Ironing

I agree with mapleleaf. Clothes are still creased after tumble drying (and in any case I tend to airdty them mostly.I dont exactly love ironing but dont mind it while watching tv or listning to the radio and I hate wearing creased clothes. I like the pile of sweet smelling ironed and folded clothes at the end . Now I do hate cleaning!

I don’t mind ironing. I watch tv while I’m
Doing it. I do a lot for dil when I’m at her house. My daughter never irons.

I hate hate hate ironing, I don't do it and try to buy things that don't need ironed,
My iron is years old and looks brand new, Ironing !!! No life's too short for that malarkey ,

Ideally, I would love a room for ironing - it would be a good-sized utility room with washer, dryer, sink, clothes rack from the ceiling, ironing board, lots of wooden slatted shelves for storing the towels and linen, hanging space, and a music system. In a previous existence before I retired, I had such a room which meant I could manage the house, iron both mine and my husbands' shirts, and look good for work. Now in retirement and living in a much, much smaller house in the most expensive city in the UK, I have none of this - consequently, I don't iron! Hubby irons his own shirts now and has to put up the ironing board in the kitchen - how great that he does this for himself, but he still can't get into the habit of putting the ironing board down, or putting the iron away - grrr.

I haven't ironed anything in over 20 years. Sheets go to the laundry in winter but on the line in summer, pillowcases done at home. I do have a steamer which is handy but no tumble dryer which wears out material...just look at the fluff it captures as opposed to line drying. I smooth everything straight out of the washing machine and even jeans only take 24 hours to dry indoors...and I'm very fussy about folding and hanging clothes properly. I do have an iron and board but they've never been used since I bought them after moving here.

I rarely iron. Used to be fussy about bedding but when I stay with d she never irons my bed so I don't bother when she visits.

I find the opposite effect when clothes have been tumble dried - they seem to have lots more creases in them, even when not bone dry. Must be doing something wrong, though not sure what as I've used tumble drier sheets (makes no difference), taken them out slightly damp and shaken them ( still more creased than line dried), taken them out straight away after the cycle has finished, still creased. Oh well, such is life sometimes ?

For fifteen years we lived in a large house with our large family, our own and a number of foster children. I had an ironing room....it even had an enamel sign on the door.....unfortunately it was a depository for clothes needing ironing!!! Oh the rush on Sunday afternoons ironing 9 or 10 sets of school uniform, finding mouldering games kit etc! Just have a big basket now and when its up to the top l have an hour or 2 with the iron. First time l have posted, hello everyone!

When my youngest son was born the midwife, seeing I felt overwhelmed, said to me to just keep the bathroom and kitchen clean and not worry about ironing or dusting. I've never ironed since and my son is 36 this year ?

Only do ironing during spring and summer months when more cotton shirts and summer dresses are in use. Otherwise during the colder wetter weather months use the tumble drier, if you don't overload it and put things straight onto hangers there,s hardly any creases at all. We used to be in the forces years ago when everything was ironed or pressed within an inch of its life. Now have a far more relaxed attitude to it.

I'm like you Singlegrannie, whip the clothes out of the tumble drier and fold them or put on hanger and no need to iron - hooray. It sounds expensive instead of using a washing line but I am in Retirement flats and we have a laundry room (with ironing board!!!) and not allowed to hang clothes in the garden.

I only do shirts, blouses, t shirts and duvet sets, as little as possible. I use the spare bedroom with the radio on or my tablet propped up watching programs I've missed.

I used to enjoy ironing, not so much now, but I do have to iron cotton sheets and pillowcases. I love a freshly made bed. My mum used to iron for me when I was working full-time and she used to say that she "wasn't ironing the towels - just running the iron over them!" I like to see the pile of freshly pressed clothes but then there is the chore of putting them away!

I only iron the things which need it. My ironing board is in the spare bedroom (north facing) at the front of the house so I see the world go by out of the window. I try to get it done first thing so that it is out of the way quickly and I can get on with more enjoyable things.

I'm in the hang, smooth, tumble dry camp. Spent hours of my life on a Sunday ironing only to find it hung on the floor by oh and kids so stopped doing it and no one commented. If going to a special do and blouse needs ironing I'll do it but otherwise don't bother. My mil used to iron everything including towels and socks!!

I bought some iron on tape to shorten a hem, but couldnt find my iron.....sure I had one somewhere...

I hated, notice past tense.,

However when OH retired he offered to take over.

Now he complains about it!

No wonder he is a shirt freak, albeit without a tie.

I like a little ironing but not too much so I iron three people's clothes every day to keep on top of the clothes pile. My DH also loves ironing so he will willingly do his and my DS's clothes or even all of it if I am busy elesewhere. Sometimes we fight for the ironing! I find ironing therapeutic and listen to Radio Four catch-up drama whilst doing it.

Having said that, I don't enjoy an excessive amount of any type of work so, since I retired, I have devised ways of doing 'lazy' tasks: 'lazy cooking', lazy cleaning', 'lazy gardening', 'lazy car cleaning' and, of course, 'lazy ironing'. I break down the tasks into the minimum effort and movements combined with the maximum effects. It takes my DH about four to five minutes to iron a shirt and I can do it in half the time for the same result.

Not keen on ironing I must admit, although I have just finished two shirts and a couple of tee shirts.
The other day my DH declared "when are you going to iron the three shirts that have been here for ages" I did say when I was in the mood, and if he wanted them urgently he knew where the iron was.Incidentaly, he has a wardrobe full of shirts!

I hate the thought of ironing but once I get started I find it therapeutic.
I iron in my bedroom so completely peaceful and seeing all the nice neat piles on my bed gives me a sense of satisfaction.

Wash and Go is my motto. Life is too short to iron much. And to think I used to iron my undies!

I iron as little as possible. I always aim to fold/hang clothes straight from the tumble drier. I do iron duvet covers and pillow cases and anything that I think would look scruffy unironed.

Crossed posts KW. I suffer frequent attacks of cystitis and that's why I iron knickers.

I put a lot of my clothes away un-ironed and iron them as I am about to wear them, but I do iron everything includingI bedding, tea towels and underwear, especially the gussets in knickers. I quite often get ready to go out and press my sweater and scarf on the bed. But that's me and we're all different, thank goodness.