DISQUS

Our Little Apartment: http://ourlittleapartment.blogspot.com/2009/04/so-fresh-and-so-clean-clean.html

  • Lily · 8 months ago
    You make being eco-friendly seem SO practical! I'm intrigued by the soap nuts! And I want to see if I can't figure out a way to line dry... I hang a lot of things, but line drying would make me immensely happy - like sunshine seeping in my clothes... ha :) Thanks for sharing your tips!
  • Freckles · 8 months ago
    You are so cute!
  • Andrea · 8 months ago
    Regarding point #5... washing your clothes less often also equals less wear and tear. Your clothes will last longer! That's also less wasteful, right? :)
  • stephanie · 8 months ago
    I already (mostly) do 3-6. I will dry clean fancy dresses, but only after a few wearings and at our eco-friendly dry cleaner. (Although I've never done any research into it, so I don't know how much better it is than traditional.)

    I've never heard of soap nuts before!

  • nicoleantoinette · 8 months ago
    Ugh, I HATE doing laundry, so I definitely have the full load thing covered. More like many full load(s), because I've waited until the last possible second to do it!
  • Elizabeth · 8 months ago
    Will you come do my laundry. Actually, it's not the washing or the line dry - it's the folding and hang part that annoys me!

    Glad to see I'm doing all right according to your list.

    I totally checked the soap nuts website during class. I think the boy behind me was a little weirded out be the breast feeding mom on the website :-P



  • Kate P · 8 months ago
    So what do you think of homeowners' associations that don't allow residents to have clotheslines? I think that's ridiculous! Although honestly I can't dry everything outside because it catches the pollen and I have bad allergies.

    However, my cat loves it when I set up my pop-up clothes dryer for sweaters in the living room. She thinks it's her personal fort! (Being kind to animals counts, right?)

  • Tempewytch · 8 months ago
    Also use white vinegar instead of fabric conditioner!
  • Kate · 8 months ago
    Laundry is one of my favorite chores, too! And I'm so with you on the dry cleaning. I used to design environmental audits for a software company and began to realize that some state governments had very strict regulations about how dry cleaning chemicals could be disposed of. Made me realize I don't ever want my clothes treated with that stuff.
  • Auburn Kat · 8 months ago
    I LOVE doing laundry too and ironing!

    I never ever dry clean my clothes unless I get a stain that I can't get out myself.

  • *jimaie.marie* · 8 months ago
    laundry nuts?! these sound amazing!!
  • abz · 8 months ago
    Great laundry tips!! I typically do most of these, except instead of line drying I lay my clothes out flat on top of my dryer... I haven't ironed in Years!! I was going to look at the soap nuts site but was put off by the breastfeeding picture... woah! lol. Anyway, keep up these lists, I am loving them.
  • Allison M. · 8 months ago
    saw the soap nuts woman at a conference! I'm with you and line drying except I don't have a line outside but I use every chair and dresser drawer I can open up.
  • EP · 8 months ago
    I love this! These are all easy things to remember and do. I'm saving this post to help on laundry day!
  • Ron · 8 months ago
    I wish I would've read this before washing my wool sweater yesterday :(

    Great blog! I'll be following!