I have four boys that range in age from teen to toddler. I also have a husband and a dog. This can only mean one thing: I do lots and lots and lots of laundry. I mean like 2-3 loads a day, people. Yeppers, I do.
I am not a fan of laundry. I’ll sweep, wash dishes, clean windows and cook all day long but please, no laundry. The funny thing is I don’t mind washing and drying the clothes. It is the folding, hanging and putting away that bothers me. I can’t explain it. It is just a pet-peeve of mine. With that said I set out to streamline the process and make it easier on me.
That is when I discovered the secret: I decided to make them pick up their own clothes.
Originally this presented some challenges. I kept messing up whose clothes were where on the clothes hanger in our laundry room and the kids could never find their clothes. No, that wasn’t a typo. My boys could not recognize the clothing they wear each and every day. I haven’t figured that out yet but I did resolve the problem.
With these closet rod dividers it is easy for me to hang them up without having to figure out whose stuff is where AND those boys of mine can no longer tell me that they don’t know where their clothes are. I’ve labeled them.
And I’m giving you the opportunity to do the same. I am including printables to download, edit and print. There are two sets: one set has a larger top for closets with lots of vertical space between the closet rod and the shelf above and the other set has a shorter top for other closet spaces. Both sets have one that is blank so that you can completely customize it yourself and the other has the phrase, “self serve laundry”.
To edit these you only need to download them and open them up in a graphics editor. Two free ones are Gimp and getpaint.net. You can add your kids names, days of the week, clothing sizes, or whatever else you can think of.
I recommend printing these on cardstock and for maximum durability attach to cardboard or chipboard. Another option is to laminate them. You can make these as fancy or as plain as you like. I chose white for my laundry room since it just looks clean. And I’ll take all the “clean” I can get. Then, since I color code my kids I used their color for their name. I gave them no reason to not know whose clothes were for who.
Download here:
- laundry room / organizer small top blank
- laundry room / organizer small top w/phrase
- closet divider / organizer large top blank
- closet divider / organizer large top w/phrase
Many more printables are available on my blog, Cajun Joie de Vivre, so visit me if you like: Free Downloads and Printables.