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Amiya Baratan

How to Clean Placemats — From Wood to Wool, Here's How to Keep Them Looking Good As New

Christmas table.

We get it: the best dinner parties can get messy and the first casualties are usually your placemats. But cleaning placemats isn't as simple as popping them in the dishwasher post-feast along with cutlery and crockery.

Nope, placemats come in a vast range of materials, each with different care and cleaning needs. And while throwing fabric ones in the washer is an easy solve, not all fabrics are machine-friendly, and not all placemats are fabric.

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