Illustrated guide, 40 pages, with a care labels card
Wardrobe, Linen & Valeting
Folding, pressing, linen and packing, in numbered drawings you can follow with a shirt or a sheet in front of you.
Illustrated guide, PDF, A4, 40 pages · printable care labels card
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One standard for the whole team
In many houses the shirts are folded three ways, the beds are made two ways and every new member of staff packs a case differently. The family notices, even when nothing is quite wrong.
This guide sets one standard for the people who look after a house's clothes and linen every day, in numbered line drawings where each fold follows from the one before.
What is inside
Every file you download, with its format and length.
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Wardrobe, Linen & Valeting
PDF, A4, 40 pages
Five illustrated parts: the wardrobe; folding; pressing, suits and shoes; linen; packing. At the back: care labels decoded, a valet's day, week and season, common mistakes, the standard on one page, a four-week training plan and a glossary.
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The care labels card
PDF, A4, 1 page
The common care symbols, drawn and explained in plain words, to keep in the laundry.
Inside the guide
- Shirts for the drawer and for travel, knitwear (never hung), trousers on the crease, jackets for travel
- Pressing a shirt in order, trousers with a crease, steaming compared with pressing
- Suits and coats brushed and rested; shoes on trees and the polishing sequence
- Hospital corners, fitted sheets folded flat, duvet covers, towels and turndown
- Packing a case with tissue, garment bags, a packing list and unpacking on arrival
Sample pages
How buying works
One download, one price: €39.
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Download at once
The download link appears as soon as the payment goes through, and Payhip sends it to you by e-mail as well.
Put it to work
Print it, fill it in, adapt it for your house and hand it to your own team.
Who it is for
It is for you if
- You are a valet, lady's maid or housekeeper, or you train one.
- You run a house where clothes and linen pass through several pairs of hands.
- You want a written standard to give a new member of staff on the first day.
It is not for you if
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You need washing, stains and moths. Those are in The Care of Fine Things.
The Care of Fine Things
Questions before you buy
What language are the materials in?
English.
What if the care label says otherwise?
The label wins. The guide and the card both say so.
Can I share the files with my team?
Yes, within your own household or households: print them, adapt them and hand them to the people who work for you. Please do not resell them, publish them or pass them on to other houses. A family office or an agency that would like to use them across several client houses can write to us about a wider licence.
What if something changes, or needs correcting?
Every guide carries its edition date, and figures that change from year to year, such as minimum pay or public holidays, carry their year and source. If we correct an edition, the people who bought it get the corrected file at no cost: write to us with your receipt if your link has expired.
Who issues the receipt, and what about VAT?
Payhip, our checkout, takes the payment, works out the VAT for your country and e-mails your receipt with the download link. If you need an invoice made out to a company, write to us after you buy.
Can I get a refund?
Files cannot be sent back once they are downloaded, so under EU consumer rules the usual 14-day right of withdrawal does not apply to digital content once the download has started with your consent. If a file does not open, is incomplete or is not what this page describes, write to us and we will put it right or refund you.
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