How to Maintain Your Curtains and Tiebacks

Curtains are an essential accessory for your living space. They serve purposes such as keeping out unwanted light and heat, providing you with privacy, as well improves the aesthetic view of your space. So by all means, enjoy your curtains, but they too like all other things need a bit of day to day maintenance and curtain tiebacks to hold them. The first thing that comes to mind is dust! In our metropolitan lives, a lot of dust settles on our furniture and we find ourselves dusting almost every day. But we tend to ignore things that probably take up most of the dust coming into our homes: our curtains. Dust your curtains regularly. How? You could remove them every now and then and give them a good shake outside your home. Be sure to wear a mask though to protect yourself. If this is not possible or is too much trouble, use your vacuum cleaner. There could always be accidents, especially if you have a child (or children) around in the house. Stains are inevitable and you will just have to get your curtains cleaned. Make sure you read the instructions on the label of your curtains before attempting any type of cleaning or washing. Some curtains and curtain tiebacks cannot be washed and can only be dry-cleaned. So get them dry-cleaned to prevent your curtains and curtain tiebacks from getting spoiled. If they can be washed, do so with some warm water and soap. But again, make sure you check the label instructions to find out what temperature is appropriate for this. Soaking them for a while, along with some fabric conditioner will make all the difference. It will add freshness to your living space.  If it is just spots you want to get rid of, you could use a piece of cloth with some liquid dish-washing soap. You could also try wiping with curtain wet wipes. They dry up really fast and are really useful for emergency situations (such as at parties). Also, most stains are best removed immediately, so try not to let them stay overnight as it becomes harder to get rid of them. If you prefer to hang your curtains over heaters to hide them, be sure to spray them with a flame retardant, or use fire resistant materials to reduce the fire hazards in your home. It is better to use curtain tie-backs because they help keep curtains away from heaters and prevent them from catching fire easily.If you want to enhance the aesthetic view of your curtains, buy curtain tiebacks. They do the job very well. For example, a plain single coloured curtain can immediately be transformed with a contrasting, bold and gorgeous curtain tieback. Maintaining them is not all that hard. Just be sure to choose tie-backsthat can take the weight of your curtains, otherwise they will be heavy on the tiebacks and will not hang properly. Consequently, this will spoil the looks of the curtains.Avoid using metal curtain tie-backs in humid locations. Metal tiebacks can rust and damage your curtains.