Home Decorating

• Develop a system and follow it consistently. Allow your family one-month to adjust to it before you alter it.
• Enlist your family's help. Make each person responsible for transporting his or her clothing to and from the laundry room. Even a five-year-old can handle that task.
• Let children help you with the laundry. It's the best way for them to learn.
• Do all your laundry in one day OR do a couple of loads each evening -- whichever works better for you.
• Take the lids off your hampers. Make it easy to put dirty clothes where they belong.
• Have a hamper in each room. However, if you have enough space, place all hampers in the laundry room. Label them according to wash loads (whites, towels, jeans, dark colors) Have each person sort their clothes into the hampers each night. Wash a load whenever a hamper is full enough.
• Teach everyone in the family to make a decision about each piece of clothing as they take it off. There are three options: clean (return to closet), hang to air (designated place) or dirty (hamper)
• Keep a backup supply of detergent, softener and stain remover. When you open the last one, add it to the grocery list. Laundry items are so expensive it pays to stock up whenever there is a sale.
• Pick up a good stain remover chart and POST it in the laundry room.
• Have a designated place for items that need mending. Every week or month, mend them or drop them off at the seamstress.
• Hang a bag in your closet or in the laundry room for dry clean only items. Set up a routine to drop off and pick up on certain days each month. Some dry cleaners will even deliver.
• Keep a small basket in the laundry room for "found" items such as money and buttons. Use another one for mate-less socks since they will probably show up next time.

The above mentioned points are used to Tips For Organizing Laundry.

how to sorting Laundry - Sorting is the most important way part of washing your laundry. If sorting is done incorrectly then it will ruin the other clothes and can also damage the washing machines. There are few things to look for when sorting laundry. One of the important thing is to properly pile your and check for clothing tags.

• Read the tags thoroughly to determine how the clothes should be washed dried and ironed and wash them accordingly.
• You might be surprised though that you have items that are meant to be hand washed or not dried in the drier. Set these items aside in their own "Special Care" pile.
• Turn clothing right side out. Make sure none of the legs of your pants, or arms of your shirts are stuck in the garment improperly. If you are washing overalls, take the time now to clasp the latches to their proper buttons, keeping them from getting broken, stretched or ripped.
• Check all pockets. Also, check for sewing repairs and check for stains. May be few clothes with hard stains needed to be pre-treated or soaked before washing and drying. If you dry a stain, you'll most likely have a stain for life. Besides these clothes are sorted by different methods also.
• Laundry can be sorted by fabric type, by fabric.
• Some of the clothes that require special attention are:
  Whites- Whites go separate because we want them to stay white. One red sock that isn't colorfast can turn an entire white load pink. More often than not whites need a warmer water temperature than other clothing to ensure proper cleaning.
  Reds and or Bright Colors- Colorfast pinks, purples, reds, and oranges can be mixed together to make a full load. Warning, red clothing is notorious for losing its color and bleeding onto other fabrics. When in doubt wash reds separately. Other bright colors can fade or lose their color onto other lighter clothing.
  Towels- Towels are lint producers. The lint they give off sticks to other types of clothing. You can wash towels with blankets, sheets, and robes as long as everything is colorfast.
  Specialty Items- These are things that have to be washed separately, are not colorfast, can't be dried, or have otherwise special instructions that keep them separate.

The above mentioned points are used to how to sorting Laundry.

To Make Your Carpets Longs Lasting - Carpets after sometimes get a lot wear and tear and may start giving a gloomy look. IN order to maintain that new attractive looks following things should be kept in mind.
Vacuum Regularly: Maintaining a regular schedule for cleaning the carpet is very important. You must clean your carpet at least once a month. Dirt, soil and grime accumulate over time and these particles can break the surface of the fibers. Change the direction of the vacuum so that the fibers don't get into pattern.
If there are some stains on your carpets then remove them immediately because the longer they get harder it becomes to remove the stains. Carpets can also be dry-cleaned (using solvents dry foam or absorbent granules),
Bonnet cleaned or steam/hot water extraction cleaned. The correct method should be determined following testing of the fibers either by a simple burn or chemical test. The carpets eventually need to be cleaned using hot water extraction, either by the owner, with generally good results, providing the equipment used works correctly, or by hiring a professional, which is typically more expensive. But all these things will definitely help in improving the life of the carpet.

• 1. Sweep the floor regularly with a broom with fine bristles.
• 2. Vacuum the floor at least twice every week to eliminate sand and dirt that may cause scratching. To avoid damage, use the vacuum cleaner's soft brush nozzle.
• 3. Eliminate water and moisture as soon as you spot them. Wipe accidental spillage with soft dry cloth or chamois to dry the floor very well.
• + 4. To prevent damage on the floors caused by footwear, put carpet runners on the hardwood-floored areas that often get high traffic.
• 5 Avoid wearing shoes with hard soles or pointy heels when walking especially on hardwood floors, they may cause dents and bumps.
• 6. By no means should you drag you furniture or heavy objects across the floor's surface. If you need to transfer a heavy fixture from one place to another, clean the floor first of sand and dust, then place furniture pads under the piece being moved so that it can easily slide without scratching the floor.
• 7. Install furniture pads underneath chairs, tables, closets, dressers and other pieces of furniture that can be moved.
• 8. To remove mild cigarette burns, rub the floor with steel wool dampened by soapy water.
• 9. To eliminate dark spots such as ink stains, you can rub the floor with a steel wool no. 2 moistened by a recommended floor cleaner. If the spot is stubborn, you may sand it carefully with very fine sandpaper. After removing the stain, reapply wax and polish the floor. For extremely stained floor, the area might have to be replaced.
• 10. To remove chewing or bubble gum, apply ice to the gum deposit until it hardens and becomes brittle enough to chip off. Dry the floor immediately. If there are stains left, clean with a recommended cleaning agent.

The above mentioned points are used to Keeping Floors Clean and Fresh.