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I love the smell of clean laundry. In fact, I get asked often how I get our clothes smelling so good. You want to know my secret? You think I will share it with you? Yeah, I will. 🙂
It is a combination of a fragrance-free laundry detergent with Snuggle liquid fabric softener. Because the laundry detergent has no fragrance, the Snuggle permeates our clothing for a fresh, clean smell.
Before we get to clean-smelling clothing in our organized laundry routine, let’s review our first three steps: Preparing throughout the week [2], Pre-treating soiled clothing [3], and Preparing on laundry day [4]. Today, I will complete this series with STEP FOUR.
STEP FOUR: Performing laundry tasks
To get the fresh, clean smell throughout our loads of laundry, I follow this routine:
Washing the Clothes
1. Use All Free and Clear detergent since my children have skin sensitivities which perfumed laundry detergent irritates.
2. Wash all loads on warm/cold, and all load sizes are large or super.
3. Add Snuggle liquid fabric softener during the rinse cycle to make the clothes smell great without irritating my children’s skin.
Drying the Clothes
1. Place one Snuggle fabric softener sheet into the dryer with the clothes to keep them static cling-free.
2. Pile the clean, dried clothes into one of two blue laundry baskets.
3. Remove the lent from the dryer vent.
Folding and Putting Away the clothes
1. Fold the clothes and place them back into the clean blue laundry basket.
2. Take the laundry basket upstairs.
3. Put the clothing in the appropriate dressers or closets.
The two blue rectangular baskets are for clean clothes. The oval blue basket and white basket are used for dirty or used clothes. Having different shaped and different colored baskets helps my family differentiate between clean and dirty clothes. Since my family knows which baskets are dirty and which ones are clean, I avoid getting questioned on whether items are clean or dirty. This system of using different baskets makes laundry days simple and organized.
As you work through laundry days at your home, I hope you will find a system that works for you while using time wisely. Whether you choose a weekend or weekdays to tackle your laundry pile, you can stay organized by preparing prior to laundry day, pre-treating soiled clothing, preparing on laundry day, and performing laundry tasks. Happy laundry organizing!
Question: Do you use different baskets for clean and dirty clothes? Please add your answer to the comments.