Now that I've fully realized that I am a stay at home mom, I decided I better make my home a tad more livable and presentable. I have been slowly working towards each room being clean enough to just "keep up" instead of constantly needing power cleaning. My first room to tackle was the Laundry Room. I started here for a few reasons.
1) It is small and self contained.
2) I am the main laundry person so it is the easiest room for me to keep clean, because no one else is undoing my hard work.
3) A dirty laundry room does you no good. I have been known to forget which piles/hampers were clean and which were dirty (so I had to wash them all again). Dropped clean underwear on the dust and fluff covered floor and had to rewash. Set clean and folded shirts on the washer and ended up with detergent residue on them forcing me to, you guessed it, wash them again!
Here's what I did to tame the laundry monster. First, I washed and put away EVERYTHING that had made it's home at the foot of my washer (you know what I mean, the washing you constantly put off because you never use whatever it is so it's not a priority). Then I got rid of all the gathering places I had created, only one basket for rags and super dirties, nothing else allowed on the floor. Next, I put up a simple shelf with a place for hangers to put my washing tools on instead of setting them on my washer and dryer. Now my laundry room is a place of peace, and I actually look forward to going in and hiding from the family for a few minutes here and there.
Now to tackle the filthy washer and dryer! I found a great "Pin" on how to clean my top loader washer and set to work. To read the how to clean your top loader washing machine and get your machine working to it's full potential.
