How to Protect Your Furniture Our furniture can be simply damaged in many ways. General wear and tear will be the main reason for damage, but pets, particularly cats, often scratch furniture, and young kids are great at spilling drinks and food on the lounge suite. The sun too can cause a lot of damage, as it will cause fabric and leather on lounges to fade, and curtains as well as prints and photos hanging on the wall can start to get rid of their colour. Having a retractable awning or verandah can help create shade round the outside of your house and keep the direct sun off your windows, thereby assisting to protect your furniture.
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Take a note of in which the sun does come in and see if it does fall on any of your furniture which has the potential to fade. Rearrange your furniture so any fabric or leather lounges aren't in the sunlight, and other fabrics aren't in the manner either. Things like lampshades, expensive rugs, bed linen and pictures on the wall. It may sometimes be impossible to keep everything from the sun however, you can take other protective measures, such as putting UV glass in your pictures, that will reduce the damaging UV rays. Arrange you furniture in such a way so that it is not in the path of the main traffic through the house. This way it's not going to get knocked or kicked and will avoid being chipped or scratched. If you have young children you may want to put fragile or expensive pieces of furniture away kept in storage until they are of sufficient age not to cause them any harm.
Blinds and curtains
Having the right roller blinds, curtains or shutters is an effective method to keep the sun off your furniture. Make sure your curtains have heavy backing as these are better at keeping the heat during summer and also keep the warmth in during winter, which can greatly assist save money on ac and heating costs. Make sure to close your blinds throughout the heat of the day so when the sun is streaming directly with the window on to your furniture.
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Slip covers on lounges are a good idea, particularly on the arm rests, as these can be simply removed and washed. You may also protect fabric and leather with products especially for this purpose. Have your fabric lounge suite dry cleaned at least one time annually. It is relatively inexpensive and keeps your lounge looking like new. If pets really are a problem, and also you don't wish to banish them outdoors, you could put in child proof gates to ensure that they're from rooms where your good furnishings are. Cats often scratch furniture and can do a lot of damage, so purchase them a scratching post and train these phones use that rather than your lounge suite. You may also deter pets from jumping on lounges through getting a spray bottle and spraying them with water every time they visit jump up.