Hellobee Boards Topic: How do you sort your laundry?

Hellobee Boards Topic: How do you sort your laundry? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 09:08:57 +0000 Alivoo01 on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1684299 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:31:05 +0000 Alivoo01 1684299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Oh man. I'm super lazy or something. I don't separate anything!!! Everything goes into one laundry basket. As I'm transferring things from the washer to the dryer, things that need to be hung up do, otherwise, into the dryer it goes. I do separate towels if we go through a bunch. Bed sheets always get washed on their own with pillow cases and duvets since they're so bulky. looch on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1684206 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:10:04 +0000 looch 1684206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Bedding Whites (includes towels, all are white) Lights up to gray Darks Delicate air dry And then there is the pile for the drycleaners. swurlygurl on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1684187 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:06:38 +0000 swurlygurl 1684187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Towels Sheets/blankets L's clothes Our clothes Diapers That's all the sorting I do. I imagine I'll combine the two kids' clothes when Sister is born Smurfette on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1684183 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:05:58 +0000 Smurfette 1684183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Towels Sheets LO's Dark Whites catlady on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1684181 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:04:52 +0000 catlady 1684181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're terrible, we don't separate in many categories at all. When DH and I first moved in together, we each did our own laundry, and all these years later, we still do. So our categories are generally: Mine DH's LO's Sheets We mix colors, we often throw any towels that need washing in with our own loads, and we just use cold water on almost everything so nothing bleeds. Works for us! Mrs. Lion on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1684154 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 08:59:51 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1684154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Clean vs. Dirty? Seriously...I don't separate clothes, unless I need to get some whites back to extra white with hot water and/or bleach, in which case I just do whites. I wash everything on cold and dry on low. But, we don't really have dressy clothes that require much else. DH wears jeans and polos to work, and I pretty much live in jersey maxi skirts, old navy tank tops, and yoga pants. When I throw a load of our clothes in, I throw in lo's also. alohaorchid on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1684117 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 08:47:31 +0000 alohaorchid 1684117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Darks/colours Whites Delicates/cold wash (most of my clothes) Jeans Sheets Bathroom towels Kitchen towels septca on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1684110 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 08:46:14 +0000 septca 1684110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I usually do 4 loads at a time: - towels, sheets, DH's undershirts (hot, regular cycle with an extra rinse - necessary for towels in a front-loader :bummed: ) - darks (jeans, dish towels, DH's socks and boxers, dark t-shirts) (warm, regular cycle) - light delicates (DD's light stuff, my light stuff, DH's non-iron dress shirts) (warm, delicate cycle) - dark delicates (DD's dark stuff, my dark stuff, anything red, gym clothes) (cold, delicate cycle) aegie on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1684089 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 08:41:20 +0000 aegie 1684089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ towels - since they take up more dryer time whites whites - delicate darks - delicate darks beige/grays/light colors - delicate beige/grays/light colors baby clothes sheets/pillow cases On a weekly basis I do a load of my LO's stuff, sheets, whites, and 1 load of darks and other light colors. I save up until I have a full load for all the others. fussygal on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1683698 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:30:25 +0000 fussygal 1683698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Kimberlybee: I feel like every time I turn around there is a load for LO! @Beyond2: I've never sent anything to the dry cleaner! Kimberlybee on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1683670 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:01:17 +0000 Kimberlybee 1683670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We separate our clothes into 3 baskets: dry clean, whites, and colors. DD has 2 baskets: light colors and dark colors. She doesn't have too much white clothes, just a few dresses that will get washed with the light colors. She goes through a lot of outfits a day, she is so messy with food right now. Mrs. Oatmeal on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682776 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:50:51 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1682776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH has a million clothes and used to work at the gap...so things get particular around here: Greys/beiges Black/navy Whites Baby's clothes Pink/red/purple Blue/green Canoli on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682775 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:50:22 +0000 Canoli 1682775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Whites, dark,and then a separate load for the kids. Sometimes I have a load of delicate. hotchildinthecity on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682722 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:39:44 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1682722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Wow. I suck. Dryer and non dryer. Dryer goes to fluff and fold, non dryer gets done by us and hung up. mrs.shinerbock on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682712 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:37:19 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1682712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Whites, lights, darks, towels and sheets, DH's workout clothes prettylizy on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682711 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:36:38 +0000 prettylizy 1682711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a 4 bin hamper in the laundry room and I sort into Whites, reds/colours, darks and linens (towels/sheets) Mrs. Coral on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682710 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:35:45 +0000 Mrs. Coral 1682710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ -Reds -Darks -Sometimes mediums if the dark load is big -Lights/Whites -Towels -Sheets -Jeans -DH's work clothes (which are dirty and can't have fabric softner) I have only a couple dresses and one suit that are dry-clean only. Anything else gets tossed in the washer/dryer, and if it doesn't make it...too bad! JerricaBenton on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682707 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:35:04 +0000 JerricaBenton 1682707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a hamper with 3 bins. One for whites, colors, and blacks. I wash sheets and towels separately too, but they go in the white bin. LO's stuff goes all together except for delicates or very dirty stuff. charmed on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682693 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:32:13 +0000 charmed 1682693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do whites, darks, bright colors, grays/khaki. If it wasn't for my husband's dress clothes I would only separate the whites and wash everything else together. Aandmklover on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682685 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:30:04 +0000 Aandmklover 1682685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ White towels DS stuff whites reds purples pinks darks DH dress shirts Wow I must be pretty fussy when it comes to laundry. Lol BSB on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682668 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:26:57 +0000 BSB 1682668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I separate my clothes into lights, darks, jeans, delicates, and towels. DH separates his clothes differently because his artist eyes seem to disagree with what I consider a 'dark' color. He does his clothes and I do mine. Beyond2 on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682658 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:21:53 +0000 Beyond2 1682658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do two loads. cloth diapers and everything else. I also machine wash dry clean only and tumble dry everything.... I'm a rule breaker. Snowdrop on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682650 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:19:15 +0000 Snowdrop 1682650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are pretty fussy. We have baskets that hold pretty much 1 load each for darks, blues, reds, greys and whites. It works quit well because as soon as one basket is full it goes in the washer. fussygal on "How do you sort your laundry?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sort-your-laundry#post-1682642 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:16:16 +0000 fussygal 1682642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Are you diligent about separating colors, lights and darks? Do you have some other crazy system? I usually separate towels and sheets into their own load, baby clothes into one (always washed on delicate), DHs work clothes, then our clothes into another. I sometimes separate denim, too, but usually don't sort beyond that unless I have something really white that I'm worried about getting dingy, or something new that might bleed. I need to step up my game and do lights and darks at least!!