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Having A Dinner Party? Get Your Dining Room Chairs Clean!

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Dinner parties are a great social activity. However you may be completely concentrated on food that you forget about the state of your dining room chairs. Even if the chairs appear to be stain free they will still contain dust and dirt within them. In addition, it will be hard to see at first glance that the dust has caused discolouration on the chairs. Here are several reasons to get professional furniture cleaning. Stains Most dining room chairs have food stains. These can be managed because they are organic stains that can be easily broken down. Just ask the cleaning technician about presprays. Dust and Dirt As mentioned above dust and dirt will get into the furniture fabric overtime. This can cause allergies especially with the presence of dust mites. Discolouration can occur from dust as well. Fabric Renewal Getting professional sofa cleaning not only provides a deep cleaning, it will also renew the furniture material. Proper cleaning will prevent your furnit...

Fabulous Pet Furniture Ideas

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It's great to know that you can get specially made furniture for your pet from Ikea. Not just any pet furniture but the variety of options available even includes miniature couches and armchairs. There is also the traditional carriers and comfortable pet beds. Here are four fabulous finds. 1. Lurvig - Pet/Cat Bed This item imitates a human couch but it is miniature. So you can literally shop for matching furniture. The main couch cushion can be unfolded for a larger resting space. However, it comes in one black color which will show light-colored fur.  2. Lurvig - Pet bed with Pad This pet bed looks much like a couch. The frame comes only in white but there are 5 options for the main cushion pad. This pet furniture gives you 2 layout options to better fit a space. The cushion pad is machine washable. 3. Lurvig - Pet Travel Bag This pet travel bag is lightweight, opens at two ends for ease of access and is collapsible for easy storage. It's easy to clean and...

Oversized Furniture Trend

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Give your place a new look with the use of oversized furniture. This trend is essentially taking regular sized furniture and upgrading its size in height and width. Oversized furniture has several effects for the room its placed in. Bigger furniture has an immediate impact on its environment. When you walk into a room with oversized furniture the room immediately feels bigger. It immediately captures interest size it isn't your average furniture size. Oversized furniture for a study armchair makes the person sitting in it feel more powerful and it brings them authority. In past history, winged armchairs had a similar effect by making the person sitting in them stand out. These are quite often used in home offices or the office of the CEO. Oversized furniture pieces provide comfort and space by giving you more than enough room to sit. Unlike the seating in waiting rooms where the seating arrangement has to be more compact. Oversized couches are great for accommodating...

Mini-Pet furniture Trend

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We all love our pets and it's great to get them their own personal furniture. There are often times when we don't want out pets on the regular furniture. However, they don't need to be left out. It's become more and more popular to get unique furniture that looks like our own furniture piece. There are several benefits to getting these items. Style The first benefit is to add style. Mini-pet furniture essentially looks like our regular furniture pieces except that its mini. Many people don't have this feature for their furniture and it can make furniture arrangements look mismatched. Matching furniture pieces allow the room to look organized. Personal Furniture Pets are territorial and giving them their own furniture is ideal to keep them happy. If you have several pets you will often notice that they will have their own favorite spots to lay down. They also feel included when they are able to come rest on furniture near their owners. Esthetics ...

Waiting Room Furniture

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If you have a waiting room in your office it's essential that you keep it clean. While clients, customers and visitors are waiting they get their first impression of the business from the waiting room. Having dirty furniture makes the worst impression possible. Even if you don't have stains from liquid spills such as coffee or tea, furniture does acquire shading from dirt. This occurs from small amounts of dirt transfer from different people overtime. The dirt adds up and will make furniture darker and darker. Food and drink spills are common for waiting rooms. Accidents happens and then stains show up on the furniture. To keep your waiting room clean you can incorporate a no food or drink policy. This can prevent the furniture from getting dirty quickly. You should have your furniture steam cleaned once a year. This provides a deep cleaning for fabrics and materials. Clean furniture not only feels nice but it renews furniture to look as good as new. Annual steam...

Furniture and The White Stripes

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Many people don't know that Jack White from the band The White Stripes started out by making custom furniture. He had his own furniture making company that ran for several years before he had success with his first band. During this period Jack fabricated all types of furniture with the catch that it had to be in either black, white, or red upholstery. He had these colours at hand due to his own preferences. In the future this influenced the colour scheme seen with The White Stripes where the album art and the band's outfits are always with a red, black and white colour scheme. Many people in the area have genuine custom furniture made by Jack White which contain hidden bonus items. By this I mean that Jack White placed record with bonus tracks inside the furniture. Hardcore fans are in search of these bonus items to add to their collection. However it's advisable that they be careful so they don't ruin the furniture. In the future these furniture items w...

Some Cleaning Tools Need to Be Disposable

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When we clean the home we frequently use the same equipment and cleaning products. Reusing some items is good for keeping down costs and lowering waste but some items are worth using only once. There are dirty areas in the home where you need to use cleaning equipment only once. Its recommended that you use dish cloths only once. When we do dishes and wash kitchen counters the dish cloths pick up food and bacteria. Often the dish cloth gets put in the laundry for cleaning. While it sits in the laundry basket the bacteria grow on it and it can start to smell bad. It may be there for extended periods of time until you do laundry. Toilet brushes should only be used once. Cleaning the toilet is a dirty job where you come in contact with bacteria, mould and viruses. We don't clean the toilet that often and meantime the brush can sit in its holder where pests can proliferate. It may smell bad as well. Scouring pads are used for dishes, sinks and bath tubs. These pads need to...