Hosting overnight guests can feel like a hospitality test you never signed up for, especially when you start tallying the laundry. Yet the assumption that you must strip the bed the second your ...

I’m lucky to have a semi-dedicated guest room in my home. Technically, it’s my husband’s office, but it’s also where our overnight guests sleep — a cozy space with room for a queen bed. Because we ...

You don't always have to use the highest temperature.

If you follow expert advice, washing your sheets is a weekly ordeal. But this can also cause them to wear out more quickly — ...

Good houseguests know that when staying with family or friends, it’s best to make the host’s duties as light as possible. That could mean offering to cook, treating your hosts to a meal out, and ...

Here’s a fun fact that might make you want to strip your bed immediately: after just one week, pillowcases and sheets contain between 3 and 5 million CFUs (colony-forming units) of bacteria per square ...