Easy ways to speed up laundry day

Clothes that get cleaned in less time? Socks that never go missing? It's true, with tips from America's laundry guru!

- BY KATIE ALBERTS

Avoid lost socks with a lingerie hack

“One of my clients taught me the best trick when socks lose their mates on a weekly basis,” laughs Discovery+ star Patric Richardson, author of Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore. “Each member of the household has two mesh bags. Dirty socks go in one and are washed and dried together in the bag. That becomes their clean sock bag, and they add dirty ones to the other.”

Simplify hand-washing with one ‘lazy’ step