Furniture Cleaning Tips

Your hardwood furniture is made up of many pieces of wood.  Each is unique and you may notice natural variations in colour.  The lighter pieces were closer to the tree’s bark while the darker pieces were closer to the tree’s centre.  All one equally strong and import the beauty and value that make hardwood furniture unique.



To clean your furniture, use a soft damp cloth with a small amount of mild soap. Wipe immediately with a dry cloth.







Prolonged exposure to direct sunlight can cause fading of the finish.
Special attention should be paid to the storage of the table leaf as a noticeable difference will be apparent if the leaf is stored away from light and the table is exposed continuously.

                            


Avoid using commercial cleaning products on your furniture since this will cause yellowing.
Do not use window cleaners; they contain ammonia which attacks the lacquer.






Liquid left on the surfaces (for a period of more or less 24 hours) will cause the finish to peel and flake.
Avoid placing hot items directly on wood surface, this will damage the finish.
Avoid placing items with rubber feet or plastic placemat on your furniture; they leave indelible marks on the finish.








The ideal balance is to maintain the temperature around 21 deg.C (70 deg.F) and the relative humidity at 40% to prevent warping or splitting.

Positive effect of good home furnishings on your well being

Let's begin by reversing the situation in order to see what kind of impact lack of good quality, chic and stylish home furnishings along with a disorganized, clattered surrounding will have on your well being.

In my many years of direct dealing with thousands of customers, I have learnt one important lesson. “Those customers who purchased good quality, stylish furniture were always commenting that they were very happy with their purchase". Price is not always the issue when it comes to buying a good piece of furniture for your home. It is the right item that will make the difference. You need to first discover your style. How you want to present your home and then worry about the price.
Ok, back to furniture and your happiness!
You come home from a hard working day and you want to kick back and relax. But the sense of relaxation doesn't start in you since your home is cluttered around, your home furnishings looking boring and old, your decoration dates back to before you were born. So you run to your refrigerator, grub something and lose yourself to tv. Not healthy and it did not make you happy.

If the situation was other way around, where you had a clean, cozy and pleasant surrounding, as soon as you opened that door, you would Relax. You would take a good look around at your beautiful, nicely decorated environment and in your heart you will be thankful for having such a great place to call home. You then take your time, admire every room at your place and you are glad you are home. This in turn will take the stress away from you and you would wonder which room to be in.
Try firing up some incents, or dimming the lights, that will even make you feel better and relaxing.

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About Berkshire Furniture

A Berkshire Furniture is committed to bringing you quality furniture at very affordable prices.  Besides our good prices, our principal goal is to offer you the best customer service and a pleasant shopping experience.

 When you visit our showroom at Dixie & Dundas in Mississauga, you won’t feel like a customer.You’ll feel like you are right at home where there are no hassles and no pushy sales people around. It’s a very comfortable and cozy place, with prices that will get you excited right away. We have knowledgeable sales people who love to listen to you, find your needs and fulfill them.

      Through the course of so many years in the furniture business, we have learned that to be successful in business you have to "Treat your customers like you wish to be treated". Having this always in mind, we never try to sell you something we wouldn’t like for ourselves. Our objective is not just to make it a sale; it’s more to make a good friend for life.

Why Storage Beds Are Popular?

Like they say "The need is the mother of all creations", Storage beds are probably one of the best modern day home furnishing achievements.  Of course ever since condo buildings mushroomed all over around us, people of the city are locked into smaller places. Many young customers come to me and tell me they have a one bedroom condo around 400 to 500 sqft. They want a bed that will do A lot more than a place to give them enjoyment and comfort. They expect the bed to be there closet, dresser or chest of drawers too. And so, the need was created and after few years of ups and downs and bad designs, finally we can say that the manufacturers got it. Today in good furniture stores you can find variety of storage beds with all kinds of designs and functionality. Many young single people or newly starting couples live and work in down town Toronto or Mississauga and or any other large city. They enjoy being in the middle of it all and take in all the excitement of the city life. I love the downtown life myself, specially downtown Toronto. I think it is one of the best cities in the world and has so much to offer. Beautiful, modern condos are built around us and beautiful people live in them. Well beautiful people need beautiful furnishings for their home. Honestly I can say that Torontonians and specially young generations do have good tastes. I see the designers come to our store to shop for their clients, and then I see young women come the next day and without any support from a designer they pick the same thing. Other GTA cities are the same.

And they all love our storage beds. These days everyone is looking for furniture that will speak their needs. Be it a bed for a teenager or an elderly person. But storage beds have become very hot and it should be. This is a great idea. Why not have a bed that will keep you organized and tidy at the same time that it will give you comfort and looks great. See our storage beds on our site.

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