Laundry, fabric care, and getting your weekends back.

Is wash and fold in Arlington VA worth the cost? We run the numbers for Ballston, Clarendon, Columbia Pike and Crystal City households — time, money,…

Wash and fold vs laundromat — the real trade-off The laundromat wins on sticker price and loses on everything else. A wash and fold pickup service…

The short answer on laundry pickup cost Across the DC metro, laundry pickup cost runs between $1.75 and $2.75 per pound for wash and fold, with…

How laundry pickup works, in five steps If you have never used a pickup service, the whole thing can feel opaque. Here is exactly how laundry…

A comforter that fits in your washer isn’t the same as a comforter your washer can clean. Here’s how to tell the difference, why drying is…

Most people send things to the dry cleaner that never needed to go. Here’s the actual difference between wash and fold and dry cleaning, and a…

Wash and fold is priced by the pound, which makes it hard to picture what you’ll actually pay. Here’s what a pound of laundry really looks…

Northern Virginia households lose more than two full work weeks a year to laundry. Here’s the math, the reason your towels are wearing out, and how…

Doing laundry in Washington DC comes with its own set of challenges — brutal summer humidity, formal work wardrobes, tiny apartment laundry setups, and a pace…