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 Bedroom Decorating Tips |
Lengthen the Life of Your Linens
Whenever it's Laundry Day at your house, you'll want to do what you can to make your sheets last a long time. In fact, good quality sheets can last up to 15 years! Of course, you'll grow tired of the colors and designs long before the sheets wear out. Here's how to make those linens live longer:- Your sheets will last longer if you follow the "three set rule": one set on the bed, one in the linen closet and one in the laundry. This way, your sheets will last more than three times as long.
- To brighten your white sheets, you don't need to do what they did decades ago -- laying sheets on the grass at dawn for the morning dew and sunshine to work their magic. Today, you can simply add 1/4 cup lemon juice to the wash cycle. Then, line dry sheets in the sun to increase the whitening effect.
- Be sure to wash brand new sheets before putting them on your bed. Machine wash in warm water with similar colors and then tumble dry on medium heat.
- If you store your linens in a wooden chest, line it with muslin or acid-free paper to prevent the wood from staining the sheets. To deter moths, fill a muslin pouch with dried lavender flowers, rosemary leaves and cedar chips.
- To get wrinkle-free sheets, promptly remove your sheets from the dryer and smooth them out right away or put them on your bed immediately.