Hello All,
This is one of my first posts in the community. Although I've stalked it for a couple years now, learning so many things along the way in my preparation for our upcoming listing here in Beautiful San Francisco,
I chimmed in on this thread because it is in my wheelhouse.
For 6 years I worked for a very high end interior design firm which also had a home staging department for homes that clients would be selling. After a couple years I became THE bed queen...Albeit I'm a guy. lol. They wouldnt let anyone else at the firm do clients beds because, well my OCD worked well for me and they always looked flawless. haha
I would be sent to all interior installations and stagings to specifically do the beds and make sure they looked flawless for the clients home reveal, or for real estate photography.
While those two preparations are different beasts altogether and require different tricks of the trade, wrinkles haunt us all at every stage regardless. When I read all the pages here about how other hosts deal with wrinkles, etc, I'm so surprised I've never once seen anyone mention my very favorite trick. I create my own linen sprays depending on the exact clients likes & dislikes, or I use a neutral spray to mist...simply distilled water. Warm water works best I find. I can literally spend hours working on just a couple beds, but thats when its for a multi-million dollar home that requires perfection. But EVERY bed gets this same treatement as a basic preparation.
- Put on the fitted sheet and flatten as best as possible without going crazy.
- completely mist the top and sides towards the top, because that part is exposed when sheets get folded back. Let the mist sit for a minute or two. Then use your freshly cleaned hands to smooth it out to perfection. It dries SO fast, especially if a bit of vodka is incorporated. Go do something else for a few minutes, there's always more home prep to do.
- Once dry, spread out the flat sheet. You can either mist it while completely untucked or not. I prefer doing it untucked because then you get wrinkle-free hospital corners...if that's your jam.
- Add your blanket if that's how you roll.
- Add the duvet cover totally flat and mist it too. Use your hands until wrinkle free. fold the top half back and do the same underneath.
- Along the way you can use a homemade linen spray. I personally change it up but a common one would be: 2 tablespoons vodka, several drops of essential oil like lavander, fill the bottle with distilled water and shake the hell out of it. Mist away.
I know this was a hyper long post, but the topic hit home and I wanted to share this with you all. If any of you try this and find that it works for you, please let me know. I've always had success and many compliments from high end clientelle, AND my husband. hahaha. (hundreds of beds. ugh)