Robert J Morton

Fantasy Home - Dressing Room Also a Laundry Room and sewing/repair room for clothing.

Laundry once was quite an involved operation requiring outside resources. It was therefore conducted on at least the scale of an entire household. In many cultures it was done on a communal scale and was an active conduit of social contact. The modern automatic washing machine has, however, made it possible to bring the clothes washing process close to its primary input/output - namely, the bedroom where people change their dirty clothes for clean ones. The system flow model of the laundry process is illustrated below.

Since the individual here does his own laundry, it is to his own advantage to discipline himself to segregate dirty clothes into their appropriate washing cycle types at the time he takes them off. Furthermore, by hanging damp clothes to dry in wardrobes and drawers subject to forced air ventilation and dehumidification, he removes the need for ironing for all but a few special items.