Each of us has a small laundry basket in our rooms. Every morning after we are dressed I carry my basket to the laundry and each of the kids bring their basket out (they are still at the age where its fun to help mommy). I empty them and separate them into stacking baskets I have in the laundry room. I love my stacking laundry baskets. Got them for $6.99 each at the Container Store. They work very well for me, because I hate laundry and tend to get overwhlemed if I just see a big full hamper, also because they stack vertically and are narrow they slide out of the way in my small laundry room, and they perfectly hold exactly one load of laundry per basket. I separate darks, light, bright white, and towels. I do laundry whenever a basket is full. Average 2 loads a day, sometimes none, sometimes many. Depends. My dd seems to go through 4 outfits a day lately. I also have a wash, dry, put away policy. I never let it sit waiting to be folded, or I get overwhelmed (as one load turns to 2, to 6 all needing to be folded and put away) and put it off longer and longer. Dh folds and puts away his own laundry (though I wash it), and the kids help put theirs away too, though I usually try and keep them somewhat out of the folding process or it takes all day.
I also fold into tiny baskets for each family member. Those are emptied each night.
