Expert Advice Blog

Brown knit sweater with a moth hole in the sleeve band

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...

The Bata Shoe Museum - an Interview with Conservator Ada Hopkins

The Bata Shoe Museum - an Interview with Conser...

The Bata Shoe Museum Conservator, Ada Hopkins, gave me a private tour of the museum's fabulous conservation storage rooms.  She also provided very wise advice about how to protect your shoes...

The Bata Shoe Museum - an Interview with Conser...

The Bata Shoe Museum Conservator, Ada Hopkins, gave me a private tour of the museum's fabulous conservation storage rooms.  She also provided very wise advice about how to protect your shoes...

Adoring Christian Dior

Adoring Christian Dior

A journalist visited the extraordinary exhibit “Christian Dior – Couturier du Rêve” at the Musée des Art Décoratifs in Paris in December 2017. This talented writer took her curiosity and her camera to...

Adoring Christian Dior

A journalist visited the extraordinary exhibit “Christian Dior – Couturier du Rêve” at the Musée des Art Décoratifs in Paris in December 2017. This talented writer took her curiosity and her camera to...

Luxury Flannel Shoe Bags For Travel With A Woman's Shoe And Man's Shoe Inside

How to Care for Your Shoes––Ten Smart Tips

Your Shoes Take a Great Deal of Wear and Tear––Ten Important Tips for Shoe Care Shoes will last for years if you keep them well cleaned (polished or brushed) and...

How to Care for Your Shoes––Ten Smart Tips

Your Shoes Take a Great Deal of Wear and Tear––Ten Important Tips for Shoe Care Shoes will last for years if you keep them well cleaned (polished or brushed) and...

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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...

Men Wearing Top Hats In An Old Photo

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...

Antique Italian Chair Damaged by the Sun

How to Protect Your Fine Furniture

Upholstered furniture is subject to many elements--layers of dust, hot sunlight beating down on fabrics, animals relaxing and children of a certain age leaving fingermarks or worse.  Here is a...

How to Protect Your Fine Furniture

Upholstered furniture is subject to many elements--layers of dust, hot sunlight beating down on fabrics, animals relaxing and children of a certain age leaving fingermarks or worse.  Here is a...

How to Preserve and Protect Your Wardrobe

How to Preserve and Protect Your Wardrobe

Your wardrobe is valuable and an investment.  Learn more here about the day to day care of your best clothing by reading more here.....

How to Preserve and Protect Your Wardrobe

Your wardrobe is valuable and an investment.  Learn more here about the day to day care of your best clothing by reading more here.....

Illustration of Chair Showing How to Measure for Furniture Sun & Dust Covers

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...

How to Care for Fine Linens and Tablecloths

How to Care for Fine Linens and Tablecloths

On special occasions, everyone uses the very best table linens. Some linens are newly purchased. Others have deep sentimental value as family heirlooms. After the holiday dinner or special party...

How to Care for Fine Linens and Tablecloths

On special occasions, everyone uses the very best table linens. Some linens are newly purchased. Others have deep sentimental value as family heirlooms. After the holiday dinner or special party...