A mum has revealed her laundry hack to avoid ironing any clothes – by putting her washing on hangers on her airer. Liffie Fowler, 26, is a keen organiser and cleaner and was amazed after her partner, Elliot, 25, shared his tip to hang her wet washing on hangers before placing them on the clothes horse.
The mum-of-thee says the trick has saved her from ironing any clothes and means she can fit more clothes on the fairer. Liffie is also keen to avoid shop-bought chemical cleaning products and instead opts for using lemon, bicarbonate and white vinegar where she can.
She estimates that she is saving £30 a month on the cleaning products she would have bought. Liffie, a stay-at-home mum said: “My partner mentioned about trying using hangers on the close horse.
“We’re a family of five so I’m constantly washing. I can fit more clothes on this way and they dry just as well.
“People commented concerned about stretching of clothes but I haven’t had that issue. I haven’t taken my iron out since using the hangers.”
Liffie also finds using half a lemon to clean her grater works really well. I find using a sponge it easily cuts it up,” she said.
“The acidity of the lemon works really well and it saves on sponges which are a waste of plastic.”
Liffie uses a mix of bicarbonate, white vinegar and lemon to clean around her house- including the washing machine. I use white vinegar to clean any mould away in the washing machine,” she said.
“I put a bit of cotton wool in white vinegar and put it in the doorway where the mould is and leave it for a few hours. Then I put a bit of bicarbonate in the drum and vinegar in the tray and put it on a hot wash.
“To clean the oven I make a paste with bicarbonate with a little bit of water and add a bit of lemon. It should look a bit like pancake batter.
“Give it your cooker a good scrub with it and you can always then spray with white vinegar for any extra grease.”
Liffie spends £8 on a five litre bottle of white vinegar, and buys a few lemons fresh each week. “The vinegar will last a couple of months,” she said.
“I used to use about five different products which probably cost about £40 a month. I’m saving around £20 to 30 a month now.”
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