Packing Soft Furnishings and Fabrics

Clothes, Bedding, and Curtains

• Clothes on hangers are best transported in travelling wardrobes.
• Otherwise, use sports bags or suitcases.
• Clothing in chests of drawers may be able to be left in situ, although if in doubt pack them separately - the drawers may need to be removed to lighten the load.
• Other clothes, bedding, linen, and curtains can be rolled or folded and transported in bin bags.
• If bedding for the first night won't travel with you in a car, keep it separate and easily accessible.

Carpets

• Roll carpet round a core of PVC or a cardboard roller. It can take three people to roll a large carpet.
• Clear the carpet of furniture.
• Stand on the carpet, in a row, facing one end.
• Lift the edge and walk backwards until about 3m/10 ft. of the carpet is lying face down.
• Put the roller in position and roll up this part of the carpet.
• Pick up the roller and walk backwards again, repeating the process until the whole carpet is on the roller.

Rugs

• Never crush a rug by folding it right side in. Roll fringe to fringe, right-side outside, so that the pile is stretched not squashed.
• For valuable rugs, interleave with acid free tissue paper.