Between loading your soiled clothing in the laundry basket and tossing it in the washing machine lies one essential practice: sorting. Although it's easy to brush off this process during prep, it ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the most tedious laundry day tasks is sorting clothes into individual piles so that they can be washed in separate loads according to ...

We've all been there. You want to wear your favorite white T-shirt and best-fitting jeans, but both are in the laundry hamper. So, you decide that it won't hurt—just this once—to toss them in the ...

When you first learned to do your own laundry, you were likely taught to wash colors, whites, and perhaps even lights separately from one another. The tactic makes sense to prevent darker pigments ...

We've all been there: Your laundry room is nearly spic-and-span aside from two tiny piles that are far too small to warrant their own loads. The only problem is that one mound is made up of white ...

Household chores are a total bummer—trust me, I know. I grew up having to wash the dishes, take out the garbage and vacuum the whole house on a sunny, Saturday afternoon. The worst part is, when my ...

Lydia and Marcus Washington, parents of three young kids in Salisbury, North Carolina, are a house divided. Not over religion, politics or parenting strategies — but over the proper way to do laundry.

Lydia and Marcus Washington, parents of three young kids in Salisbury, N.C., are a house divided. Not over religion, politics or parenting strategies — but over the proper way to do laundry. Lydia, 36 ...