Cleaning Luxury Fabrics – Dallas Home Design Center – Furniture as Art
With all the types of fabric blends, cleaning materials, and temperature settings, maintenance and care for fabrics can be pretty confusing and intimidating! There are some general rules such as don’t over-wash and when in doubt, use cold water, but the rules and methods of care do go a bit deeper than that… depending on the fabric, of course!
Deep Cleaning Carpet Tips To Remove Very Dirty Carpet Stains
There are many ways that you can remove carpet stains, but it is to your advantage to be educated and armed with some tried and true techniques and methods to remove the top five carpet stains that can present you with a larger challenge if they are not treated with the proper care when they occur…
DIY Cleaning Hacks – How to Clean Your Sofa – Upholstery Cleaning Tips
If you have kids and pets, your furniture has likely seen better days. Upholstered furniture, in particular, seems to get the brunt of the damage, from stains to rips and tears and more. Rather than tossing your old furniture, try these upholstery tips and tricks to bring the fabric back to life…
The most common feature of new Dallas homes are glass exterior walls surrounding courtyards or protected by privacy fences. New construction artfully blends the region’s traditional design with new modern touches using gorgeous local stone, sloped roofs, and minimal ornamentation. The following list ranks the best custom home architects in the Dallas area. You’ll find their designs listed among the AIA Dallas small project award winners and on the prestigious AIA Tours of Homes and Modern Home Tours, as well as on the pages of Luxe Interiors and Design, which features the best new homes in the area…
The Philos – Bauhaus Design + Build Custom Home Dallas, Texas
The Philos is a Bauhaus Design + Build custom home located in Dallas, TX which aims to redefine modern luxury through the use of clean materials, black framed glass, and a true integration of indoor/outdoor living. The property as a whole is bound by a solid 8’ tall steel fence while opening up to the street with vertical steel slats. Upon passing through the front gate, a giant red heart, which this project is named for welcomes its’ visitors and provides guidance to the next visual marker, the 12’ tall wood entry door which rests under a long cantilevering overhang. The interior of the home is almost completely white except for the marble tile accents and contrasting black window frames, so that the homeowners have a gallery-like environment to display their expansive art collection…
Dallas Architecture Tour. Steep yourself in great design spanning throughout the ages as you explore Dallas’ collection of architecturally significant venues. From newer marvels like the Perot Museum to Dallas skyline icons like Reunion Tower, the magnificent builds will keep you looking up for hours…
What to see Weekend in Dallas and Forth Worth, Texas – Architecture and Arts
How to Clean a Rug: Area Rugs, Oriental Rugs, and More
Your area rug may bring the room together, but it also takes a beating, from foot traffic to pets and spills. After a while, vacuuming just isn’t enough to get it truly clean. But unless your rug is gigantic or extremely delicate, there’s no need to hire a professional for the task. Once you know how to clean a rug, this project is one you can easily take on yourself. Read on to find out how to refresh those well-worn area rugs so they look as good as they did when you first unrolled them…
What is a high performance home builder? We live in a world of high performance products like automobiles, appliances and communication devices. The phrase “high performance” can inspire thoughts of taking something efficient and sought after and bringing it to the next level. It speaks to a place that is modern, innovative and quick, while making things easier and better for the consumer.
High Performance Homebuilding is raising the standard for how homes are built. It is the very definition of how Desco builds custom homes.
We are a High Performance Custom Home Builder in North Texas (Dallas, Lakewood, Highland Park, Preston Hollow, Prosper and other surrounding areas). We raise the standard for how homes are built…
The best way to keep a rug clean is to keep it from getting dirty in the first place. Removing outdoor shoes when entering the house (as people do in most rug-weaving countries) is a good idea if this accords with your lifestyle. Bare-foot or sock-foot traffic is much gentler to a rug than a hard outdoor-shoe sole (or spike heel), and leaving your outdoor shoes at the entrance to the house tracks in much less dirt…
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FiberCare is an invisible, long-lasting finish that protects against spots, stains and spills. FiberCare works by impregnating fibers with co-polymer resins in a mineral spirit base. This means dust and dirt can’t get trapped within the fiber. Spills can be easily blotted up, dirt and grit can be more effectively removed by vacuuming or damp dusting, thereby, increasing fiber life. FiberCare can be applied to all fibers, new and old, even those that have been temporarily protected with mill level finishes such as Scotchguard or Teflon. FiberCare protects against both oil-base and water-base stains…
Even if they don’t look dirty, knowing how to clean curtains, and making it part of your cleaning routine, will go a long way to helping your home stay clean.
Most curtains, whether they’re casual cotton or fancier damask, are made of woven fabrics that gather dust, pet hair and dander, even mold spores. Over time, these things accumulate, and your window treatments start to look dingy.
Rayon rugs are difficult to clean. As they continue to grow in popularity, be prepared.
Cleaners have encountered rayon in upholstery fabric for years. But designers also, unfortunately, increasingly embrace the silk-like look of rayon for rugs.
Rayon rugs present many cleaning challenges. This fiber does not hold up to foot traffic or consumer, do-it-yourself spotting/cleaning. Professional cleaning may exacerbate pre-existing texture distortion and sprouting…
We’re seeing a trend of area rugs being made of viscose. We talk about what they are and why they are difficult to clean…
How to Clean Area Rugs
Viscose, or art silk, has the same soft, luxurious look and feel as silk, but at a much more affordable price.
Viscose is extremely absorbent so remove stains using a damp cloth and a mild cleanser. For tough stains, use the stain solution suggested above and gently apply the foam that rises to the top to the stained area. Blot with a clean damp cloth to finish. Try to keep a viscose rug in a cool and dry location…
What do artificial silk, art. silk, banana silk, viscose, bamboo silk, allo silk, cactus silk, soya silk, modal, cuprammonium, lyocell, triacetate, and acetate have in common? They are all a type of rayon manufactured from regenerated cellulose.
Designers have embraced the silk-like look of rayon for garments, upholstery fabrics, and area rugs. But rayon rugs present many challenges for rug cleaners, as this fiber doesn’t hold up to foot traffic and consumer do-it-yourself spotting/cleaning.
Our cutest companions are also some of our messiest. Here’s some help.
Your dogs, lovable scamps that they are, will commit all manner of unspeakable crimes against your carpeting, your furniture, their toys and anything else they can get to, which makes it a very good thing indeed that they’re so cute. In my role as a cleaning advice columnist, I’m asked no small number of questions about cleaning up after beloved pets; here, I’ve rounded up reader queries about dogs and the adorable, smelly messes they make…
Pet Poop! 3 MUST HAVES to Get Stains, Smell Out & Repel Future Accidents!
In this episode, I show you my top three picks for taking out that pet stain or accident from your carpet or hard floors. Nature’s Miracle will repel your pet from future staining due to its propriety smell. Vinegar is a great stain remover. And I use Out – Oxy Fast to really get that grime off the carpet…
Removing Urine, Feces and Vomit Stains From Carpets
Though I like to use natural remedies first, sometimes it’s just nice to grab a bottle of one of these sprays and get the job done.
Based on my experience (and by experience I mean my stepping in, using them and cleaning the urine up) these commercial products work….
Deep Cleaning Carpet Tips To Remove Very Dirty Carpet Stains
There are many ways that you can remove carpet stains, but it is to your advantage to be educated and armed with some tried and true techniques and methods…
Whether you’re rearranging or moving out, heavy furniture can leave behind quite the unattractive footprint on your carpet — and the longer the furniture has been there, the harder it is to persuade those carpet fibers to spring back into shape. So instead of laying on the floor with various carpet cleaning tools for hours on end, try this super simple method instead.
*”Wow! This company is amazing! I had a large coffee spill on a light colored rug. Another company tried three times to get the stain out and couldn’t get it out. They suggested I hire a moving company to take it to their warehouse. There had to be a better solution. Thank goodness a friend suggested FiberCare and they got the stain out instantly! In addition, they were attentive, kind, honest, professional and responsible!” – Paige”
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Fabric Protection & Cleaning Services for Upholstery, Draperies, Rugs and Carpet.
There are many ways that you can remove carpet stains, but it is to your advantage to be educated and armed with some tried and true techniques and methods to remove the top five carpet stains that can present you with a larger challenge if they are not treated with the proper care when they occur.
Here’s the thing about carpeting: the plush, dense fibers we love to feel underfoot are also really great at clinging to dust, dirt, smoke, pet odor, and whatever other grime comes through the door.
This carpet cleaner was great. No discoloration, no sticky feeling on your feet after its been cleaned, no sticky feeling when pouring it. No awful, toxic chemical smell, just a nice fresh scent and powerful cleaning abilities. I tried it, as directions said, with 1 oz per 1 gallon of water and used my upright steam cleaning carpet shampooer. You could see the difference after one go over, and more so when I was finished. My carpet is cleaner than it has been in a long time. I really like this cleaner. It got my Very Dirty Carpets clean again!
