Linen Logic: 20 Tips for Taking Care of Your Bedding - Remodelista
New York based Swedish designer Anki Spets has been making luxuriously minimalist bed linens for the past 25 years More recently I... ...ve met Anki in person at design shows and each time we cross paths I ask her for insider tips on linens care Anki makes her daughter Selma’s bed with Area’s signature muted linens, including Parallel Pillowcases in blue and the Heather Duvet Cover in gray. Anki grew up in Stockholm and studied fashion at Beckmans College of Design before she segued into bed linens in 1990 At the time there was... ...a huge void in easy going good quality bedding And someone needed to dismantle the traditional bedroom Out with curtains and carpets and in with Scandinavian flair Remove any spots before the textile goes in the washer once they ve been cooked and baked they re permanent Remove them with dish... ...soap Wet the spot apply soap and if the fabric isn t fragile massage in or scrub with a nail brush before washing 2 Bedding from Area Home. Do not mix bedding with clothes that have metal zippers or a rough texture—they can cause pilling and abrasion.4. Tangent “textile shampoo”—read about the company in our post Natural Laundry Potions from Sweden. Do not put detergent directly on fabrics; straight detergent can cause discoloration.6. In Sweden, you can set your washing machine temperature at 30, 40, 60, and 90 degrees Celsius–90 is close to boiling and these days to save energy, whites typically go in at 60 and most other stuff at 40. Line dry sheets and duvet covers if you can. Kevin s Quality Clothespins are made of maple a Set of 10 Clothespins is 17 25 For cotton blankets the dryer is also... ...the way to go air dried they can feel crusty and lose their fluff A too hot dryer is what ruins most fabrics Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista. One of our 10 Favorites: Clever Laundry Rooms, Space-Saving Edition, Sheila Made drying rack included. French Linen Pillowcases, $48 each, from Alder & Co. in Portland, Oregon. Linen gets softer with ironing and I find ironing sheets therapeutic try it and I think you ll agree but if you don t have... ...time just iron the pillowcases Apartment buildings in Stockholm have them in the laundry rooms You fold the sheet lengthwise and guide it between two rollers Anki has branched out to bedroom furniture design shown here Area s made in the US Bruno Bed in whitewashed ash with Jewel sheets and duvet cover... ...in gray and the Liam blanket of baby alpaca in graphite Some 85 percent of Area s designs are made in Europe and the alpaca is from Peru Garnet Hill’s Signature Channeled White Goose Down Comforter starts at $398. Take a look at Laundry Rooms—we have a lot of favorites, including Steal This Look: Simple Summer Laundry Room.