When Simon was here last week he was amazed at my gigantic washer and dryer. He asked how one person can make so much laundry!! HA - what a guy!! I told him he has no idea, and when it's the two of us and hopefully one day a baby, there will be MUCH more than there is already! My question is, how in the world do you do laundry in your KITCHEN? Where do you iron? Where do you fold stuff, or put your cleaning supplies? I iron every day and have my board set up in my sewing room. I think the laundry arrangements in England will be one of my largest adjustments.
~Liza
That's what your living room is for! Ironing. I do it in front of the TV. I fold stuff in the bedroom on the beds and then immediately put them in the wardrobe, cupboard or chest of drawers. There's no spare room to have have things lying about and a toddler inspires us to keep things tidy.
We live in a 2nd floor flat with no dryer or communal garden, so all our things - we have a 2 year old and are expecting another baby - are dried in the hall on a luxurious familiy-sized drying rack from Lakeland that I got as a present. BEST purchase ever!
If you have a house, however, sometimes they have utility room, separate dryers and washing lines in the garden.
I put the ironing board away in the hall cupboard and keep the washing powders, liquids, etc. on a high shelf in the kitchen.
Having a small washing machine and no dryer means I stay on top of the washing and never allow it to pile up.
Everyone seems to manage okay. TBH, I can't even remember what it was like to have a separate dryer and my clothes keep much better now that they are air-dried.