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Making the Bed

The order of the layers, and why hotels do it that way.

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Folding

Folding

Folding fitted sheets, duvets and pillowcases so they stack, and stay stacked, on a shelf.

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Layering

Layering

How to layer a bed for the season and for two people, piece by piece.

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Order

Order

Which sheet goes on first, what a top sheet is for, and why hotels do it the way they do.

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Styling

Styling

Making a bed look like a hotel bed: the tuck, the fold and the pillows, without buying anything.

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Alfredo Ramses
Who writes this

Alfredo Ramses

Textile engineer, founder and researcher. I have spent my working life making fabric and watching how it behaves, and nobody assigns these guides or pays for one. Everything here was slept on, washed, and slept on again before a word was written about it.

About Alfredo