Old keys make good drapery weights. To keep drapery hem folds in position, insert wire solder or plastic-covered wire. Bend the wire into the desired shapes after hanging the draperies. To prevent a curtain rod from snagging when sliding it through a curtain, slip a piece of aluminum foil or a thimble over its tip.
Do your draperies gap in the middle when you close them? They won't if you sew a small magnet into both center seams at the same height from the floor. To make sure that curtain tie-backs are exactly opposite each other, use the bottom edge of the window shade as your guide when you install them. Before washing a curtain, shake it outdoors to remove accumulated dust.
Blinds
If you wear cotton gloves when washing Venetian blindsyou can use your fingers to rub the slats this works better than any brush. Another way to wash Venetian blinds is to hang them from a clothesline and turn a hose on them. You can also wash them under the shower. Use mild soap and water, If you're interrupted while cleaning Venetian blinds, clasp a clothespin to the last slat you cleaned so you'll know where you left off.
To prevent Venetian blind tapes from shrinking when cleaned, rehang the blinds before the tapes dry.
Make yellowed Venetian blind tapes white again by applying liquid white shoe polish. To install a new Venetian blind cord, tape or sew the end of the new one to the old one. Slowly pull out the old cord and you 11 pull the new one into place at the same time. Spray Venetian blind pulleys with a silicone lubricant to keep them working smoothlv.
Shades
Use wallpaper cleaner or an art gum eraser to lift spots from window shades.
If an unwashable window shade needs cleaning, rub it with a rough flannel cloth dipped in cornmeal or flour.
A window shade that has too much tension can be removed from its bracket and unrolled by hand 2 or 3 revolutions to make it less tense after it is replaced. A. shade that won't lift properly needs more tension. Remove it, roll it up 2 or 3 revolutions, and reinstall it. Use a silicone spray instead of oil on a window-shade mechanism. (Oil will soak through the wood roller and ruin your shade.)
Do your draperies gap in the middle when you close them? They won't if you sew a small magnet into both center seams at the same height from the floor. To make sure that curtain tie-backs are exactly opposite each other, use the bottom edge of the window shade as your guide when you install them. Before washing a curtain, shake it outdoors to remove accumulated dust.
Blinds
If you wear cotton gloves when washing Venetian blindsyou can use your fingers to rub the slats this works better than any brush. Another way to wash Venetian blinds is to hang them from a clothesline and turn a hose on them. You can also wash them under the shower. Use mild soap and water, If you're interrupted while cleaning Venetian blinds, clasp a clothespin to the last slat you cleaned so you'll know where you left off.
To prevent Venetian blind tapes from shrinking when cleaned, rehang the blinds before the tapes dry.
Make yellowed Venetian blind tapes white again by applying liquid white shoe polish. To install a new Venetian blind cord, tape or sew the end of the new one to the old one. Slowly pull out the old cord and you 11 pull the new one into place at the same time. Spray Venetian blind pulleys with a silicone lubricant to keep them working smoothlv.
Shades
Use wallpaper cleaner or an art gum eraser to lift spots from window shades.
If an unwashable window shade needs cleaning, rub it with a rough flannel cloth dipped in cornmeal or flour.
A window shade that has too much tension can be removed from its bracket and unrolled by hand 2 or 3 revolutions to make it less tense after it is replaced. A. shade that won't lift properly needs more tension. Remove it, roll it up 2 or 3 revolutions, and reinstall it. Use a silicone spray instead of oil on a window-shade mechanism. (Oil will soak through the wood roller and ruin your shade.)
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