Keeping your home clean and free of irritants is of the utmost importance, particularly if you or your family members suffer from respiratory illnesses and allergies. Check out these helpful tips for how you can promote wellbeing in your home by keeping your window treatments clean.

Beat Away the Dust Bunnies

When cleaning your home, window treatments can be easily overlooked in the regular cleaning regime. Your curtains and blinds can attract and trap significant amounts of dirt, dust, animal hair, pollen and dust mites. To keep your window treatments healthy and reduce the allergens in your home, regular washing or vacuuming is vital.

Check the labels on your curtains to determine if they can be hand or machine washed. Some curtains are dry-clean only, and while this can be costly, it is a worthwhile investment to preserve your family's health as well as the lifespan of your curtains. In between washes, give your curtains a regular vacuum. Remove the curtains from the window and lay them on the floor or table before using your vacuum cleaner's upholstery tool to give them a thorough vacuum.

Stop Mould in Its Tracks

Due to the moisture trapped between the window glass and curtain materials, it doesn't take long for curtains to develop mould and mildew. If you or your family members suffer from upper respiratory conditions, such as asthma or allergies, it is important to keep mould at bay in your home. Washable cotton curtains can be cleaned of mildew quickly and easily with a normal machine wash in cold water.

When stubborn mould has already developed on your curtains, you can remove it by soaking in a salty water solution for a few hours before letting them dry in the sun outside. If you have rubber-backed curtains, a regular wipe of the rubber layer with cold water and a mild detergent will keep them fresh and clean. When your curtains need replacing, seek out eco-friendly, machine washable fabric curtains to ensure that you can keep mould and mildew at bay in the future.

Keep the Frame and Glass Clean

If you want to keep your home clean and allergen-free, there's not much point hanging clean curtains on filthy window frames. Not only does the moist window environment invite mould and mildew to develop, the window tracks are a haven for dust and dirt to settle. Keep your window frame clean with a regular thorough vacuuming using your vacuum cleaner's crevice tool, and wipe the frame down using warm water with a little white vinegar on a clean cloth. The glass itself can be cleaned using regular glass cleaner or with white vinegar to kill the mould and restore shine to your glass.

For more information and professional advice on how to keep your window treatments clean and healthy, contact your local curtain and blind supplier today.