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A Journal guide
Silver, crystal, porcelain, linen and fine fabrics are rarely ruined in one go. They wear out slowly, through care that is slightly wrong and repeated every week. These articles are about the right way, for the people who wash, polish, press and store them.
The first one covers the end of the season: how linen, silver and cashmere should be put away when a house closes for the winter.
Why it's the larvae and not the moths that eat your jumpers, where they hide, how freezing and cleaning deal with them, what traps and lavender can and can't do, and how we store wool so they don't come back.
Why marble marks so easily, how to tell an etch from a stain, how we clean marble floors and counters every day, how a poultice draws a stain out, and what sealing can and can't do.
Why silver goes black, how to tell solid from plate, how we wash and polish it step by step, what the baking soda and foil trick really does, and how to store silver so it needs polishing far less often.
The checklist we use to close a summer house in October: the weeks before, room by room, linen and silver, the garden and pool, water and heating, security, and what to leave for spring.
The Academy guide that goes with these articles, and the service that does the work for you.
Illustrated guide with a care schedule
How to wash, polish, press and store silver, crystal, porcelain, linen and fine fabrics without slowly ruining them.
We run the house and set its routines, the care of silver, crystal and linen among them, with your own team.
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