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Since I love saving money, I figured that I should try to do a weekly post on ways to save money!
This week I'm going to talk laundry. We know that I make my own
laundry soap and love the fact that I can customize it depending on what scents we like and how scented we like our clothes. But, this post isn't about washing our clothes, it's about drying our clothes!
My husband and I grew up on different coasts. I was born and raised in California and he was born and raised in Maryland. To say that the way we grew up was a bit different would be an understatement. At my house, we always used a washer and dryer for our clothes. At his house, they used a washer and line dried their clothes in the laundry room.
I have to admit, I was taken back at first. I mean, who does that? I really thought that was for people who lived on a farm or the Amish. No, really I did. So when they let me do laundry at their house for free I had to change from using the dryer to line drying my clothes.
Line drying worked well there. Of course we use the dryer for towels and unmentionables, but other than that we hung them up on the line.
Once my husband and I got married, our laundry privileges were taken away and we started doing laundry at our apartment complex. The washers are small and it costs about $2.95 per load to wash and dry and we do about three loads of laundry a week. That comes to $460.20 per year just for the facility cost! Ouch.
Since we live in an apartment and don't have a good spot to hang an actual line, my husband found drying rack at Joann Fabrics while I was looking at fabric. It was compact and with a 40% off coupon it came to $18. It was easy to assemble and fits perfectly in our living room off to the side.
As you can see, it holds a good amount of clothes (30 pieces) and can be out of the way so the clothes can dry.
Right now we have a fan on it to get it started for a couple of hours, but when the weather is nice tomorrow we will keep the windows open so it will dry faster.
We are hoping to do this with all of our clothes throughout the week by spacing out our loads since it will take 2-3 days to dry before we can put the clothes away. If this works out, we can save $140.40 per year! {Based on drying only one load per week in the dryer for towels and personal items}
Line drying might not be for everyone, but it's defintely worth trying out!
1 comment:
Do you have a balcony? You could do a clothes rack out there or even a retractable clothes line!
I grew up in MO and the only places I ever saw clotheslines being used were owned by the Amish. When we went to visit my ILs in Wisconsin last year it seemed like everyone was using them.
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