Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Stand by your bedsides!

Just thought I'd issue a friendly seasonal warning to all those who will be having friends or family coming to stay during the Christmas period. We all know how useful the bedside cabinet can be as somewhere to put lamps, books, clocks, spectacles and so on but I thought I'd mention an experience that happened in our house a few years ago.

This tale involved shall we say a more senior member of the family. Last thing at night they would remove their dentures and put them into a cup of Steradent denture cleaner. The trouble was that on this particular night they had filled their cup a little too much and, not having their spectacles on, didn't realise some of the contents had spilled onto the bedside cabinet.

By morning the denture cleaner had removed all the paintwork (did I mention our bedsides were painted?) right down to the woodwork. I have since used the same denture cleaner as an effective but gentle way to clean all kinds of furniture! My point is, just be careful to put a cover such as a neat lace doilie (with furniture protector underneath) on furniture if you think it might be 'at risk.'

By the way, talking of bedsides, I guess you'll have checked out the selection of bedsides on the website of RightPriceFurniture.