🧺 how to do your laundry 101 (+enjoy doing it)

hi lovelies~ today I'll be going over all things laundry!
I tried to make this overwhelming, mundane topic somewhat digestible and fun to learn about. enjoy!!

✨ watch the entire "how to home" playlist

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SHOP COLLECTION N1.5
🤍 Starboost (laundry detergent + stain remover)

☁️ Cloudryers (wool dryer balls)

🖤 Glow Clip (hair claw clip)

📃 Laundry List (to-do notepad)

🧺 *Laundry Faves (amazon)

🧹*Cleaning Faves (amazon)

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~elsewhere~

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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Preparing
3:30 - Pretreating
5:19 - Washing
8:43 - Drying
11:22 - Folding

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~hello~
my name's krist and I make homemaking videos documenting my life in orange county, ca with my husband(josh) and cat(uni). say hi in the comments if you're new here!

*starred links are affiliated

[kristyu]

*One thing I didn’t note is how to take care of delicates such as wool, silk, and leather which aren’t Starboost safe! In a pt. 2, I’ll go over hand washing, finishing, and other laundry things I didn’t go over in this video.

Other than that, hope you enjoy the video 😇🤍

[meagancastro]

1:24 in and she’s already changed my life with this casual mention of a “rewear drawer.” 😂😭

[ams]

Don't forget, you should never close your washer's door immediately after using it because it will grow mold. You should leave it open until it has had time to dry, and the same goes for the slider you put the detergent in. Let both dry over night.

[mossonthenorthside]

I hope you do more of these "deep dive into an adult task" style of video. this was really helpful

[briannarae]

Honestly I really need someone to teach me basic adulting tasks. Parents were... not the best at helping me. 😕

[AlyssaGrawey]

Let me just say, the presentation of this video is superb. As someone with ADHD, I find it really hard to do mundane tasks, but you make learning about it so aesthetic and calming that it seems kind of fun! For the first time in my life Im excited to do laundry.

[nomatophobia]

i have 1 tip:
get a laundry basket that has holes so it's breathable and doesn't stink up the area before you get the chance to wash

[tb]

I'm a peer mentor for freshmen at my university, I'll definitely share this video with them! I remember during my freshman year, so many of us were lost because not everyone's families taught them how. Since you do have to pay for every load(washing and drying separately) at my university, I often just put darks and lights together(unless it was heavily soiled).

[nabeelahhendricks]

Can you believe there are people who would see this and call it OCD even tho this is how things are supposed to be done. I swear, one day my home is gonna be immaculate thanks to your videos. ✨

[nefertitimontoya]

Here are a few things that may or may not work for you:
-for folding, I like to military roll all my shirts and sort by white, black, and all other colours into bins with dividers. It may stretch things out tho so ymmv
-my mom mentioned also sorting by texture to prevent smooth things from pilling from fluffy things, so this can help if you need to make your loads smaller for your washing machine size
-I do my laundry cycles whilst I also do the rest of my chores, so I put the first load in then do a lil surface clean, a vacuum, and take out the garbage
-if you struggle a bit, done > perfect. It's okay to baby step it!

[RavenCelestia]

Girl thank you. For some reason my mother neglected to teach me anything about cleaning/cooking and generally taking care of myself so I need to rely on kind folks like you to teach me how to adult 😓

[VerticalForklift]

4:23 hydrogen peroxide can remove most food and other organic stains as well, not just blood. I eat on my bed since I live in a small dorm with no table to eat at and have had strawberry, soy sauce, and chocolate stains on a white cotton blanket and just pouring on some hydrogen peroxide removed the stains after sitting for 5 or so minutes.

[wilder]

A little tip for those who don’t have the self folding laundry board - if you look at the colar of t-shirts, folding to the edge of each side will make it more uniform - in other words use the colar of shirts as your guide because they’re usually the same width if they’re the same style/size

This is such a useful video! I hate doing laundry but I’m more inspired after watching this! Thanks for all the effort you put in to your channel 💕

[natnatnattylim]

One reason why I can't wait to finally move out is so that I can practice all the fun tips and become a master "home manager" just like krist HAHA~ Great video, I really enjoyed it :)

[ap]

i fold clothes for a lot of people, so i like to lay a clean sheet out on the floor and fold on that! it gives me a lot of room to work with so i feel less cramped :)

[beavadakkoot]

I do laundry 1 to 2 times a week maximum for my husband and I. We work mostly from home (photographer and videographer) so laundry is less. I love doing laundry and folding and organizing the clean clothes back into the drawers. I love it 😍

[joshow]

There are several adults in my house, so laundry is almost an everyday thing! We usually handle our own laundry, but there was a time when I did a lot of the hanging up (no tumble dryer) and folding, and I actually grew to enjoy it. 😆 I love that I can just listen to music or a podcast while doing it! Your video has some great tips, like separating darks and lights.I did this a couple of years ago by having two different coloured hampers instead of just one. Really helped!

[naomi]

Laundry ! … my favorite . Who doesn’t love clean clothes and laundry. Thanks . Love the video

[pieceaisa]

these are the videos that i NEED on youtube and motivate me to clean. i never got to learn these simple things growing up and i love your channel for spreading helpful information like this

[looooouuuuuuuu]

Oh wow just what i needed. Thank you krist! you’re like a sister i never had 🥺