How to Take Good Care of Your Marble Floor
Marble floor looks amazing and we also know about the cooling effect it has in general. There are different shapes, sizes and colors of marble available in the market. Once your marble floor becomes dirty, it should be cleaned instantly in order to maintain the shine. Clean it with sponge and lukewarm water. Often instant cleaning is not possible, and dirt accumulates on the white shining surface. In such case, you may scrub the marble softly with very little dry borax and damp cloth.
In certain cases, you may even use marble polish along with some water to clean the marble. Use dry cloth and wipe very gently. There are also many products available in the market specially meant for this purpose that you can use for greater care and protection of your marble floor. Marble floor lacks luster if poor quality products or harsh detergents are used for cleaning it.
Home Remedies For Interior Design Success
Here are some home remedies that will surely help you strike the chord of success in achieving your interior design mission:
Often we are scared of wax drippings on our beautiful piece of furniture or on that favorite woodcarving. In order to remove these, all you can do is first scrape off the wax as much as possible without scratching the surface. And then place 3 to 4 paper towels on them. Heat your iron by setting it to ‘cotton’ and bring it very close to that spot above the paper towels. The wax will melt and the papers will absorb it.
You can let your flowers stay fresh for long by simply giving them a mix of sugar, water and vinegar or a citrus flavored drink. If you are disturbed with some nasty sticker glued rigidly on that brand new glass, here is the solution. Apply a thick drop of mayonnaise on the sticker after scraping it off and after sometime wipe it with a glass cleaner to get absolutely clear glass.
Antique Copper and Brass Care
Though copper doesn’t rust, it is highly susceptible to react with moisture to form black spots. In this case, you may use a mix of methylated spirits and chalk powder on a cloth to rub it off. But always make sure that you don’t scratch your antique piece by scrubbing hard. For really dirty areas, steel wool can be used but with care. A metal polish also revives back the shine on your antique copper items.
In case of brass fittings on wood, first remove them, them clean them with polish. You may clean those extremely corroded brass pieces, first by dipping them in a solution of washing soda (strong) for an hour and then cleaning them with cloth or brush. You can also wash your antiques in detergent and then rub them with a mix of water, vinegar and salt. In order to clean carved brassware, first brush it with ammonia, second detergent and then water to clean it completely.
How to Fix a Glass Curtain Walling
Glass curtain walling are usually used for offices, however, they can also be used for the residential houses. They serve the function of preventing harmful rays of the sun, from entering the building. Usually they come in thick clear or thick tainted glass. This means that you won’t need to use the fabric curtain for keeping yourself protected against the sun.
Installing glass curtain walling is not as easy as installing the ordinary glass walling along the residential staircases. The reason is that the glass walling in case of offices are usually exposed to a lot more weather extremities owing to its height. This means that heavy gusts of wind might cause the glass to vibrate against the aluminum frame and thus break very easily. This is the reason glass curtain walling are installed only after taking the exact measurement of the glass against the aluminum frame, which in turn is cut so as to perfectly fit the wall area.
How to Care For Your Wall Tapestry
Adding tapestry to your interiors can beautifully add to the beauty of your home. A cautiously chosen tapestry can make or mar the balance of your décor. Once you have chosen the tapestry it is time to take good care of it.
The very first thing you need to keep in mind is to hang the tapestry correctly. Unless you do that the weight of the object would be unevenly distributed resulting in early damage of the item.
Sewn Velcro(r) is preferable as far as tapestry is concerned. Make it a point to avoid adhesive as they tend to damage the tapestry. Moreover they don’t even hold the tapestry evenly for long.
Many people make the mistake of cutting the edges of the old tapestries to get rid of slight furls. However, this only damages the tapestry in the long run.
Cleaning Silk Curtains
Silk costs relatively a lot more than other materials like cotton. But Silk curtains can add to the beauty and elegance of your interiors. This is the reason it is so much in demand. However, maintaining silk curtains is not as easy as you might think it to be.
Most of the people therefore prefer to dry-wash it from the professionals paying hefty cleaning charges. However, you can dry the silk curtains at your home itself and that too using the ordinary detergent powder. However it must be borne in mind that cheap-quality silk curtains tend to shrink and bleed its color when it comes in contact with detergent. Therefore, carry on a patch-test before soaking the curtain in detergent.
You can also use detergents especially made for cleaning silk. However, they are a lot more expensive. Soak the curtain in vinegar after washing it in detergent. This would help the silk retain its shine.
Plastic Shower Curtain Cleaning Tips
Plastic shower curtains have always been popular when it comes to shopping for bathroom shower curtains. They are cheap and waterproof, unlike the cotton curtains. However, maintaining the plastic curtain is perhaps not as easy as you think it to be.
The biggest problem with plastic curtains is that it is very prone to mold growth. Therefore they need regular cleaning. Most plastic curtains are machine washable which means you won’t have to worry about the cleaning part.
However, there are certain curtains that are not machine-washable. In that case you would have to hand washed them using a mixture of a quarter cup of lukewarm water and bleaching power dissolved in it. Make sure to put on your gloves before applying the mixture onto the curtain. If your curtain has become terribly dirty then perhaps you should apply undiluted bleaching powder onto it.