![]() ![]() I'll say this, getting laundry in and out of any kind of machine is a difficult task when back pain is flared up. I've also had back problems for a number of years. I'm of average height for a woman and I've not had a problem reaching controls for the dryer or getting all of the clothing out. I have had my extra large capacity front loading machines stacked for well over a decade (two different brands in that time) and all that is needed is the manufacturers stacking kit to accomplish it. Love what you've done!!! I'm a mom to five (next month my twins will be 13 and then I will officially have five teens living under my roof!) and I love the practical ideas that were featured in this article. ![]() (I never ironed much but put damp-dry garments like blouses on hangers to prevent wrinkles.) No one could claim, "I didn't know they were MY clean clothes" or leave empty hangers laying around. Supermom Laundry Tip: I bought hangers in a specific color for each family member. Also, does enclosing a dryer reduce its energy efficiency savings or cause over-heating? Thanks again. I'm aware that many new appliances are less reliable than my 20-year-old Whirlpool Maytags, but we are now empty nesters doing less laundry although needing capacity to launder king size bedding. My trusty appliance service guy warned that repairs are more costly because the upper has to be removed to service the lower, & mechanical components are harder to reach. I have a related question for Ronda and/or other "houzzies." I am considering replacing my standard washer/dryer with a stacking set. Ronda has natural talents, a creative design "eye," & a do-it-myself ethic with the priceless can-do skills developed mothering SIX kids. RONDA RULES!!! Amazing, awesome, A-plus redo on shoestrings budget. The only comical thing about laundry in our house is that the folding area is not my mother's dining room table but in the living room: the top of a very long harpsichord with a view of Long Island Sound. Even if our horrid laundry space (in the tiny muddy mudroom with clashing doors that open into each other) were better I would still find it uninteresting. As for me-I find all stages of laundry easily the most boring of household chores. The other (0 children) does it every Monday her folded laundry looks like origami and takes her about 3 hours to fold for a family of 2. One (1 child) does a little every day her daughter at 3 could fold laundry far better than I can. My 2 best friends produce beautiful laundry. My son's teacher (3 children) at a school where all the children have chores says she knows she should have her children help her with the laundry, but laundry is her passion-she can't bear to have anyone else in her family do the laundry. The sound of the machines went all day, every day including Christmas. My sister-in-law (with 8 children) had each kid do his or her own as soon as they could. ![]() We were responsible for folding and putting it away as soon as we got home from school, a chore I associate with the sounds of beginning piano lessons (she's a piano teacher). She disliked doing laundry though, so as soon as we were old enough she dumped the clean laundry she did while we were at school in heaps on the dining room table. My mother (4 children) had us as toddlers stand next to her and play the sorting socks game as she folded laundry. I'm most interested in our various attitudes toward laundry. Obviously, laundry hits all of us where we live. I love everything about this story! I am in awe of this woman's skill which I hope all her children are imbibing! I'm also (mostly) amused by the passionate who-should-do-the-laundry comments. ![]() Ditto with the kitchen, I've rearranged it to serve my needs rather than a household full of people. It's great for me, but it would be a really unfeasible arrangement with multiple users. With the kids gone, my little laundry is now off my bedroom - where most of the dirty laundry comes from and where I am only steps away as I do laundry. Whether one and the same person will be doing large loads for everyone or if several people will be doing lots of smaller loads makes a difference in everything from what appliances to buy and how to place them, to where the laundry will be and how one stores a variety of products for different users. It is one that I am grappling with as I redesign my home as my life changes. Although there is some judgment there (yeah, I too wonder why one does laundry for grown children!), there is an important design issue in the question. It is smart of her to organize it according to her current needs rather than to some some design dogma or "re-sale" ideas. There are many things in this laundry that I would find useless, but that are clearly important and used by this owner. This is a great example of arranging one's space to serve one's particular needs and at a reasonable cost. ![]()
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