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[lynnie61]

I do two loads of clothes weekly, then also the towels and sheets.  There are only two of us.  Not a specific day.  Even if the loads are small I do them weekly.  I usually use a bath towel twice, so I don’t have 14 bath towels/hand towels/wash cloths.  

[ECBG]

I have two wooden clothes hampers in the br hallway.  One is darkseid, the other, whites and lights.  The boys had their own hamper  as teens and did their own laundry.   ( Or faced the consequences.)   I was "mom", not a slave!

[rms1954]

@KathyM23 Not the least bit.  I guess people have lots of idle time on their hands.

[Mary Bailey]

Sheets on Fri

DH & mine separate, done as needed.  His clothes need Lysol Antibacterial (really helps with his rashes)  I don't need it. 

I like to hang mine outside to dry, it doesn't matter to him.

[LilLadyNJ]

I work full time so laundry is done on Saturdays and Sundays. I usually do sheets, towels and bathroom mats on Saturdays and then a load of lights and darks on Sundays. Quilts and duvet covers are done on Saturdays. 

[KailaS]

Every day— with bedding either every Wednesday or every Thursday.

[Mominohio]

I believe laundry on Mondays was a thing (and still is big time for my Amish neighbors) because back in the day, it was a whole day job, especially when they had to heat water, boil the clothing, hang it on the line, etc. 

The wringer washer made things much easier, but still a big job. 

For me, now that there are just two of us at home, I don't wash as often. My husband wears a uniform for work (that work pays to send out to be cleaned) so most weeks we generate very little laundry, relative to what life was like a few years ago. 

We have a septic system, so I have to plan and do laundry around the needs of the system. If we are having lots of rain, I do less, if we are having really dry periods, I take advantage of that and do extra things like the quilts on the beds, or the area rugs etc. 

I try to keep up on the laundry because of being on a septic. I grew up and lived my earlier adult life with city water and sewer, and I could do 10 loads of laundry all on one day if I wanted. I tried that when I first moved here, not realizing a septic system isn't designed to hold that much water running through it in such a short time. 

When you have a well and septic, you learn to be a good steward of your resources, and it dictates your schedule for such things oftentimes.

[AngelPuppy1]

Once a week for regular laundry.  That's plenty for just DH and I.  If I only have a couple items for one load, I just wait until I have a bigger load as I don't like to waste water.  

[panda1234]

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@KathyM23 wrote:

There are 2 of us and we wash sheets once a week.  Towels twice a week as that is 14 towels and 14 wash cloths and that is too many lay around for a week.

I usually have two loads per week of clothes; one light colors and 1 dark colors.  That is if I wash them once a week.  Sometimes I let it go more than a week and make up 3 loads that I would do over a 2-day period.

DH washes his own work clothes; he works part time and washes them as needed.  He also washes 2 loads of regular clothes per week.

Neither of us have a particular day to wash - it's whenever the mood strikes.

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@KathyM23  WOW that's a lot of towels. You must use a clean one everyday. We use the same one all week because we are clean when we get out of the shower. 

[AuntG]

No set days for laundry but always in the morning. Usually only three loads a week (four when there is enough of DH's work clothes for a large load).