I am a New York City based writer with expertise in textiles. Welcome to How To Do Anything Properly, a monthly column where we break down all the tips, tricks and products you need to tackle a ...

The irony? Fitted sheets were undoubtedly invented to make bed-making more efficient. We can thank Bertha Berman for patenting the fitted bed sheet back in 1959. The original patent application even ...

There are few household chores more notoriously frustrating than folding a fitted sheet. The elastic band and billowy corners on these bad boys make them ridiculously difficult to corral and fold ...

Place your hands in the corners with the long side of the sheet going across your body and the top side of the fabric facing you. Take one corner in your hand and tuck it into the other. Repeat the ...

If you’ve gone your entire life not knowing how to properly fold a fitted sheet, you’re not alone. Throwing a sheet straight from the dryer into a heap in the closet is many people's go-to method of ...

Macy Meyer is a North Carolina native who graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in English and a second BA in Journalism. Macy is a Writer on the CNET How-To team, covering a variety of topics, ...

One of life's mysteries revealed ... There are a few housekeeping mysteries that we may never fully grasp, such as where do the odd socks go, how to finally get rid of cupboard moths for good and the ...

If you’ve gone your entire life not knowing how to properly fold a fitted sheet, you’re not alone. Throwing a sheet straight from the dryer into a heap in the closet is many people's go-to method of ...