I wouldn't bother unless they're really filthy. I was going to be charged a kings ransome for my cream ones to be dry cleaned so I just gave them a good shake and rehung them. No one noticed and they look fine.
Won't be this year I'm afraid, Tilly......curtains are fairly new and vacuumed often.....and I don't have a dog.....and smoking is only allowed in the smoking arbour..... brolly provided in winter.... ;-)
Fair enough... It was worth the risk for me, as replacing them wouldn't have been much more than dry-cleaning them, but now I know they are Ok, I can do it whenever. Like you, mine had dog hair on, where the dog makes a hammock out of them over the settee and radiator :-)
Fair enough Tilly, although I do think some people just do this sort of thing because, rather than it's needed.
I've said before, I've never washed a curtain, or had any dry cleaned. What's the point if they're not dirty?
My living room curtains, and bedroom curtains, are all cream and have been up for more than 15 years, no washing or cleaning, look like they were hung last year. Scrutiny with your specs on will reveal no muck.
I have posted this thread having already taken the curtains to be cleaned.
I just wanted to know if I had been quoted a 'standard' price in comparison to other parts of the country.
I really don't understand why they are so expensive to dry clean...