How to Clean and Maintain Your Curtains

Curtains add style and mood to your home but when it comes to cleaning we often forget them. It is a common situation – some beautiful day of spring you're staying at home and decide that you will finally get the windows wide open to enjoy the sun. And when you do it, a thick cloud of dust starts to dance around your curtains. There are two things that you can do – clean them and get rid of them.

Nowadays curtains aren't expensive and you can replace them almost any time you want, but sometimes it's not worthy. Your old drapery might be little scruffy and dusty but in most of the cases fabric is better and if you just take care of them they could last many years.

Curtains usually accumulate as much dust as your carpets. But while we clean our carpets quite often, curtains are being neglected. Also curtains get a lot of dirt from ceiling fans. Dust can cause a lot of allergies and can really irritate someone's asthma, so it's better to start cleaning your curtains on regular basis.

Let's face it – it is impossible to wash your curtains every week. It's not an easy job and you will ruin their fabric. But if you want to maintain them properly you can at least dust them. Use vacuum cleaner on them or static duster. Damp cloth also is a good tool when cleaning dusty curtains but if they are in light colour you can smear in the dirt. If you use vacuum cleaner it will more convenient for you to leave the drapes hanging. As usual – start from top to bottom. This is how dust cannot fall on area you've already cleaned.

Before applying these methods check manufacturer's label. If drapes are machine washable, it is safe to steam clean them also. Nowadays you can buy hand held steamers in very low prices, or you can rent such. Steam cleaner has wide range of uses everywhere in your home so you it is a good investment. It is very important to vacuum or dust anything else in the house while your curtains are drying.

This is not a necessity. But  remember – professional has better tools and equipment for cleaning than we do. If you call cleaning team for upholstery and deep carpet spring cleaning, why not combine and include your curtains? This is how everything will be impeccably cleaned at the same time and you can save some money – many companies tend to make good discount if you clean more that one thing in your home: http://www.carpetcleaning-highbury.co.uk/curtain-cleaning/.