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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.

Upwey is properly in the hills, on the Belgrave line, with bush blocks, steep driveways and homes tucked under heavy tree cover. Wood heaters are still common and so is genuine winter damp.

Bush living puts a specific mix into your carpet: fine bark, gum litter, ash from the wood heater and clay from unsealed paths. Ash in particular is alkaline and fine enough to work deep into the pile, and it dulls a carpet quickly.

Drying takes longer up here than almost anywhere else we work. Shade, elevation and cooler air mean we plan for more air movement as standard rather than treating it as an extra.

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.