Mama's Laundry Talk
Mama shares tips, insight and secrets of homemaking, good home cooking, and getting the laundry done.
There is an art to sheet folding and storage. Once you learn how to fold sheets properly, learning how to store them is the next step. Need to learn how to fold sheets properly? I explain how to fold a crib sheet and FishMama recently posted a vlog on how to fold a crib sheet. …
Does your family use one towel per bath/shower? Or do you hang them up and re-use for several showers? Or do they stay in a wet heap on the bathroom floor? (I hope the last choice isn’t your answer. But if it is you can definitely get the stink out of your smelly towels.) In …
Do you love the plush towels at a nice hotel or inn? Plush towels and high-quality sheets are one of my favorite things about staying away from home. If you’ve ever noticed, towels are often folded differently at a ‘nicer’ hotel. It’s called the French Fold. And it’s oh so easy. It’s very similar to …
I confess: it has been a problem most of my married life. I’ve tried several ways of dealing with this ‘problem’ and I could never find the right combination of events. What ‘problem’, you say? The boy smell. Ever walk in to a boy’s college dorm room? Did you have a brother? Yes. That is …
I have a ton of kitchen towels. I’m a bit of a germ-a-phobe when it comes to raw meat and general gross kitchen yuck. So I have a lot of kitchen towels and dishcloths and I change them often. It is not unusual for me to go through 3-5 in a day. And then there’s …
We’ve all done it. We put a load of towels in the machine to wash. And then forget about them. And they smell awful. So bad you think you might need to throw them away. But don’t worry – there is a fix although it may take a little bit of work to make them …
