Good cooking and light dusting aren't the only things Hogwarts' house elves used to do for free. You'll be missing them more than ever now that you have to do your own laundry! The laundry room is a stone little chamber just off the kitchen, with high ceilings and great big basins and tubs for washing clothes. There are scrub racks you can use to agitate your dirty robes, drying racks hanging on the walls (they come off, don't be shy), and lines and lines of crisscrossing clothesline overhead. Obviously the house elves used to use their special magic to get things clean and dry, but you'll just have to make do with what's left.

Come on down to the laundry center on your House's assigned day, and don't forget to bring your dirty clothes with you. The school has generously provided plenty of wizarding detergent and fabric softener for you, as well use of the drying racks and lines to hang out your wet clothes. If you know a few spells to speed up the process, you may do so at your own risk and at your supervising professor's discretion.

Remember to sort your colors before you wash them! And don't make fun of each other's dirty undies, mmkay? We all wear them.

OOC: Here's info on how to wash clothes by hand. Also, remember to keep descriptions of what you're washing SS appropriate. Ya don't have to be TOO literal about washing your charrie's underthings. =P

Slytherins & Hufflepuffs will be washing July 10-13; Gryffindors & Ravenclaws will have use of this room July 14-17. Enjoy!