-Free Tips Inside!

“Having an empty laundry basket is the best 5 seconds of the week 😉”

— unknown

If doing laundry isn’t your favourite, I get it. It’s not mine, either. 

Over the years, I have learned to tweak my laundry routines to make them less daunting. 

I have since shared these strategies with my clients to help them tackle laundry with ease, and I want to share these tips with you because we all need to lessen our load.

1. One Wash and Dry a Day

   Nobody wants to hear this but trust me when I say a load a day keeps the laundry away 😉 It is a game-changer, especially for families and busy households.

   By committing to a load a day, we keep folding and putting away to a minimum, making it a quick thing you do, like emptying the dishwasher. 

   Daily laundry helps to minimize the mental effort of wondering if your kid's uniform is ready for the next day or if their dance tights are clean for class. It also reduces the overwhelming task of tackling multiple loads in one day- because who needs that?!

2. Loads Types by Day

If you want to ensure your daily laundry schedule sticks, make it work for you.

If you know that on Thursday evenings, you are busy taking your daughter to dance class and your son to football, choose your load wisely.

Keep the load a quick and easy that day. 

Towels tend to be a good option for busy days—if they have to sit in the dryer until the morning, then so be it.

3. Hooks for the “not yet ready to wash” items

Don’t wash what doesn’t need washing. 

That hoodie you throw on once a day or the t-shirt you swapped out after wearing it for a short time may not need a wash and will be worn again, so don’t add it to your laundry basket.

Use hooks (especially great for kids that swap clothes frequently) to hold those ‘not yet ready for the wash’ items and keep your loads lighter.

4. Toss Bins

Toss bins are drawer-organizing bins that sit neatly in a drawer and contain the items within.

It’s a kid-friendly shortcut for storing pyjamas or undies—there's no need to fold them; simply toss them in. 

Bonus: The items are organized by category and look neat when the drawer is closed, without tedious file folding if that’s not your thing.

5. Laundry Basket Placement

If there is anything I have learned as a Mom, organizing systems have to be super simple to work, especially for busy families.

A laundry basket placed in the laundry room down the hall from where your child undresses in their room may not be the best placement option.

Adding laundry hampers to bedrooms and/or bathrooms tends to have a higher success rate, saving you from those friendly reminders to your children about picking up their clothes.

By adding these 5 simple tips into your routine, you can make laundry less of a chore and more of a seamless part of your day.

Happy laundering 🩷

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with gratitude,

Andrea