Practical tips for caring for your clothes at home — ironing shirts, removing stains, choosing temperatures and much more. Written by people who do laundry every day.

5 days left until Sporting hosts Vitória. Your jersey has been at the bottom of the laundry basket since the last matchday. If you think a quick cycle will do the tric...
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Did you know that a simple before-and-after photo can be worth more than a thousand words — and literally three times more interactions? In the laundry and hospit...
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There are 12 days left until the Pegas Contest at Campo Pequeno. The city is still licking its wounds from the August heat, but the restaurants around the square have al...
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In this heat, ironing can be worse for your clothes than not ironing. It seems like an exaggeration, but it's not. When Lisbon reaches 30°C and the humidity sti...
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Imagine you have a brand-new local accommodation, in a dream neighborhood like Alfama or Graça. It's impeccable, the photos are magazine-worthy, the location is that...
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## It was an August morning in Alfama Susana looked at the clock: 7:23 a.m. The next guest at her apartment in the heart of Alfama was checking in at 3 p.m., and the b...
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Our before/after posts get 3x more engagement. And we don't use filters. It's not magic, it's the mathematics of trust. While many businesses still rely on...
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Last week we published a photo that made more noise than an unbalanced washing machine. We showed a collar yellowed by sweat — the kind that...
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It's not your fault. It's 32°C in Lisbon, you applied sunscreen properly, and before you knew it, your favorite shirt already had a yellowish stain on the coll...
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28 days before the Old Portuguese Gala Bullfight, traditional costume shops already count on us. It's no coincidence: as Campo Pequeno prepares to host...
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30 degrees. A linen shirt just put on. You look in the mirror and, instead of a fresh summer look, you see a topographic map in wrinkle stitch. It seems that...
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There are exhibitions that make us look at the mundane with fresh eyes. That’s what happened when we visited Anna Maria Maiolino’s retrospective at MAAT – Museum of A...
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Maria was just a few days away from welcoming her first guests to her apartment in Alfama. She had the photos on Airbnb, the reviews still at zero, and a huge...
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Maria debuted her Airbnb apartment three weeks ago. Alfama, river view, wooden floor that creaks just right. Everything went well: two guests,...
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There are 15 days left until the Pegas Contest at Campo Pequeno. Have you looked at your outfit with the attention it deserves? If the answer is a shrug or a si...
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Listings with starched sheets get 3x more engagement. Our clients already know. It's not magic. It's visual psychology, instant trust, and a trick that ...
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Your favorite linen shirt is hanging there, looking at you with that crumpled accordion look. Outside, 31°C. You, sweating just thinking about turning on the iron. The ...
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Have you ever found yourself staring at your favorite linen shirt as if it were a riddle? On one side, the iron and board calling your name. On the other, the myst...
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There’s a question that haunts any local accommodation host in Lisbon on the eve of a check-in: **“who’s going to iron this mountain of bed linen?…
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**228 planes** landed yesterday at Humberto Delgado Airport. Coming from Madrid, Barcelona, Funchal and dozens of other cities, they brought tourists, families...
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It was 7:30 on a sweltering morning in Graça. Tiago, host of a brand-new local accommodation, looked at the laundry basket like someone looking at the calendar...
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Imagine Maria. A host of a local accommodation in Alfama, with a breathtaking view and a washing machine that never stops. This week, the calend...
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You know what the worst part of ironing is? It's not the heat, nor the hours lost, nor the shirt that insists on creasing in the wrong place. It's doing all that ...
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Forget the 'how to remove red wine stains' you find in any 2005 magazine. This is not one of those manuals. This is about real life in Lisbon when...
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232 arrivals at Lisbon airport in the last 24 hours. Yes, you read that right: 232. For a city that has seen days with 400, 500 flights, this number is a whisper. Aug...
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While competitor Y keeps their Instagram in absolute silence, our before-and-after posts generate three times more engagement than the industry average. It's n...
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Imagine the scene: it's 32 degrees outside, the sun hits the living room window and your Sporting shirt is as wrinkled as a metro map at rush hour. There are ...
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It was 11 p.m. on a Thursday in August when Rita looked at the laundry basket and realized she had a problem. Her first Airbnb booking — a couple o...
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A local accommodation in Graça. 290 days available per year. Only 3 reviews. Do you know what will take it to 5 stars? It's not the view, that's already guaranteed. ...
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While competitor Y takes an extended break on Instagram — their activity score is a sad 3.6 — we keep posting. And it's not out of van...
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