Samster
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Just curious about this. The best intentions...I can never get this done during the day. I'm constantly turning the iron off to deal with something else. So, I end up doing this late at night :-(
I have a tall covered laundry basket in my laundry room that has nothing in it, the top is used. From the dryer I fold the pillowcases and stack them there. It is the waitign area to be ironed. Then like I did an hour ago, I cart out the ironing board and iron em up. I hang them on a dry cleaner type hanger. All the pillowcases are hung together and all the sheets elsewhere.As things stand right now with you (and me 3 years ago) you have cotton sheets that you think require ironing (and quite possibly they really do). Don't iron the whole sheet, just the top edge. Don't iron the fitted sheet, just tug really hard when making the bed. Give your best effort to the pillowcases, they show the most.
This is not what you want to hear, but...even with help I was ironing sheets long after hubs was sound asleep. I was ironing until midnight in the summer. Everyday. I hated it, hated that hubs 'got' to go to bed while I was still working, hated that I was still pulling sheets out of the dryer long after he was done with the towels, hated the whole idea of not stepping foot outside the house for weeks on end (and I'm not joking about NOT stepping foot outside the house, not even to let the dog out, I did NOT open the door to the outside world for weeks on end).
Whew! Anyway, I gave up on all cotton sheets and went to poly cotton. I am much happier.
I have a basket that has the pillowcases in it. I try to iron for an hour a day during the summer, an hour a month in the winter....
When I loved in Australia I had to iron everything i owned since I hung everything out to line dry. That was ironing. There was a continual basket of ironing 24 hours a day, even levi's had to be pressed. I don't know how you do it with your sheets, mine used to wrinkle out really bad.I only iron pillowcases, dresser scarves, and some napkins. Ironed sheets are found at the Greenbrier. You asked when I keep the appointment with the dreaded ironing board. The answer is when the pillowcase stock gets low - I have at least 2 sets of pillowcases for each set of sheets - and there is no one in-house, I set it up in the dining room in the evening. It is cooler and less distractions. I can iron a dozen or more pillowcases pretty quickly..
I used to lay everything that needed ironing over the back of the second comfy chair in my bedroom. I decided that after 3 years I have had enough of laundry strewn everywhere. So, I have a laundry basket that got freed up when we redid our bathroom (we had to get a much smaller laundry basket to fit the new space-yikes!) and I am using that. Makes the room look so much neater.I have a tall covered laundry basket in my laundry room that has nothing in it, the top is used. From the dryer I fold the pillowcases and stack them there. It is the waitign area to be ironed. Then like I did an hour ago, I cart out the ironing board and iron em up. I hang them on a dry cleaner type hanger. All the pillowcases are hung together and all the sheets elsewhere.As things stand right now with you (and me 3 years ago) you have cotton sheets that you think require ironing (and quite possibly they really do). Don't iron the whole sheet, just the top edge. Don't iron the fitted sheet, just tug really hard when making the bed. Give your best effort to the pillowcases, they show the most.
This is not what you want to hear, but...even with help I was ironing sheets long after hubs was sound asleep. I was ironing until midnight in the summer. Everyday. I hated it, hated that hubs 'got' to go to bed while I was still working, hated that I was still pulling sheets out of the dryer long after he was done with the towels, hated the whole idea of not stepping foot outside the house for weeks on end (and I'm not joking about NOT stepping foot outside the house, not even to let the dog out, I did NOT open the door to the outside world for weeks on end).
Whew! Anyway, I gave up on all cotton sheets and went to poly cotton. I am much happier.
I have a basket that has the pillowcases in it. I try to iron for an hour a day during the summer, an hour a month in the winter....
Sheets get hung up straight from the dryer and they hang until they are placed on the beds.
When I go to make up a room I grab the sheets and pillowcases on hangers and carry them all up. I used to keep the extras in the guest closets, where guests would use JUST the pillowcases when they wanted and that bad idea was put away fast!
The reason I did that was I could have these "little legs" carry up sheets to each room for me and save me tons of stair time and effort. But not anymore.
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Hi Cat Lady, Our home is a brand new home built my DH in 2004. We hve a very big Irish Family and would love for all of them to come and put them up here, and have a grand old time. I think having our whole family out here is what it's all about.We only ironed pillow cases and the top of the flat sheet to fold over the blanket..AND...that was my husband's job. I know you are pretty much doing everything yourself and I caution..this is going to burn you out quickly. Maybe sometime soon you can afford to pay someone to assist you with these kinds of thing. I hope so..
My DH almost fell off his chair when the middle son asked me to press a pair of Levis for him and I said sure, go set up the iron and ironing board. It proved he knew where they were. I said Watch! then showed him how to iron a shirt. Was the last time I ever ironed a pair of Levis. When I was a kid, all the mothers had pants stretchers for the jeans and slacks. they fit into the legs so the crease went in as the jeans hung on the clothesline.When I loved in Australia I had to iron everything i owned since I hung everything out to line dry. That was ironing. There was a continual basket of ironing 24 hours a day, even levi's had to be pressed. I don't know how you do it with your sheets, mine used to wrinkle out really bad.I only iron pillowcases, dresser scarves, and some napkins. Ironed sheets are found at the Greenbrier. You asked when I keep the appointment with the dreaded ironing board. The answer is when the pillowcase stock gets low - I have at least 2 sets of pillowcases for each set of sheets - and there is no one in-house, I set it up in the dining room in the evening. It is cooler and less distractions. I can iron a dozen or more pillowcases pretty quickly..
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Well, the only ironing time I have usually is at night when the house is quiet. I guess it's really my least favorite thing to do but it's one of the things that the guests always comment on, ALWAYS. So, maybe it's worth it ;-)
I now have 3 sets for all the beds in our cottage and 2 sets for the beds here, plus one extra set. Actually, having the extras can make you complacent about ironing right away. haha!
This is definitely something that will be hired out to someone, somehow, somewhere when we get busy enough to justify it. Unfortunately, there's just no place for a Mangle :-(.
Seriously? (I believe you, I'm just surprised.Samster said:... but it's one of the things that the guests always comment on, ALWAYS. ...
I can attest...he never mentioned sheets, ironed or otherwise, while he was here! Altho, we had a power outage to talk about so that may be why.Well, the only ironing time I have usually is at night when the house is quiet. I guess it's really my least favorite thing to do but it's one of the things that the guests always comment on, ALWAYS. So, maybe it's worth it ;-)
I now have 3 sets for all the beds in our cottage and 2 sets for the beds here, plus one extra set. Actually, having the extras can make you complacent about ironing right away. haha!
This is definitely something that will be hired out to someone, somehow, somewhere when we get busy enough to justify it. Unfortunately, there's just no place for a Mangle :-(.Seriously? (I believe you, I'm just surprised.Samster said:... but it's one of the things that the guests always comment on, ALWAYS. ...) Maybe it is that I am a guy, but there are 1000 other things I would comment on or even notice in a B&B than whether the sheets were ironed. I notice antiques, art work, fine craftsmanship, I even notice flowers and plants. I definitely notice clean, and comfortable (as opposed to scratchy) sheets but the flatness of the sheets, I can't imaging a world where that would be something I would comment on
If I am ever at any of your places and a comment about ironed sheets ever escapes my lips, just shoot me or hit me with a 2x4 because life as I know it must be over.
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We talk of that trip often. The power outage makes it a fun story to tell. ...that and DW and I acting out what it was like hiking the various trails in Barr Harbor with me hobbling around after my ladder accident and DW waiting for me to catch up and calling me like a dog....that always has people laughing by the end of it.I can attest...he never mentioned sheets, ironed or otherwise, while he was here! Altho, we had a power outage to talk about so that may be why.Well, the only ironing time I have usually is at night when the house is quiet. I guess it's really my least favorite thing to do but it's one of the things that the guests always comment on, ALWAYS. So, maybe it's worth it ;-)
I now have 3 sets for all the beds in our cottage and 2 sets for the beds here, plus one extra set. Actually, having the extras can make you complacent about ironing right away. haha!
This is definitely something that will be hired out to someone, somehow, somewhere when we get busy enough to justify it. Unfortunately, there's just no place for a Mangle :-(.Seriously? (I believe you, I'm just surprised.Samster said:... but it's one of the things that the guests always comment on, ALWAYS. ...) Maybe it is that I am a guy, but there are 1000 other things I would comment on or even notice in a B&B than whether the sheets were ironed. I notice antiques, art work, fine craftsmanship, I even notice flowers and plants. I definitely notice clean, and comfortable (as opposed to scratchy) sheets but the flatness of the sheets, I can't imaging a world where that would be something I would comment on
If I am ever at any of your places and a comment about ironed sheets ever escapes my lips, just shoot me or hit me with a 2x4 because life as I know it must be over.
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Thanks KonaGirl and welcome to INNspiring.com. Do you have a brand you recommend on those sheets?We have 60/40 cotton/poly blend, 350 to 400 tc, and the guests love them. We iron pillow cases only, just to make them look really nice. They really don't need it. I would be ironing until 6am if I did the sheets! It is usually 3 or 4 pm before I'm through just cleaning the rooms..
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