With Spring’s arrival, allergy season has arrived for many people as well. Unfortunately, if you’re not maintaining your bedding properly, those same allergies may still be bothering you until next Spring. The most important part of maintaining your bedding is keeping it clean and protected.
With the warmer weather approaching, it’s time to have those heavy winter bedding items professionally cleaned and stored away for next winter. Professional cleaning removes any contaminants that may damage your bedding during storage and also eliminates problems such as mildew or mold that are associated with moisture from improperly drying the bedding before storage.
When you put your heavy winter bedding into storage, there are a few things to consider. If the storage room where you intend to keep your bedding is subject to changes in temperature, you may want to avoid plastic storage tubs. Why? The changes in temperature will cause the moisture in the air to condense inside these tubs and this can result in damage to your expensive bedding. If you can’t store your bedding in a temperature controlled area, like an indoor closet of your home, I highly recommend considering the use of breathable storage containers that will allow the moisture to escape.
When considering storage options, you should also consider the safety of your bedding from animals and insects. There’s no worse feeling in the world than unpacking the heirloom quilt your grandmother stitched by hand, only to find a family of mice has made it a home or that moths have chewed through every patch. Discourage the invasion of mice, insects and other pests by using mothballs and other repellant’s in your storage area and keeping your storage containers elevated rather than sitting flat on the ground.