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Extending The Life of Your Window Treatment
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here to see how to Extend The Life of Your Window Treatment.
 Investing
in window treatments is not only a financial investment, it is also
an emotional one. You have poured your artistic self into selecting
just the right fabrics, materials, textures and colors. You have
measured, shopped and measured again. You’ve researched all
the various options and have found that your choices range from
the simple Venetian blinds, Plantation Shutters, Draperies, and
window shades made of various materials from paper to cloth to bamboo.
So now that your windows are beautifully designed to reflect your
personality, doesn’t it make sense that you would want to
extend the life of your window treatment?
Hopefully, you have selected a classic look that will not fade
with the passing fads. This in a fundamental design principal and
it applies in all things decorative from clothing, to car colors,
and yes, to window treatments! But if you have taken the plunge
and decided to make a bold, trendy statement that doesn’t
meet the typical standards, more power to you. You’ll still
want your window treatment to last a good long while.
· Make sure that you have read and understood the manufacturer
directions in caring for the materials of your window treatments.
Using harsh detergents on wood window treatments may damage them.
· Use a Scotch Guard on your fabrics to protect them from
little messy hands or from pets. Make sure you’re the Scotch
Guard can be safely applied to your window treatment fabric.
· Dry clean your fabrics regularly to keep dirt from accumulating
and compromising the weave of your material.
· Take the time to raise fabrics off of the floor before
vacuuming underneath them to keep your draperies from being sucked
into the vacuum.
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