Good housekeeping provides the support and order that underpins every household, hotel and business; without due care and attention the system and the edifice crumbles.
Housekeepers’ cupboards and adequate storage are essential for good function.
The textiles that make the infrastructure of home life i.e. tea towels and cloths, bath towels, tablecloths, bedding, aprons and overalls, baskets and shopping bags, laundry bags and grain sacks, roller towels and floor cloths should all be of the best quality that you can afford, to last and to launder well.
Appropriate laundering and pressing, care, commitment, good stitching and manual skills are necessary to ensure the longevity and durability of all textiles.
Under good housekeeping comes all the work an techniques associated with managing the household linen- repairing, patching, mending, making loose covers….