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Doin' Laundry
lepetitfromage:
I REALLY enjoy that setup. I think my dream laundry "room" would look something like that. But I've always been partial to the idea of stacking them as well.
I just love those shelves on the doors! Storage makes me drool.
Lines:
If I had laundry on the main floor, I'd want front loaders for the same reason as that photo. (What a great space saver!) But they're in the basement (because that's where the hookups are), so I don't care. I love the colorful front loaders, but they are expensive. Our high efficiency machines were half the price of those. So yeah. I'll stick with the boring white machines, but hey, the lid and door to the washer and dryer are clear, so I get to watch stuff. Which was interesting for the first load of laundry I did, but that appeal has kind of worn off now...
Carl-E:
Like cars, I haven't bught a new washer in years - I buy used, and do repairs. The one we have now was a old one from a friend (when she bought a new one), so it cost us nothing and saved her the hauling fee. When the switch under the lid gave out, I bypassed it, so I can leave it open and watch it run... and spin.
Hard to resist reaching in...
Anyway, I always watch the begining of a load so that I know it's circulating OK. Stuff just doesn't get clean otherwise...
Akima:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 24 Jun 2012, 07:16 ---You could just put them on a shelf. I bet it costs less than $500 to get a custom-built platform made.
--- End quote ---
If you made it yourself, sure. In Australia, at least, it would cost more to get a carpenter in to do it. I'm not saying it would be a bad idea, mind you.
nekowafer:
When I'm not deathly ill (as I have been for months, it seems), I do pretty much all the laundry once a week. My boyfriend is a chef, and has maybe a week and a half's worth of uniforms that cannot be worn more than once between washing, as they get REALLY stinky. I sweat kind of a lot, and wear business casual for work, so I have to at least wash my shirts every time, though I can usually make the pants last 4 days or so.
I put a decent amount of time into finding a split laundry basket, so I can sort clothing as I remove it, instead of having to put all the time into it when it needs washing. So we split it into darks/t-shirts/jeans (cold water), and chef/undershirts/undies/socks (hot water). Sheets and towels go into the hot water side, though I usually only remove them on laundry days, so they rarely even make it into the basket. Towels are used until they smell funky, and I am super sensitive to smells like that, so I am the tester. The boyfriend doesn't even notice.
Sweaters, cardigans, and hoodies take the longest to smell like anything but my body spray or that outside smell, so they very rarely get washed. Every couple weeks I will gather my whole collection of bras (10 of the same bra in different colors. I so rarely find ones that fit me) and wash them all together, in a cold/gentle cycle, then hang them by the center piece, over my shower curtain to dry.
The last bit of laundry I do every month or so is ferret bedding. They have handmade fabric mats and hammocks in their giant cage. And they like to poop on them.
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