skip your daily dose of iron.

Whoever decided that linen and cotton were the official fabrics of summer must not have had to do their own laundry. While these fabrics help keep you cool in the hot summer months they do more than their fair share of wrinkling. The next time you find yourself reaching for the iron, consider hanging your clothes in the bathroom while you shower. The steam from your shower will help smooth wrinkles from the fabric and help you to keep the iron unplugged another day. Facing some deep ridges? Spritz fabric with water from a squirt-bottle and smooth fabric with your hands before jumping in the shower. Drying your clothes on a clothes-line or drying rack can also help eliminate creasing in your clothes. Wrinkled clothes aren’t sexy, but finding ways to reduce your energy use is!

Photograph by Jesse Hove.