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]]>Hotel beds have always been the epitome of comfort, and one feature that turns a simple bed into a real slumber experience is its sheets – crisp, cool and clean, and of the highest quality. Now, imagine receiving a delivery of hotel quality linen and towels directly to your front door. LuxeLinen is a linen concierge service based in Cape Town which delivers a freshly laundered set of linen and towels direct to your home, every week.
There’s a reason we live in Cape Town, it’s the lifestyle!
In our high-pressure world we want as much time as possible for the things we love, such as spending time with family or friends, exercising on the mountain or lazing at the beach. We use home meal kits to reduce our grocery shopping and cooking time, ride hailing services keep us on the move without our own car, and on-demand cleaning and gardening services are commonplace. So why spend unnecessary time washing, drying and ironing your linen on washday?
As a supplier of linen to Cape Town hotels and AirBnBs, quality is of the utmost importance to the LuxeLinen team. The linen and towels are high threadcount, 100% cotton and as luxurious as anything you’ll find in 4 and 5* hotels. Each linen package includes all the essentials for a fresh start to your week: duvet cover, fitted sheet, 2 pillowcases, 2 bath towels, a hand towel and bathmat. Delivery is contactless and there’s an optional add-on of 3-layer reusable face masks.
LuxeLinen is an extension of parent company fanute’s successful hospitality service, which delivers over 8 000 bed sets per month to Cape Town hosts. Owner Charl de Beer is confident that many in Cape Town will be keen to utilise the service: “Whether you’re a busy professional who doesn’t want to spend time on laundry, an on-the-go parent, or if you just want that hotel turn-down feeling at home, LuxeLinen is the perfect solution,” says Charl.
In the current hyper-aware world of cleanliness and sanitisation, LuxeLinen offers a superior clean compared with domestic washing machines. “We can guarantee disinfection using an industrial combination of chemicals and temperature which domestic laundry cannot, because domestic laundry machines are simply not equipped to maintain the required water temperatures for long enough,” says Charl. This has benefits for those who are ill or recovering, who suffer from allergies, or who have sensitive skin easily affected by detergent residue. And of course there is COVID-19, a virus that is quite simple to destroy in an industrial laundry environment.
LuxeLinen is the latest first-to-market service to be offered by fanute. “We originally started fanute because we wanted to deliver innovative laundry and textile solutions that would help to streamline the lives of our customers and offer significant and demonstrable sustainability benefits,” says Charl.
“We started with a linen rental service targeted specifically to the growing Cape Town short-term lettings market, offering fast turnaround deliveries of freshly laundered hotel-quality linen to our hospitality clients. As Cape Town approached Day Zero, we then invested in near-waterless laundry systems that reduce the amount of water and energy used in every wash by 80%, and in 2019 we combined textile rental with on-site laundry processing to provide a sustainable garment rental solution for Agri-processing companies. Now that we’ve seen a need for luxury, hotel-quality linen in the residential sector, we’re bringing these solutions to market, fully enabled by technology, to make the washday a thing of the past.”
The service costs R85 per bed per week and includes delivery. Currently, LuxeLinen is only available in the Cape Town CBD and City Bowl, and the high-density Atlantic Seaboard, but will be expanding as customer interest grows.
How does LuxeLinen work?
For more information, contact Charl de Beer at LuxeLinen on 071 681 1165 or at charl@fanute.co.za or visit https://fanute.co.za/luxe-linen/
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]]>Here are LuxeLinen, a division of fanute’s, top tips for preparing your bedroom, and yourself, for a good night’s sleep.
Clear the way: Anything that’s not sleep related must go! Clear away the decorative pillows and any clothes that have gathered on your bed during the day and smooth the surface of your duvet. Fluff up your pillows and turn down the corner of the duvet for easy entry.
Decompress: Start winding down from the day to get yourself in the right headspace for good, solid sleep. Maybe take a bath or shower, play some relaxing music softly in the background, and, afterwards, slip into your slippers. Or do some light yoga, deep breathing or stretching. Whatever you need to do to start relaxing.
Get rid of the light: Darkness is essential for a proper night’s sleep as too much light will stop the body from producing melatonin, the hormone that’s in charge of our sleep cycles. Prepare your room by switching off the harsh main lights, and closing your curtains, blinds or shutters to block out any light seeping in from outside. You can turn on your bedside light or, to really set the mood, light a candle or two.
Scent the room: If you have an oil burner or diffuser, now’s the time to break it out. Choose a calming scent such as lavender (helps to deepen and slow down the breath), bergamot (helps to relieve anxiety) or frankincense (quiets the mind).
Banish the tech: Ideally, one should stop using any devices an hour before sleeping – the light from the screens of our cellphones, TVs and laptops can stimulate the brain and disrupt melatonin production, which in turn affects our sleep.
Hydrate: Prepare a cup of tea that’s caffeine free or a cool glass of water to enjoy after you slip into bed. Drinks that are known for their positive effect on sleep include chamomile tea, milk or almond milk and, oddly, cherry juice!
Then there’s nothing left to do but get into bed and enjoy the peaceful sanctuary that you’ve created!
Naturally, LuxeLinen also believes that the best way to have the best sleep is to ensure that you have the best quality linen on your bed! In keeping with 4 and 5* hotel standards, LuxeLinen’s sheets and duvets are 300 threadcount and 100% cotton for the ultimate in softness and comfort.
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