Moths are tricky. Learn how to protect and care for your clothing and precious home textiles by identifying and dealing with moths.
Washing your clothes by hand can be a painstaking process. Many modern-day washing machines can help you cut corners with most of your hand-wash only clothing.
If you’re here because you just want to learn what to do in case the unthinkable happens — great! But, if you’re here because the unthinkable has already happened and you accidentally washed a wool sweater and your garment has shrunk, don’t worry — there’s still hope.
There seem to be as many myths as there are facts about your best options for storing clothes long term. Vacuum storage bags are no exception to this and they endure an interesting reputation for the place they hold in the world of organization and closet design.
There’s no way to know who first saw a caterpillar cocoon and whether they envisioned flowing sheets of the shining splendor that we call silk or who discovered it was one of the world’s strongest natural fibers and could be used to make a textile. Either way, the combination of silk’s sheen and strength is a winning one.
