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How to Get Rid of Moths––Best Practices

HOW TO GET RID OF MOTHS: Top Ten Tips to Deal with a Moth Infestation A comprehensive review of textile conservation methods to prevent moth infestations and to manage the...

How to Get Rid of Moths––Best Practices

HOW TO GET RID OF MOTHS: Top Ten Tips to Deal with a Moth Infestation A comprehensive review of textile conservation methods to prevent moth infestations and to manage the...

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Talented Experts & Valued Resources

Discover the most talented experts––conservators and others who can give you the best advice regarding clothing restoration, protecting antique furniture and more......

Talented Experts & Valued Resources

Discover the most talented experts––conservators and others who can give you the best advice regarding clothing restoration, protecting antique furniture and more......

Indispensable Housekeeping Books from Martha Stewart and Others

Indispensable Housekeeping Books

There are excellent books that provide advice about the day-to-day management of your household. Other books provide more expert instruction about the care of important and historic collections.  A brief...

Indispensable Housekeeping Books

There are excellent books that provide advice about the day-to-day management of your household. Other books provide more expert instruction about the care of important and historic collections.  A brief...

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The English Butler's Traditions

English Butlers and Housekeepers invented many of the techniques used in museum conservation today.  Read about their role in maintaining the grand, stately homes in England preserving and protecting extraordinary...

The English Butler's Traditions

English Butlers and Housekeepers invented many of the techniques used in museum conservation today.  Read about their role in maintaining the grand, stately homes in England preserving and protecting extraordinary...

How to Use a Clothes Brush and Cut Dry Cleaning Bills

How to Use a Clothes Brush and Cut Dry Cleaning...

Step-by-step directions from an experience English Butler, Mr. Stanley Ager.  Using a clothes brush helps you cut dry cleaning bills and extends the life of the fabric.  Read more here...

How to Use a Clothes Brush and Cut Dry Cleaning...

Step-by-step directions from an experience English Butler, Mr. Stanley Ager.  Using a clothes brush helps you cut dry cleaning bills and extends the life of the fabric.  Read more here...

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How to Measure for Furniture Sun & Dust Covers

It is easy to measure for Furniture Sun & Dust Covers.  Here are instructions to follow...

How to Measure for Furniture Sun & Dust Covers

It is easy to measure for Furniture Sun & Dust Covers.  Here are instructions to follow...

Nancy Sharon Collins: Stationer Extraordinaire

Nancy Sharon Collins: Stationer Extraordinaire

My interest in beautiful paper products, fountain pens and art supplies comes close to being an obsession.  A fan of all things engraved, over the years I have indulged in...

Nancy Sharon Collins: Stationer Extraordinaire

My interest in beautiful paper products, fountain pens and art supplies comes close to being an obsession.  A fan of all things engraved, over the years I have indulged in...

How to Polish Wood Furniture Using Christophe Pourny's Furniture Tonic

How to Polish Wood Furniture Using Christophe P...

Christophe Pourny's furniture polishes are fantastic.  Read more to see a step by step demonstration of the Furniture Tonic applied to a beautiful French walnut table.  Before and After photographs.

How to Polish Wood Furniture Using Christophe P...

Christophe Pourny's furniture polishes are fantastic.  Read more to see a step by step demonstration of the Furniture Tonic applied to a beautiful French walnut table.  Before and After photographs.