Never putting laundry away

not exactly hard to walk upstairs with it after all is it
Yes, it is at the moment ☹

I live in a 3 bedroom house without a cupboard in it. I am a wash freak and end up having piles of folded clothes in the 3rd bedroom on the bed because there is nowhere to put the vast majority, especially bedding.

I had fitted wardrobes made but there is a limit to what they will take.

I wish I had the luxury of having time to fold the clean clothes when they come out of the dryer - between work, kids, activities and other more important house chores, this one is nowhere close to the top of my dh's and my priority list

We get to it as when we can and it's OK.
There are more important things in life

we both work full time and only have one left at home as he other children ae adults and we have never had support or help off extended family. We always have washing out in some way or another and I really don't think this is unusual at all. The dog doesn;t interfere with it

I remember when I had children at home, a dog, DH often working away, an over-full basket of ironing .....
Once when my MIL was staying she eyed up the laundry basket and I thought she was going to offer to do some while I was at work. She said "I'd die if I had to face that lot of ironing"
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I don't know what an airing cupboard is
Washing hung out in Australia is "cupboard dry" when it comes off the line. In fact, last summer in the UK was hot and sunny too. 😲

However, clothes that have been ironed with a steam iron or are not quite dry when taken off the line need airing - the airing cupboard contains the hot water tank so is like a drying cupboard.

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Not a lot of ironing is undertaken in our household (and then it's mostly kitchen/dining "linens", so they'll all fit into drawers). Instead we hang up a lot of items on a hangaway stand. This and other washing is put away as soon as possible: I don't want it hanging around! I rather like folding and storing clean laundry: and (IMO & experience) children can learn to do this from an early age. It also makes life easier if "everything has a place" and thus can be found when needed.

Llamedos13

I’m bemused too AussieGran by the mountains of laundry piled high in my daughters house. It’s all over the place,on the sofa,in laundry baskets, piled on the ends of the kids beds all in a crumpled heap. I wonder how she finds anything to wear!.

Our son’s place is the same. The house is like a huge laundry processing emporium. They all seem to know which pile is clean and which is for washing….

Each to their own of course, but seems a shame to have a nice lounge that’s like a tip with piles of washing all over it.
Having led a very busy life myself, and still at 57 being busy with childcare, a part time job and the house and garden to see to, I can say, hand on heart that I’ve always folded laundry and put it away and so has every household I’ve ever visited.
What a sheltered life hey?🤣

AussieGran59

Ah, thanks. We don’t have them here, or at least I don’t think so. Hot water tanks tend to be outside, at the side of our houses not in cupboards. Much too big.

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Here in Germany they don't have airing cupboards either. I hang my ironed or dried washing in the boiler room in the basement overnight where it is nice and warm and dry.

A friend did her daughter in laws ironing whilst babysitting. She was told not to touch their stuff again!

Each to their own, I guess. Some people enjoy being tidy and others like to be more 'laissez faire'. I'm quite untidy sometimes and as I have no 'system' I often drive myself mad trying to find things. Can I change this behaviour pattern? No! I have tried many, many times but always revert back to my old ways.

People enjoy coming to my home as there are things to look at that are interesting but I have one friend who commented that to her my house looks like a series of things unfinished. .Her house is never a hair out of place which I find rather clinical. I like seeing some of my things around me. For me mostly I enjoy at least one room ( sitting room) being reasonably tidy and the rest I'm not too worried about.
If I go into a house that is too tidy I don't feel at all comfortable. A bit of washing lying around suggests a relaxed approach generally.

I guess, like most things it's about balance.

I’m a little bit messy but have to say if someone came over and laundered and ironed and put things away for me I’d be over the moon Each to his, hers or their own eh !

Have to agree with you. I have noticed within my family the younger generation do run there homes differently, far more care free than I like to.

My clean laundry doesn’t hang around on couches but it does tend to live in a laundry basket. Mine lives in a white one and my husbands lives in a grey one. We both do our own washing so we are both as bad as each other.
Periodically they may get put away if the mood strikes.
And ironing, hmmmm, I do believe I have an iron somewhere but I’m really not sure where

My daughter is fairly tidy as far as putting away clothing after it's been washed and dried (son-in-law most often irons his own shirts - nothing else is ironed!), but what amazes me is the sheer amount of washing that goes on! They are 2 adults and 2 children, but you would think from the amount of laundry that 6 people live there. I tend to wear shirts more than once, jeans for at least a week, and dresses only for a few hours at a time, so no need to wash very often. I realise that they, and the children are much more physically active, but does every single item need to be thrown into the basket after being worn one time??

I'm a wash, iron and put away person too. When I visit (having to stay due to distance) my DS and family both he and DiL love it as I iron all that's necessary (according to me), fold or place on hangers ready for them to put away. Also, weather permitting, I hang all the washing outside rather than use the two heated airers. They love this too, they say everything feels different. They had no outside facility for washing so my DS installed a couple of retractable lines, bought clothes pegs just for me to use when I visit! That was 12 years ago, still going strong and they have been known to use them very occasionally.

I cannot abide piles of clothes lying around . I do not wash every day as that is totally alien to todays culture …we only wash when we have a full load ….thus saving energy and water. So irresponsible! I no longer iron as it’s totally unnecessary with todays fabrics ….fold and put into airing cupboard then hung in wardrobe or layer in drawers.
My daughters the same …I don’t want to see people’s’ next days washing’ as my mum used to call it!

I drop laundry into laundrette once a fortnight. Pick it up after shopping 4 hours later, clean, dry and folded (cost around £8). Worth every penny.

I do one wash a week usually, dry outside or on radiators and never iron. Years of living with an Aga taught me that perfect folding is the answer! My mother died aged 93 and it was only in the last three years of her life that I persuaded her that she didn’t actually have to iron bedding, towels and underwear.

I love it when the laundry gets washed, dried, ironed and put away all on the same day. Can't beat that feeling. However we none of us have control of how others do their chores. If you are welcomed into someones home and leave happy to have shared your time with them the surroundings are neither here or there.
I remember as a child one of my Mum's friends being very untidy indeed not at all like our household. But was so lovely, kind and caring with the snuggliest of cuddles. Yes the house was always untidy but she always had time for her friend.

kittylester

I'm not sure that clothes are ironed nowadays!

I haven't ironed anything for years (well maybe something for a special occasion and it's been in the wardrobe for years)! I always hang washing carefully and fold or hang on hangers and dry carefully so ironing is not needed. As for OP - well, my daughter and S-in-law and 3 grandsons live just like that...I have often folded and put away washing, no complaints...they probably wish I did it every time I visit! Just really busy lives and I think a bit of slap dash, can't be bothered attitude.....she certainly didn't get it from me.