What a summer! Doors opening and slamming shut all day long, kids tracking in with friends, pets, dirt, and what we only hope was a summertime science project they won’t miss when we discreetly deep-six it.
Yes, there are plenty of signs throughout the house that the family enjoyed a carefree summer. And now if you listen closely you’ll hear a collective sigh from parents across Atlanta after the school bus pulls away from the corner each morning. Their households are settling back into their regular routines, and doors and windows across metro-ATL are opening to experience some of that fresh, cool air that’s been blowing through. Instantly, we are upon that transitional period into fall, and right on it’s coattails: Fall Cleaning.
Upon closer inspection of our homes, many of us realize the toll summertime has taken on our furnishings. The sofa pillows are looking dingy, the curtains have layers of dust in them, and our comforters may look a little worn from grubby little hands or man’s best friend.
There’s not a better time to strip your decorative materials, pile them in a bag, and call The Dry Cleaning Station in Atlanta for easy pick up and delivery.
A careful dry cleaning process will restore your home’s linens to their finest condition. It will remove the build up that works to further dull and deteriorate your fabric surfaces. Beyond helping fabrics look their best, dry cleaning eliminates many of the household allergens and dust mites that contribute to respiratory problems and bed bugs. A bi-annual deep cleaning of household fabrics will not only work to keep your family healthy, but it will also restore the cleanliness to your home by eliminating built up germs, stains, and odors.
I’d like to share with you an industry insider tip: Treat all of your identical fabrics (such as every dining room curtain panel) at the same time and in the same way. This way if any variation of color occurs during the cleaning process, all of your fabrics will turn out looking uniform. The differences in color happens rarely and can be barely perceptible, but you don’t want to find out after the fact on those delicate imported curtain panels that you can’t maintain a uniform appearance when using different cleaning methods or spot treatments on them individually. It’s just the nature of some fabrics to respond to cleaning with a mild darkening or lightening. Check with your dry cleaner about testing a hidden spot if you have a concern over a particular fabric, and clean like-fabrics together to be sure they all come out looking uniform.
Which fabric surfaces in your house show the most signs of wear? Do you have any stories of home-cleaning strategies gone awry? What signals you it’s time to clean your common-area household fabrics? We’d love to hear from you!
