While you may still be left with a few items you’re unsure about, this 10-step Declutter Your Closet Cheat Sheet will get you 90% there! Get ready for more control with your closet, and more happiness with your looks! Here’s your ticket to closet freedom!
It’s the last day of our 5-part series on fabric care and today we finish up with ultrasuede and suede. Before the tips, let’s make sure you understand the difference between the two: ultrasuede is a trademarked brand of micro-suede which is really a type of microfiber created from 100% polyester; and suede is leather only a specific finish of leather! Here’s how to care for this stuff: Machine-wash ultrasuede/micro-suede/microfiber on delicate cycle using Woolite Line dry or tumble dry
For day four, the fabric care is focusing on leather…one of the most prevalent fabrics, one of the most luxe, and one of the hardest to care for properly! Here’s how…. Vacuum or dust furniture regularly Use leather conditioner every six months for shine To remove water-based stains, use a cloth dampened with lukewarm water Don’t use soap since the ring will be more noticeable To remove oil-based stains, wipe with dry cloth dampened with distilled water!
Again, you can’t treat your cashmere like it’s cotton (it’s my favorite and equally as versatile as wool)….so for today’s fabric care sesh, we’re talking about cashmere and how to care for it: Spot-cleaning can ruin the texture of cashmere knit, dry clean only! So dry clean cashmere when it’s dirty To remove lint, dust, pet hair, pop it in the dryer on air fluff for 15 minutes For knits, hand wash in Woolite, in cold water and lay flat
Day two of fabric care is about wool. Wool is versatile and contrary to popular notions, it’s the ideal fabric to go year-round! Here’s how to care for it: Dry clean wool blankets and quilts….and any clothing composed of wool To remove dust, pet hair, etc, put them them in the dryer with no heat for 15 minutes Vacuum furniture regularly (don’t use a bristle brush!) Look for upholstery cleaner to clean you furniture and eco-friendly cleaner for your clothing
You cannot treat your cashmere like your cotton t-shirt! Over the next five days, we’ll share the best methods for caring for the most common fabrics. Today we’re talking silk…. Hand wash silk knits with mild detergent and lay flat to dry Put dried item into dryer on air fluff for to minutes to restore Dry clean all other types of silk! Ask dry cleaner to use shorter delicate cycle when cleaning silk!!!
Part II: Let’s finish up strong….. Last week, we laid groundwork for getting the space (and our mind) ready to clean up the junk and non-value added “stuff”. Today, you can download the FINAL FIVE steps to declutter your closet to create more space and, frankly, more control in that tiny space that causes so much angst for all of us! After today, it’s on! You’ll have a little more space to breathe and a little more control of
White tie. Black tie. Formal. After 5. What does your invite say? Here we show a great infographic that we found on a fab blog, Lifestyle by PS. It was created by the GentleManual ~ and it’s one you should bookmark now! So far, I haven’t received any invites for any of the abovementioned…..but good to know anyway.
Last week we talked about the history of leather and this week {still focused on an easy transition into fall}, I want you to know the essentials of luxury leather. First off, I give 100% credit to ahalife for providing this information. Sharing it with you just makes you more educated and savvy when you start looking… leather and components selection ~ to make a high quality piece, you need to start with high quality hides pattern making ~ nailing
Don’t act like you don’t know that I’m a hug fan of leather {or that I didn’t collaborate on a collection of leather goods earlier this year}. But before you can develop a true love for leather, at least know the history of leather! Leather went from being used to protect us from the elements to supplying us with footwear and handbags not to mention meat! Approximately half of all leather produced today is used to make shoes, and about
We went all the way to St. Paul, MN to get the winner of our $100 Marshalls gift card ~ congratulations to Rebecca Shockley!
Make no mistake- a closet organizer cannot give you style but, they can shed light on what’s in your closet and how to get a better look at it. Ginny Snook Scott, Chief design officer of California Closets, says {and we agree} that bottoms should hang on top of the closet and shirts should go on the bottom because it makes your closet seem larger and it makes everything easier to find. Once your closet is organized then let’s schedule
If you invest in your clothes then you’ll want them to pay off….makes sense at least. Men, here are the four essentials as told to me by a reliable source (& based on my experience): shoe shine kit ~ you can go basic or all out! collar stays ~ (all Blueprint for Style clients get personalized titanium ones in two sizes but…..) these work and come in several sizes lint roller ~ hello! anywhere… here! moth traps (this one was new
Isn’t luxury lovely? I’m talking about real luxury, when goods are made of special materials, soft, transparent, unusually strong or uniquely textured. Luxury featuring great design and that little “pop” of delight somewhere inside you. But what if you don’t want, in this day and age, to show off? What if you find yourself in the fortunate position of being able to afford luxury, but you don’t want to lord it over the less well-resourced? Welcome to luxury without logos.
Question from Amir: When it comes to men’s shoes, should dress shoes be flat or have a small heel? Answer: Simply put, and fashionably speaking, when it comes to men’s dress shoes, they should definitely have a small heel! Dress shoes are mainly designed with two specific parts: the sole/heel area and the top section – you will notice these elements are the most distinctive ones of the shoe. The traditional, and more stylish, inclusion of a heel, which comes
Read this guest post on DC Fix, a blog of Fashion Fix…. click here!
Today, I just kicked off a mini-series of posts for a site for which I am the Fashion/Style Editorista….MyBlogalicious! The topic discussed today was whether bigger closets are the solution to the “issue” or whether the bigger issue was misappropriation of space. As you can guess, Blueprint for Style‘s answer is the latter – we need to be better stewards of the space we have rather than clamoring for more space. Click here to read the entire post…quite insightful and,
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