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Cleaning Up:  Where do you fold clothes?  |
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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 Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 06:12:57 AM
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Well, honestly, sometimes they never get folded....just dumped on one of the sofas.
I've tried the kitchen table, but most of the time I end up back in the living room.
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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LeighErica
True Blue Farmgirl
306 Posts
Erica
PA
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 07:12:15 AM
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| Our washer and dryer is in the cellar. When we moved here the previous owners left a huge table that the wife cut her material for her drapery business on. I use that "huge" table to fold laundry, but, I have to confess....my issue is getting up the two flights of stairs to the bedrooms. I am 4'9" and sometimes I feel like I am climbing a mountain to get it to the bedrooms. But, that is where I fold laundry:) Got to love it...:) Erica |
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 08:34:11 AM
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I love folding clothes! LOL! I don't know why but I find it very therapeutic... I also like washing dishes... Go figure!
Our laundry room is on the first floor, and it's also a very busy mud room, so I don't really want to fold clean clothes in there. I just fold clothes on my sofa, basketful by basketful, while watching the news or some other programming. Whomever heads up the steps first takes the basket with him (notice I say "him" - LOL!), and then I'll deliver the clothes to the appropriate places when I go up.
What drives my hubby nuts is that sometimes I block his view from the t.v. while I'm folding. I just wink at him and tell him he should enjoy the view while he can, and he just giggles and rolls his eyes at me. ;) Just keepin' it alive, girls... Maybe that's why I love folding clothes so much! LOL!
Happy laundry!
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 08:43:00 AM
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The washer and dryer is in my husband's "airplane room" which is, in all reality, a room that I can't cuss a cat in and end up falling into bookcases, over model airplane boxes, and crap like that, so I immediately take the basket of laundry into the living room (if there's something on I'm watching) or onto our bed so I can have a big surface.
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cindy
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Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 2:42:06 PM
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My washer and dryer are in the basement so I take the basket upstairs and fold them in my bedroom. Or sometimes I just leave them in the basket ;)
Cindy
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4737 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 2:54:49 PM
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My washer & dryer are inside a closet in my butler's pantry. I fold them in there so it is quick & easy to put them away.
Dawn in IL |
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 5:04:18 PM
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I'm 4'8 and I couldn't drag the laundry up and down stairs. I would make the basement a big closet! Or get a dumb elevator why don't homes have them any more? lol
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BarnHeart
True Blue Farmgirl
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Autumn
New Albany
IN
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 5:07:10 PM
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Fold laundry? Nah...that task usually goes to the hubs. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 5:13:57 PM
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It depends, if I'm watching a football game, I fold the clothes on the sofa in the den. If not, usually on the kitchen table!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Penny Wise
True Blue Farmgirl
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Margo
Elyria
OH
USA
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Posted - Feb 06 2013 : 09:42:38 AM
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i'm ashamed to say that the last load of whites i did stayed in the dryer (right off the kitchen) for me to grab undies each morning before work.....
we're in a small house- if i don't fold right there at the dryer, i carry in to the bedroom and sit on the bed to fold...michael doesn't go thru many clothes anymore and i just have my work clothes (jeans and tops undies and sox) and of course towels bedding and jammies... when i was raining kids i had an awesome table in the basement.
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HodgeLodge
True Blue Farmgirl
662 Posts
Tiana
Berkeley Springs
WV
USA
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
985 Posts
Lorena
Centerville
Me
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 07:31:09 AM
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Fold laundry ...what a laugh. In the livingroom but it generally stays there for at least. 5 days before it gets folded. Annoying to me but I never have time to fold it.
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musicmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
430 Posts
Wendy
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 07:54:26 AM
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I fold on my bed. The laundry room is too small and by having the boys put it on my bed, it insures that it gets folded before I go to bed each night. Well, that's the idea. Some nights I just shove it into the laundry basket and leave it.
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Bob Marley
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
2349 Posts |
Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 08:26:26 AM
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I am loving everyone's comments. Today, I have actually folded all the loads. Now the stacks sit on two sofas, coffee table and the floor. I'm not sure if they'll make it to the rooms they belong in. I'm sitting down for a cup of coffee now. :)
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 6:15:37 PM
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My laundry is just off the kitchen in my panty. I fold clothes right on the dryer and walk through the house to put them away in the bedroom.
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 6:16:25 PM
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oops.....I meant my pantry. (lol)
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shanda
True Blue Farmgirl
522 Posts
Shanda
Broken Bow
OK
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 6:23:32 PM
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HA Bonnie! That made me laugh!
I, too, like to fold. If I'm folding towels, I do it in the bathroom, so I can put them right away. And I fold clothes on my bed, wit my closet open to hang clothes right up. Putting away clothes while they are still warm is kind of a joy for me! I love handing my daughter a stack of warm clothes and watching her hug them!
Shanda
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HemetGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
573 Posts
Terri
Hemet
CA
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 7:13:01 PM
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Nini and Bonnie, you guys are too funny.
I love to fold my clothes the minute the dryer is done. My cat, Izzy, likes to snuggle up to the warm clean towel I put on the bed for her.
I hang those things that are not quite dry on hangers in the bedroom doorway so unless I put them in the closet, I can't close the bedroom door and keep the kitties out of my room at bedtime.
I like doing laundry, but I miss a clothesline. It's dishes I don't like.
Terri
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crafter
True Blue Farmgirl
2313 Posts
lori
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Feb 08 2013 : 09:35:48 AM
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I try to always bring the laundry upstairs- washer and dryer and drying rack are in the basement. So, I bring the basket upstairs to the sofa to fold and then Nat and I put away.
Lori
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MtnGrlByTheBay
True Blue Farmgirl
171 Posts
Erin
Lexington Park
MD
USA
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Posted - Feb 08 2013 : 11:32:37 AM
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If you have a laundry room, you need a table. I have a laundry basket for each family member and one for linens sitting on the table. As clothes come out of the dryer, they are folded and put into the correct basket.
Now... this is the tough part..... That's pretty much where they stay. Family just gets what they need out of their clean clothes basket.
I always intend to carry each basket upstairs so the family member can put their own clothes away (including myself). But [sigh] that doesn't routinely happen. In fact I actually succeeded in doing that one time, and I took a picture of it because a laundry room without laundry is a RARE sight!
I always thought the Duggar Famiy had it right when they just made a "Family Closet" that was part of their Laundry Room.
When we sold our Town House and were looking to move to a bigger house, on of my requirements was "a laundry room." When you don't have room for a table, laundry really is a chore.
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Farmer Judy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judy
North Aurora
IL
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2013 : 11:45:58 AM
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I usually pull the hangables right out of the dryer and hang them up as soon ad the dryer is done and fold laundry on my bed. I do have a table down by the laundry but I end up using it for fabric most of the time. My boys laundry baskets go in the living room for them to use the couch but it ususally ends up living there until they either wear it or I "force" the folding to happen.
God bless,
Judy
Farmgirl #3666
Born a city girl but a farm girl at heart!
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
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CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Lyndell
True Blue Farmgirl
61 Posts
Leah
Richwood
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 6:41:09 PM
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Like a couple others here, I fold them and put them in laundry baskets right as they come out of the dryer. For the most part, if I don't have time to fold, I don't take it out of the dryer. I do it this way because it cuts back on wrinkles and doesn't make another mess I have to deal with later. My laundry area is small (so is my house really) and I just don't have space for keeping laundry that needs to be folded. I was raised doing this, and found it so odd when I grew up and found out that some people take their clothes out of the dryer and make a second project out of folding them! Then again, if you have a ton of laundry to do and need to get stuff out of the dryer fast, I can totally understand waiting to do the folding.
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sissarge
True Blue Farmgirl
502 Posts
Linda
Montgomery
Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 7:35:03 PM
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I am like Nini, I love folding clothes and washing dishes. I have no dishwasher except for my two hands. Hubby will also wash dishes, usually after breakfast. I usually fold in the living room, love doing it at night while watching tv. If it is during the day, it is usually on the dinner table. But I always fold and hang and put away, I can't stand to have them sitting around. That's just me!!
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cozie lady
True Blue Farmgirl
58 Posts
Amy
Mt Pleasant
MI
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2013 : 09:36:18 AM
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I take my clothes to the bedroom and fold there so that I can put away as I go. Towels, sheets or blankets I fold as I take them out of the dryer or off the line. I do not fold or sort socks and underwear.
I to like washing dishes by hand, just kind of relaxing after a long day.:)
amy r
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heritagehunter
True Blue Farmgirl
207 Posts
Julie
La Salle
Co
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2013 : 4:07:50 PM
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| I fold clothes on my ironing board. It is usually set up in my bedroom. |
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