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!!
pear / 1846 posts
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.
pear / 1517 posts
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.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
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.
kiwi / 506 posts
White towels
DS stuff
whites
reds purples pinks
darks
DH dress shirts
Wow I must be pretty fussy when it comes to laundry. Lol
persimmon / 1177 posts
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.
pomegranate / 3872 posts
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.
clementine / 812 posts
-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!
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
We have a 4 bin hamper in the laundry room and I sort into Whites, reds/colours, darks and linens (towels/sheets)
pomegranate / 3779 posts
Whites, lights, darks, towels and sheets, DH's workout clothes
nectarine / 2272 posts
Wow. I suck. Dryer and non dryer. Dryer goes to fluff and fold, non dryer gets done by us and hung up.
persimmon / 1458 posts
Whites, dark,and then a separate load for the kids. Sometimes I have a load of delicate.
blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts
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
grapefruit / 4997 posts
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.
pomegranate / 3580 posts
@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!
clementine / 806 posts
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.
GOLD / pomegranate / 3688 posts
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 
)
- 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)
persimmon / 1404 posts
Darks/colours
Whites
Delicates/cold wash (most of my clothes)
Jeans
Sheets
Bathroom towels
Kitchen towels
blogger / grapefruit / 4836 posts
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.
grapefruit / 4988 posts
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!
honeydew / 7091 posts
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
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Bedding
Whites (includes towels, all are white)
Lights up to gray
Darks
Delicate air dry
And then there is the pile for the drycleaners.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
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.
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