Anyone who tells you they love doing their laundry is bending the truth.
To help make this task more bearable there’s one simple swap worth trying.
According to Apartment Therapy, the size of your laundry basket affects the manageability of your washing.
“Nothing quite screams You’re behind on laundry like a hamper that’s too full,” says the publication.
Switching to a smaller basket means you are forced to do smaller, manageable loads more frequently instead of wasting your Saturday slaving over piles of dirty laundry.
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This article originally appeared on Better Homes and Gardens.