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Q&A: Decorating a house that is easy to clean?

Question by Joy Totheworld: Decorating a house that is easy to clean?
Outside and inside. Furniture and just general suggestions?

I’m not lazy. I have (diagnosed) CCD. Although I am receiving treatment, it would just make my life a lot easier, if my future house was easier to clean.

Any tips, advice and suggestions would be awesome. Thank you in advance <3
*OCD

Best answer:

Answer by mycathouse
Inside
Floors: Hardwood floors and tile floors are very easy to keep super clean, much easier than carpet. If grout gets your panties in a bunch, consider using vinyl sheet flooring in your kitchen and bathroom. It doesn’t look as nice, but is very easy to maintain.
Decor: Add color with nice, easy to dust framed pictures/paintings/prints rather than a lot of little knicknacks. A few easy to wash throw pillows can really spark up a room in place of other harder to clean decor. Avoid plants, both real and plastic, as they get very dusty and cause issues with watering and dirt. Jazz up a focal wall with wild wallpaper or paint to give your room pizzaz instead of cluttering things up with a lot of separate decorative items.
Bedroom: Make sure your comforter is washable, as are any throw pillows. Avoid hard to dust blinds in favor of rollershades, which when up disappear under the window treatments, so don’t worry how they look. I actually used kits from a fabric store and extra sheets that matched our bedding to make gorgeous rollershades…so easy to dust!
Furniture: Avoid furniture such as wall units with open shelves that get really dusty. Choose furniture with glass or wood doors instead. Make sure your a/v equipment is either behind glass doors or wire so you can keep it in a closet. (We just did that…it’s awesome!) Avoid glass tops on your tables, as they have to be cleaned constantly because they show every fingerprint and speck of dust. Make sure to have lots and lots of easily washable coasters around if you or others in your home like to carry drinks around. Don’t even think about buying rattan or anything with a woven texture…you’ll never feel like it’s clean. If you’re buying a glass curio cabinet to keep trinkets dust free, really check to make sure the cabinet seals well enough to do that, or you’ll be pulling everything out weekly to dust the shelves etc, and it defeats the purpose. Leather seating is awesome. Wipes clean 1-2-3 no matter what you spill on it.
Appliances: Avoid stainless steel appliances at all costs…they get fingerprints on them and will drive you nuts. Buy the largest washing machine you can fit and afford so you can fit comforters and pillows in there.

Outside: Avoid wood shingles or wood siding. Newer, upscale vinyls look great and wash down with a hose or power sprayer. Avoid windows with mullions (dividers) which give the windows a paned look. These are a pain to keep clean. Modern casement windows just wipe right down. Gutters will keep the rain from splattering mud and mulch up the side of your house, if you’re in an an area where that’s a problem. Choose outdoor furniture that does not require cushions and can be rinsed off with a hose or power washer.

Hope this helps for starts!

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Posted by Window Treatments - February 11, 2013 at 2:31 pm

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Sew A Beautiful Window: Innovative Window Treatments for Every Room in the House

Sew A Beautiful Window: Innovative Window Treatments for Every Room in the House

Sew A Beautiful Window: Innovative Window Treatments for Every Room in the House

A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Great Looks for Your Windows

Dress up any window with creative, unique, and attractive window treatments. Learn how to select the right fabric and hardware and how to sew everything from valances to pleated drapes. From casual to formal, the right window treatment can change a good room into a great room.

  • Easy to follow step-by-step instructions with helpful photos and illustrations
  • Covers a wide variety of window coverings and window shapes
  • Explores new, never before seen ideas
  • Includes “Inspirational Potpourri” for additional ideas

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Posted by Window Treatments - September 7, 2012 at 8:32 am

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Treat Your Window The Right Way

As much as you don’t want to admit it, whenever you visit some else’s house you tend to become a self proclaimed architect or interior designer. From the looks of the gate and the walls, the front porch and the garden, the main door, the receiving room of the house up to the most little piece of furniture there is, you find yourself with thoughts running in your head and you keenly criticize each and every one of them. Among the things you can observe in a house, the window is a favorite. It may be of standard size or may extend up to the ceiling, it has that ability to attract the people that pay trips to your home.

Window treatments have progressed a lot from the past years. It is no longer just a mere opening on the wall for an avenue of fresh air from the outside or an option to go in and out of the house if the door is not accessible. It has evolved into becoming an icon of character and style to one’s place. Basically, it is more stylish and functional now.

Under the umbrella of the window treatments belong the blinds, curtains, shades, coverings and sheers. These things also come in different colors to suit your personal taste. Other than that, the design scheme also includes a variety of textures just like paper, plastic, glass, grass and bamboo. There is a current campaign trend in utilizing environment friendly materials that are not only helping in saving mother earth but also provides natural beauty to whatever room you are decorating.

If you are creating a window for let us say a bedroom and you wish for consistency then you can opt for a monochromatic design. You can choose pieces from your room such as the color or design and inject it to the parts of your window. This way your room will look uniform and organized.

Investing time and effort in decorating a window will give fulfillment to the home owner most especially if he or she is very particular when it comes to function and aesthetics. Take care of those windows. You will never know what might go in through that someday.

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Posted by Sarah Moore - June 27, 2012 at 12:31 pm

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Nice Window Covering Ideas for House Decoration

You can consider having window covering for privacy. Choose the right covering that can fit with your budget, style, taste, and need. You can also consider about the brightness that you need in your room because each material has different intensity in preventing direct radiation.

1. Bedroom
Opaque blind is a perfect choose for bedroom window cover. For better opacity, you can choose fabric blinds or rigid horizontal blind.

2. Living room
You can prefer to have window cover that offers less privacy. The interior design of your house will be visible from outside.

3. Kitchen
It is better to have easy to maintenance cover. The recommendation for kitchen window cover is wood blinds. It is a lot better to have more rigid blinds for easy cleaning.

4. Bathroom
Get waterproof horizontal blinds for your bathroom because it is the best material for bathroom need.

The trend of window covering today is the minimalist model of covering.

Draperies are loaded with tassels and fringe to make the window looks good. If you are into minimalist decoration, you can choose bamboo blinds, Roman blinds, and other short of things.

One of the most popular cover is the exquisite gossamer sheers. It is a nice model with printed or embossed patterns. Velvet is another popular model for drapery. Sheers is very nice especially in brown color. You can also have long pleats for great decoration. Another fashionable decoration is draperies with grommets. Floor-length draperies are great to make the window looks amazing.

For children room, you can choose fun patterns to make the room livelier. Animal spots are great to make the room looks fun and comfortable. Your children will be happy to have such decoration.

Ceramic, metal, glass, and wood are popular for tie-backs, rods, and finials. They are like the jewelry of window curtain. You can use those materials as the accessories of window cover.

From all of the ideas above, I hope that you can make some changes for your windows. Having good-looking windows are very helpful to release stress and make the rooms feel comfortable.

You can use exterior window shades to make the windows look nice. They are also good in preventing direct UV radiation. I recommend you to have electric window shades for easier operation.

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Posted by Window Treatments - September 15, 2011 at 8:49 am

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Menards – Around The House – Window Treatments

Do you want to know how you can avoid costly custom made window treatments? Well, the video you are about to see will provide you all the information you need regarding window treatment and how you can install your vertical blinds.

The video will show you the different types of window that would best fit your own. Having this video, can help you on how you can have different designs when it comes to your window treatment.

After watching this video, you will know how you can install your window treatments by yourself. Step will be provided to help you learn more and be familiar with the installation process.

So enjoy and learn more about Menards- Around the House- Window treatments.

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Posted by Window Treatments - August 22, 2011 at 10:19 am

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Any ideas on how to come up with window treatments fast and cheap for my new house that has tons of windows?

Question by *me*: Any ideas on how to come up with window treatments fast and cheap for my new house that has tons of windows?
It is an old cottage with lots of charm. I plan on painting it all light, and sanding the wood floors light, so I want the curtains to be light too.

I need ideas for window treatments that are affordable, but creative. This house is covered with lots of windows, and I don’t know what I’m gonna do.

Best answer:

Answer by RdRedWine
you go to your local fabric store. buy inexpensive yards of fabric. Then you go to walmart and buy a curtain rod with metal clips fasteners (like clothesline clips but metal). if you want a finished look, hem the edges after you cut to size. Make slightly wider to accommodate the “pleats.”

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Posted by Window Treatments - August 10, 2011 at 4:49 pm

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