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Lavender Laundry
I admit it, I actually like to fold and iron laundry. I don't like the dirty side of laundry. I dread sorting through our perpetually overflowing communal basket. I never look forward to the acknowledgement that, I should have gotten started the day before. I certainly hate lugging baskets up from our basement laundry room to our second floor bedrooms. But, it isn't all bad.
My laundry room is the only place in the house where my family, for the most part, will leave me alone. That hasn't always been the case until I started chanting robotically preprogrammed phrases like this: "You are welcome to come in if you would like to help." and "If you are having trouble getting along (aka scrapping and screaming), you can come in and keep me company...while sorting."
I don't just like it for the solitude, I also like to treat myself while I'm there. Sometimes with my own favorite music, sometimes with a little distraction from HULU, and with some home grown aromatherapy. I have long had a love affair with lavender. I love lavender for tea, for burns, in waffles and in my laundry. Spraying fresh lavender water on clothes in place of water or starch is simple and wonderful. The heat from the iron creates a nice sweet cloud to stand in while you work.
Most linen spray recipes include vodka. Since I don't usually have this on hand, I don't use it. It would result in a more potent formula since the vodka acts as a carrier and takes on the fragrance of the herb. I have 2 concoctions that I use, one when I have fresh lavender in my garden and one for the rest of the year.
Lavender Water:
One cup of fresh lavender buds
4 cups of water
Combine in a sauce pan and simmer until the liquid is reduced by one half. This version has the added benefit of acting as an air freshener. (*Wait to cool before transferring into your spray bottle.*)
Lavender Linen Spray:
One Cup of distilled water
10 drops of lavender essential oil
Simple combine and add to your spray bottle.
Happy Laundering!
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