Laundry Area

The laundry room is near the living room fireplace.

FRAGRANCE FREE DETERGENTS ONLY – Please only use fragrance-free detergents/softeners. The Quiz Cottage endeavors to be allergy/asthma-friendly. (And please do it for the children).

NO BLEACH – Why? Because nobody wants their dark clothes ruined with discoloration.

Storytime! Imagine that you’ve had a tough week. You woke up on Monday to discover your car was scraped from a drunk driver’s hit-and-run. Your cat had to be taken to the vet for $700 worth of medication due to a failing thyroid. One of your fellow employees quit–doubling your workload with no pay raise. Your boyfriend/girlfriend broke up with you by Wednesday, and just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse–you lost busted your cell phone screen, have a zit on the tip of your nose, and can’t find your favorite pair of sunglasses. Your week sucks. It isn’t the worst week, but you don’t want to ever live it again. By Friday you decide to head up to Big Bear Lake to escape your woes and rent a cute little cottage near the Dominoes Pizza (this one). It’s got a choice location near the lake and it’s within walking distance of the sushi spot. You plan to indulge some solitude–perhaps read a book, begin recovery from heart-ache, and also heal that dang zit.

After a day of rest and relaxation, you find the zit disappeared. The fresh mountain air was rejuvenating, and the dozens of neighborhood cats provided plenty of divertissement. By evening, you figure you want to head out and see if there are any singles to meet up with. You check you bag–realizing you forgot to wash your favorite dark dress shirt/skirt. Fortunately the Quiz Cottage has an onsite complimentary laundry area! You find some scent-free detergent in the cupboard above the washing machine and run a cycle–then dry it in the dryer, careful not to damage the fine fabric (with that antiquated beast of a machine!).

You take a shower, groom carefully, dry your hair, and feel like you have a shot at redirecting your fate this week, finishing it off with something spectacular. You then slide on your garment–only to find–some ****** had used BLEACH IN THE WASHING MACHINE a few days before you arrived and now it’s RUINED! #NOPE #NOBLEACH #COLORSONLY

SOCKS – If you end up losing a sock or two, I would love to mail it back to you. I’ll have to figure out some sort of system, but let’s reunite socks with their loved ones. Otherwise I suppose the homeless socks may find new life as sock-puppets.