Sunlight is great for picnics, and photos, and for keeping your cat warm as it sprawls on the floor. But when those potent UV rays hit your furniture, they get nasty. Northern Beaches Carpet Cleaning experts have observed that long exposure to sunlight damage causes fabrics to fade, darken, lose their vibrant colors, or even become weaker over time. As how your favorite t-shirt fades after too many days at the beach, so too can your upholstery meet the same fate.

So what’s to be done about it? Well, just as you wouldn’t go out without a trusty hat on a blazing day, your furniture needs some sun-savvy strategies. Curtains and blinds are the sunglasses for your home. They are simple but effective barriers between invasive sunbeams and your cherished furniture. Open them in the morning. Close them in the afternoon. Voilà! Sun 101.

Yet it’s not only a matter of drawing curtains. In terms of strategic furniture placement, it also helps to shift things around. If that comfortable couch or trendy chaise lounge appears to be residing in the sun all day long, move it. If it seems like you’re playing a game of musical chairs with your decor, that’s partly because you are! But it sure beats returning home to a living room that looks like it was cooked under a cosmic tanning lamp all summer.

Consider getting UV-protective window films. These can be seen as a kind of ‘sunscreen’ for your panes of glass. They keep out the light while letting your room retain its natural ambiance during both day and evening — that way, furniture doesn’t need to lose its natural color just because the lighting is dim. Your furniture stays looking great, and you’ve got natural light — win-win!

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119 Fiddens Wharf Rd, Killara NSW 2071
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