Apartment quirk #5: All-in-One Washer/Dryer

One of the our favorite appliances here in our apartment is the Arthur Martin Electrolux all-in-one washer/dryer. It's compact (sits in a corner in our kitchen), efficient, relatively quiet, and effective. The interior of the washer holds LOTS of clothes and the clothes come out very clean, albeit a bit stiff because of the hard water here.

The best part about doing laundry is the laundry detergent capsules. One handy little pre-measured capsule of detergent is all we need to clean an entire load. We simply throw a capsule into a cloth mesh bag, zip it up, and toss it into the washer. The outside coating of the capsule dissolves in the water, releasing the soap. The fragrance, although a bit strong, is pleasant.

Once programmed, the dryer begins working after the wash cycle is completed. However, we rarely use the dryer feature as we've found that it takes a while to dry the clothes. We decided it was more energy efficient to line-dry the clothes ourselves. When we first arrived and it was warmer, we would just open the windows. Now that the weather is chilly and we're using space heaters, we just dry our clothes next the heaters. Here is the result (mostly Emmett's bibs, as you'll see).