Home furniture care
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You've decorated your home with the furniture of your dreams, but how do you keep your living room, dining room, and bedroom furniture looking beautiful for years to come? While it's easy to find opinions on the best methods for cleaning and maintaining your mattresses and wood, upholstery, and leather furniture, it's difficult to know whom you can trust with the care of these valuable items.
Home Furniture Care was developed to provide the information you need to safely care for, clean, and protect the living room, dining room, and bedroom furniture in your family's home. Combining more than 125 years of Rhodes' furniture experience with the knowledge of some of the country's finest manufacturers, this site is dedicated to helping you maintain the beauty and value of your home furniture investments.
Here you'll find safe cleaning and dusting methods that will restore, enhance, and preserve the beauty of your fine wood furniture. Discover leather furniture care and fabric stain removal tips that can save and protect your precious upholstered furniture. You'll also learn about the simple monthly maintenance that can greatly extend the life of your mattresses. Home Furniture Care has the information you need to keep your living room, dining room, and bedroom furniture looking great for years to come.
Don't leave the care of your furniture to chance; let Home Furniture Care help take the guesswork out of your housework.
Moderate to serious damage to fine wood home furniture requires the help of a professional to correct. For simple, everyday wear, try these remedies:
* To remove cloudiness: Rub wood surface with a cloth dipped in a solution of 1 tablespoon of vinegar added to 1 quart of water. Rub with ...Continue reading...
* Keep home furniture out of direct sunlight, which can cause heat damage and bleaching of the wood.
* To prevent the loss of moisture in wood, keep furniture away from heating and air-conditioning sources.
* Always use coasters under both hot and cold drinks on your living room, dining room, and ...Continue reading...
Between cleanings, wood should be dusted regularly—ideally, at least once a week.
* Never dust with a dry cloth. Most dust particles have sharp edges that can easily cut into and scratch the finish of your home's wood furniture. Because of these sharp edges, dry dusting should be avoided.
* Never use ...Continue reading...
There is something truly special about living room, dining room, and bedroom furniture made from wood. For its weight, wood is one of the strongest materials known to man. Wood is a natural product; just as each tree is unique, each piece of wood furniture is different in depth of ...Continue reading...
