Washing your clothes by hand sounds like a tedious task — something that should’ve been eradicated from our daily lives when the washing machine was invented. If you don’t have a washer and dryer, ...

Life in the time of the coronavirus outbreak has altered how people perform even the most mundane activities. With all that separating, washing, drying, and folding involved, doing laundry was already ...

Even the most delicate fabrics can often be treated at home, rather than dry-cleaned, and it doesn’t have to be a hassle. By Emilia Petrarca If laundry is a chore, hand washing might feel like ...

When it comes to doing your laundry, you might head straight to a laundromat, shared facility, or use an in-house washer and ...

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Even though it's much easier to pop dirty dishes in the dishwasher, sometimes hand-washing is required. Here's how to wash dishes by hand so they're squeaky clean.

To make sure the washing machine doesn't ruin your fancy panties, here's how to hand wash underwear—using this designer-approved bar of soap. Your undies will live through so many more wears. When you ...

Every cold and flu season, doctors never fail to remind us that one of the best defenses against the common cold, flu, and other icky illnesses is as simple as it gets: washing your hands. But believe ...

Dirty kicks got you down? Here's how to wash sneakers so they look brand-new again, with help from baking soda or your washing machine. Keeping a pair sneakers clean is no easy task. And if you’re not ...

Modern-day laundry doers have it pretty easy: Soiled clothes, towels and sheets go into the washing machine and come out clean, job done. But knowing how to launder a garment by hand is more useful ...