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Nobody Cleans Their Curtains, and the Reason Is Always the Same

Taking curtains down is a two-person job with a ladder, and rehanging them straight afterwards is worse. So they hang there quietly filtering every bit of airborne dust in the house, year after year.

Ferntree Gully sits in the foothills of the Dandenongs, and the bush is the defining factor. Sloping blocks, mature gums overhead, and homes that are mostly sixties and seventies brick veneer.

Shade is the other factor. Tree cover keeps these houses cool and damp through winter, which slows natural drying and is why we bring more air movement to jobs in the Gully than we would to an open block in the west. It is also why mould and musty odours come up more often in conversation here.

Bark, leaf litter and fine grit come inside constantly, and because the blocks slope, a lot of homes have a back door that opens onto damp ground. That combination puts more abrasive soil into carpet here than in a flat suburb with a paved yard.

The heading tape at the top collects the worst of it, because that is where the fabric bunches into permanent folds. It is also the part nobody can see from inside the room, which is why curtains that look acceptable from the sofa are still releasing dust every time they are drawn.

Open out a pleat and look at the fabric inside the fold. It has been shielded, and the colour difference against the exposed face is usually more than people expect. That difference is exactly what comes out, and cleaning on the rail means the hang and the hem line stay precisely where they are.