Laundry, Laundry Everywhere

Laundry. (Read with a big sigh). It's the chore that left me feeling the most overwhelmed during the past school year. When I got married 12 years ago, my cousins gave me a washboard. It's a "Dubl Handi" from the Columbus, Ohio Washboard Co. I thought it was a prank gift. But really it was a harbinger of things to come. Now it hangs in my laundry "closet." I desperately need a better system. The piles of clothes never seem to go away. I'd like for any family member to be able to go their dresser, open it up and see neatly folded, fresh-smelling clothes at any given time. Midway through the school year, we were always searching for matching socks, or a particular pair of pants. Eventually, the socks didn't even have to match; clean was fine. Maybe with three kids, laundry disorganization is inevitable. Panoply (a Newnan design firm) created a gorgeous laundry room for the Atlanta Symphony Associates Decorators' Showhouse this spring. It had sky blue ceilings, green walls, asparagus ferns and other pretty house plants,a tile back splash, a rinse sink and a desk area. If only I had that room I know I could conquer these clothes! If you've got a system that works, please advise.