Shabby Chic Furniture Cleaning Tips

shabby chic furnitureDon’t you know that the quality and style of furniture can either make your home look a million dollars or slightly unkempt. If you’ve just ordered furniture from The Bella Cottage then may be you want to know how to look after it and keeping your great furniture in a great condition even for many years to come.

These simple tips would be perfect for your shabby chic furniture.

- first of all you need to dust it often. Even if this is not a very enjoyable work to do but it really help especially if your furniture have shiny surfaces as the dust can cause scratches. You will need to use clean, dry, and damp cloth with high quality polish. Sometimes, to clean your shabby chic desks you only need old t-shirt as they are normally a very soft material.

- make sure you will never use water and soap to clean your furniture since it will causes the protective layer of the furniture brake down and make it more susceptible to scratches, absorb more smells and dirt.

- you are suggested to use a very soft brush if there any intricate areas. Soft brush could able to reach the nooks and crannies of your shabby chic frames and prevent it from dirt.

- you need to remember that not every cleaning products are suitable and safe for your furniture. You need to test it first on a small part of the furniture that is not often seen. If after doing that you find any discolouring then you have to keep that products away.

- direct sunlight should be avoided because it can ruin the look of your furniture and will cause the colour to bleed over time.

Great furniture will be meaningless if you don’t look after it carefully. So taking serious attention to this is really needed.

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