11/12/13

Save Time: Assigned Towels

I noticed I was washing way too many towels. The issue: disorganization.

Even though I tried to reuse the children's bath towels, I lost track of whose towel was whose. Inevitably a child would drag one out in the yard or I would end up using one to clean up spilled milk (or worse).

Towels towels everywhere.


Until one day, by Divine inspiration, I had the idea to have assigned bath towels. (Really, I just read it on a blog somewhere, but I have no idea where the original source is.) Typically, you would assign everyone a color but since my sister gave us monogrammed towels for Christmas last year, I thought these would be the perfect ones for our assigned towels. Hello.


For the past two weeks we have been reusing our assigned towels, and it saves me so much laundry, at least 3 loads a week! We reuse the towels about 5 times before I feel the need to wash them.

Truly, this system is the best thing since sliced bread.

I'd also like to mention ...less laundry = less laundry detergent = less water and power = saves money.


8 comments:

  1. This is a GREAT idea!! I might have to ask for monogrammed towels for Christmas. :) Love!

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  2. yup, we absolutely have assigned bath towels which we do by location. so each person uses the towel that's on a specific bar. sometimes we use each other's and no one minds. I am sure we use them longer than 5 washes!

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    1. Ha- as I was writing this post I said, "I bet Margo does this and I bet she uses the towels more than 5 times." I know you too well.

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  3. What a great idea!! Laundry is going to be the death of me one day. I *swim* in it. Would love to hear your take on laundry in general and how you keep it flowing.

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    1. I will have to write more about laundry sometime. I'd say that it's my most improved category of homemaking. I used to be awful at it. If I only had a dime for every load I let sour in the wash.....

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  4. By teaching the sweet ones to re-use their towels, you are teaching them something they will do for a lifetime. And a great idea on making up the sandwiches on Sunday night.

    Beth Johnson

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