When it comes to making New Year's resolutions, we typically think of ones that have to do with our body, mind, or career. Rarely do we resolve to make improvements to our home, or more specifically, our window treatments. This year, we can all resolve to help keep our home looking better while keeping your blinds and shades in tip top condition. Here are some resolutions that you can add to your slate that will have your home looking better all year long.
Schedule Regular Cleaning and Maintenance Into Your Calendar
We live our lives by our (often too busy) calendars, yet we rarely schedule blocks of time to dedicate toward home cleaning and maintenance tasks. Keeping your home today is important enough to make room in our schedules for it! Try putting a few reminders each month to do the following:
- Dust blinds twice a month (should take about 10 minutes tops for the average home)
- Deep clean window treatments once a month. Wood and plastic blinds can be deep cleaned a little less often, but cloth and fabric type coverings should be cleaned monthly. (estimated time is about 30 minutes for a spot clean and scrub of any dirty areas)
- Cord upkeep. Check each covering to ensure that any cords are not getting tangled, or broken, or frayed. As always, keep your cords high up out of the reach of children! (timeframe is about 2 to 5 minutes)
- All in all, it shouldn’t take more than an hour each month to keep your blinds and shades in mint condition
Regularly Inspect Your Coverings For Small Issues
On another day, set aside some time to do a thorough inspection of your window coverings. You may want to invest in a small flashlight and magnifying glass if you don’t already have them on hand. Regular inspection helps to ensure that your window coverings are operating safely and securely, saving you time and stress by preventing future catastrophic failures or accidents!
- Carefully inspect any mechanisms surrounding your blinds and shades, especially if they are motorized. Ensure that all chains, pull cords, and other systems are aligned correctly and functioning without added friction
- Use a small wrench or screwdriver, tighten any loose mounting hardware or internal systems. Over time, these screws and nuts can come loose which can lead to an accidental fall or other similar failure
Think Blind Appeal For Your Home Improvements
Ready to upgrade your window treatments for the new year? If you’re thinking of replacing worn blinds or exploring energy-efficient options, Blind Appeal has a wide selection for your home or office (we do commercial window treatments as well). Contact us today for a consultation or come on by our new showroom and check out our beautiful, high-quality window coverings in person.
Conclusion
We hope that this article window covering upkeep resolutions was useful to you. If you want to make a purchase, schedule one of our window covering experts for a FREE estimate and more information by calling the office at 208-888-1056. If you have any questions about purchasing some awesome exterior solar shades or commercial blind or window covering work, or any other window covering related issue, we would love to hear from you. Contact us today to get started.