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How To Clean A Duvet

Deborah Bennett — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 15:00:19 +0000

How often do you wash your duvet? A duvet changes and updates the color or design of your bedding without burning a hole in your wallet.Here are some tips from the folks at ehow.com that will make sure your duvet cover has a long and happy life:

1) Read the care label. If the duvet is dry clean only, take it to your dry cleaners! Washing a dry clean-only duvet can result in shrinkage, and it will no longer fit over your existing comforter.

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2) Pre-treat any stains if the duvet cover is washable. Spray the stain with stain remover and let it sit for about 5-10 minutes. This will allow the stain remover to soak into the fabric. Let it sit for a longer period of time if the area is badly stained, but do not allow the pre-treatment spray to dry.

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How Often Do You Change Your Sheets?

Hello Beautiful — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:15:48 +0000

This morning as I was stripping my bed to do a load of laundry I realized it had been a full two weeks since I’d last washed them—which had me wondering if there were adverse side effects to changing them at that rate. This also got me curious as to whether or not, relative to the rest of you out there, washing sheets every two weeks is considered slacking or standard.

According to examiner.com and ehow.com, the scientific consensus is it’s best to wash sheets weekly to ward of dust mites. Icky as it is to think about, we’re all shedding skin cells while in bed—which is apparently dust mites’ favorite snack food. Laundering bedding once every week, in hot water, helps avoid allergy issues.

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5 Ways To Enhance An Entryway

Deborah Bennett — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:30:29 +0000

Entryways are the first thing we see when we walk in the door and they tend to be the last place we decorate. Here are some tips on how to decorate your entryway from realsimple.com:

1) Define the space with a bold color like red, which exudes a warm welcome.

2) Engage visitors immediately by creating an eye-catching wall display.

3) Group ornamental mirrors, which has an especially dramatic effect on a dark wall.

4) Position a mirror to catch the light and bring the sun into a darker hallway. Paint the mirror a clean, crisp white for added brightness.

5) A table lamp casts an inviting glow, too. Keep the base slim so the lamp doesn’t feel overwhelming, especially on a slender console table.

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Cheap Ways To Decorate Your Home

Deborah Bennett — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:30:57 +0000

Spruce up your home for a new season! With spring right around the corner, decorate your apartment with these budget-conscious tips from realsimple.com:

Use Wineglass as Candleholder

Original purpose: Toasting to health and good cheer.

Aha! use: Casting romantic shadows at the dinner table. Place a votive candle in a thick-walled glass, anchored in a bed of sand or small pebbles (it makes wax cleanup a snap).

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Serve Drinks on a Picture Frame

Aha! use: Serving cocktails. Place a double of your favorite photo (so as not to ruin the original in case of condensation) under the glass and set out the drinks.

Reward: A picture-perfect evening.

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