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A change of clothes in the bag all year

Short answer: A t-shirt, a pair of socks and a set of underwear in a small pouch take up less room than a book and so...

A set of clothes kept at work

Short answer: A complete set in a cupboard at work saves the day when something goes wrong. Swap it out every third m...

Clothes left in the car

Short answer: A car gets very hot in summer and cold in winter. Clothes that lie there for months lose colour in sunl...

A bag for the dirty laundry when travelling

Short answer: Use a cloth bag and not a plastic bag. Dirty clothes give off moisture, and in plastic that moisture is...

Packing a weekend bag

Short answer: Two sets of underwear, two tops, one bottom and something to sleep in. That is all two nights require, ...

Packing a suitcase so the clothes do not crease

Short answer: Roll the soft things, lay the stiff things flat at the bottom, and fill the gaps so nothing can shift. ...

Towels in a stack or a roll

Short answer: Stack in a cupboard, roll in an open basket. The stack takes up the least room, the roll looks best and...

A whole set of bedding inside its own pillowcase

Short answer: Put the sheet, duvet cover and one pillowcase down into the other pillowcase. Then the whole set is one...

Order in the linen cupboard

Short answer: Sort by bed rather than by type. Everything for the double bed on one shelf and everything for the sing...

What tolerates lying for a long time

Short answer: Woven garments without elastane last the longest. Anything with elastane loses its stretch over time, h...

Why everything has to be washed before it is packed away

Short answer: Invisible traces of sweat, skin oil and food turn into yellow marks and into food for insects. A garmen...

Changing the wardrobe over by season, step by step

Short answer: Wash everything, sort into three piles, pack it away in fabric bags and write on them what is inside. T...