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My team and I have spent the last six weeks running eight rotary irons through roughly 300 pounds of laundry — king-size cotton sheets, polyester …

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Our team spent six weeks testing ten freestanding garment steamers on cotton shirts, linen trousers, wool suits, silk blouses, curtains, and wedding dresses to find …

Doing laundry used to be the most dreaded part of my Sunday routine. I would trek a stuffed basket from my bedroom, down two flights …

When my studio apartment ran out of room for a freestanding ironing board, I started hanging one over my bedroom door. That single switch freed …

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