Wet coats, muddy boots and a hallway that copes with autumn
Four coats, two pairs of football boots and a 1930s hallway the width of a pushchair. How we …
Clearing out the airing cupboard: towels, bedding and the animal shelter
Twenty-three towels for four people. What I kept, what went to an animal rescue and how the airing …
What each wash costs: I measured our washing machine programmes
A smart plug, a notebook and a fortnight of laundry. What every programme on our washing machine uses, …
Stain notes from a year of school uniform: felt tip, Bolognese, grass
A year of school-uniform stains and what shifted them. The felt tip that came out, the Bolognese that …
How often we really wash bedding and towels (and the rota on the fridge)
Four beds, a stack of towels and one heated airer. The bedding and towel rota that stops Wednesday's …
The heated airer, the dehumidifier and the 65p question
Heating's on, the line's away and the airer's out. What it costs to dry a load indoors, measured, …
Getting school uniform through a whole week: the two-jumper rule
Two sweatshirts each, name labels on everything and one midweek wash. How we keep two kids in clean …
Line-drying season: how much one sunny Saturday can dry
Longest day of the year, a rotary line and a full laundry basket. How many loads we got …
Our wash-day routine for four people and two school uniforms
Nine loads a week, three wash days and a basket system the kids actually use. The routine I've …