Sheets

Separating Sheets Made Easy

Your housekeeping staff is extremely busy cleaning every room between each guest stay. They know it’s important to make sure the guests feel like they are staying in a clean, fresh space and that is what makes the role of the housekeeping staff so valuable. There are many ways to help speed up the cleaning process. One of which is having labels to identify the sheet size as they are coming out of the laundry. Sheets are often the same color, and they usually all have a similar design making them hard to separate. Sheets having easy size identifiers can help with the process of making sure the right size sheets go to the right beds. This will save your housekeeping staff valuable time and allow them to be more efficient. This blog will focus on ways to identify sheet sizes quickly and easily.

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Why Do Cotton Sheets Wrinkle?

There is nothing better than sleeping in a comfortable, fresh pair of sheets after a long day. Innkeepers and property owners take great pride in making sure their guests are sleeping on the best quality sheets possible. For as long as you can remember, you have been supplying your rooms with 100% cotton sheets. While your guests rave about how comfortable they were the night before, you see the amount of work your staff has to do to keep them in good shape. They dedicate a lot of time to ironing to make them look brand new for the next guests. You ask yourself why it is that 100% cotton sheets keep wrinkling and if there is anything you can do about it.

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Which Type of Bed Sheet Should I Use?

How high in importance would you rank the type of sheet you use in making your bed the best it can possibly be?

When was the last time you thought about the quality and types of sheets you use for your guests?

Bed sheets are your biggest decision in making a bed, and there are a lot of factors in deciding which sheets would suit you best. Characteristics that could affect the sheet you may want to purchase include the material, the cost, and the length of time you hope the sheets will last.

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Standard Mattress and Sheet Size Guide

Beds come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have the same job: giving you – and your guests – a good night’s sleep.

But beds can only truly be comfortable when they’re outfitted with the right bedding, as anyone who’s ever wrestled with a too-small sheet can tell you.

That’s why we’ve put together this guide to standard mattress sizes and standard sheet sizes. Read on to learn how to measure bedding and mattresses to ensure a comfortable rest for you and your guests.

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How to Get Blood Out of Sheets

Housekeeping getting blood out of sheets

As stains go, blood is one of the worst.

It’s easy to see a blood stain and feel like Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth, driven to the brink of madness by that spot that…just…won’t…come…out.

But getting blood stains out of hotel bed sheets doesn’t have to feel like an impossible task. Whether the stain is fresh or has had time to soak in overnight, there are numerous methods for restoring your sheets to pristine condition.

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How to Fold a Fitted Sheet

Fitted sheet

You pride yourself on having a neat, well-organized linen closet, with all your towels, washcloths, sheets and pillowcases cleanly squared away.

Then it comes time to fold a fitted sheet, and all bets are off.

As housekeeping chores go, this one can feel like a wrestling match, only your opponent is a squid, or a puff of smoke.

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What’s the Best Way to Care for Hotel Sheets?

Couple in bed in hotel

There’s nothing quite like going to bed beneath a set of freshly washed sheets.

It’s a nice feeling when you’re at home, but something guests at your inn, bed and breakfast or vacation rental property will think of as a given. You check into an establishment, you expect to find clean, high quality hotel-style sheets.

But how do you keep those sheets clean and comfortable week after week, guest after guest? In this blog post, we’ll explore the best ways for you to care for bedding at your hotel, inn, bed and breakfast or vacation rental property.

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“Certified Organic” Includes More Than Just Organic Cotton Sheets

At InnStyle, we’ve long offered products that carry the “certified organic” label, but what does that distinction really mean in connection to the organic cotton sheets, towels, etc. we sell?

Organic certification only applies to cotton grown according to strict requirements governing fiber production and processing and the use of pesticides and fertilizers.

In this blog post, we’ll look at two of the international organizations that certify organic products such as cotton sheets, cotton towels and other cotton products such as robes, duvets, etc..

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Guests Want Clean Sheets and Towels (And No Bed Bugs)

After almost 30 years of serving the hospitality industry, I have seen many changes, but one thing has remained the same:

Whether people are on vacation or traveling for business, they want to stay in a clean room with clean sheets, clean towels and clean bedding.

Guests have become even more conscious of room cleanliness in recent years thanks to some high-profile and widespread beg bug invasions.

We’ve written blog posts in the past about protecting a room and a bed against bed bugs. If guest finds – or worse, is bitten by – a bed bug, it can be an expensive proposition.

That’s why protection is your best prevention. Be vigilant in checking your room each time a guest checks in our checks out.

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Why are Egyptian Giza & Pima Cotton Sheets So Special?

Egyptian cotton has long been considered the finest cotton in the world and therefore it stands to reason, Egyptian cotton sheets are considered by many to be the best cotton sheets you can buy.

Egypt’s climate – marked by heavy rains, humidity, and stable temperatures – and fertile land come together to create growing conditions that make the country a leading producer of high quality, extra-long staple (ELS) cotton.

These longer fibers allow for much stronger and more uniform yarns, making the resultant fabric much smoother and more resistant to wear. It also maintains its luxurious texture, becoming softer and silkier over time with proper care. And ELS Egyptian cotton is much more porous than other cottons, allowing it to readily wick away moisture, leading to an overall better overall sleep.

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