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Take care of your furniture
By Jeff Lakie
Your furniture is a huge investment! So is your car and your house. So
if you put a lot of work into your car or your house, like getting oil
changes or putting in new floors, why would you not do the same with
your furniture? Your furniture gets used a lot and you can help maintain
its value by following these ideas.
Keep your furniture clean. If it's cloth furniture, you should vacuum it
regularly. If it is leather furniture, you should wipe it down and use
leather treatment regularly. And if it's made of wood, you need to keep
it polished. But what if it has already taken a beating? What can you
do then?
If you have wooden furniture you have a few options. Painting is one
idea. In fact, two dressers from different manufacturers can be made
to look like they are part of a set with a paint job and a new set of
handles!
If you do not want to paint your furniture you still have other options. If
it has been badly abused, you can sand off the finish, sand out the
nicks and scratches, and then varnish it. Or, if it is not badly scratched,
you can use children's crayons in a color that matches the wood (like
light brown) and color in the scratch. Scratch filler is available at
hardware stores but children's crayons can work just as well.
Another way to revive your tired furniture, like couches and chairs, is
to get them re-upholstered. After all, you have probably painted your
living room a couple times, so having furniture that matches again will
make your room look that much better. Instead of buying brand new
furniture, just get your furniture re-upholstered.
And yet another way to revive tired looking furniture is to simply move
your room around or switch the rooms that your furniture are in. Take
the armchair that has been in your living room since you bought the
house and move it to the bedroom. Take the unused chair in the spare
room and move it by the front door. Simple changes like this will help
you cycle your furniture from heavy use areas to light use areas, which
will help maintain their life, and will help you enjoy them as if they were
new.
About the Author
Jeff Lakie is the founder of Furniture Information a website providing information on Furniture
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