I have had plenty of wool sweaters and “dry clean only” items go into the wash and come out of the entire laundry cycle much to short, too tight, or just plain tiny – more appropriate for my kids and their teddy bears than for me.  I think my husband was just trying to get out of doing a lot of the laundry.  It worked. 

He checks the tags now and if a garment says “hand wash” or “dry clean only”, it goes into a pile to wait for me.  But, now it’s MY turn to shrink the clothes!  (And the bedding, towels and whatever else I can reduce) Continue Reading »

I was reading the June issue of Pilates Style Magazine and saw one of the Space Savers products in there – the Mesh Sweater Laundry Bag by Bajer.  I have several of these bags myself and love to use them.  The magazine suggests keeping one of these bags in your gym bag to hold your gym clothes after a workout.  Then you can toss the whole thing into the wash when you get home.  Not a bad idea.  A very good idea, in fact.  That got me thinking of more ways to use this… Continue Reading »

I can’t believe I’m even considering it, but my laundry room needs a MAJOR overhaul!  I shouldn’t even call it a room…maybe a large closet?  You open the two bi-fold doors and come face to face with the washer and dryer – the two hardest working machines in the house.  Well, they are if you don’t count me or my computer Continue Reading »