Coming home with a brand new piece of mirrored furniture in your hands can be a very pleasant experience. Mirrored furniture pieces, whether they are contemporary, Art Deco mirrored furniture or any other type of antique mirrored furniture, can make your room look bigger and brighter by way of reflective light. Furniture pieces like end tables, hallway tables, armoires, and bureaus will give off an air of elegance and sophistication when covered in mirrors but all of that can be ruined by the sight of an unseemly palm print, dust or a dirt smudge.
Glass, especially of the reflective variety, has a tendency to get dirty quickly. Soon after you set up your brand new, fresh out of the box, furniture mirror you will suddenly find it smeared with your oily fingerprints. If you have children roaming the house you can expect to find your mirrored furniture covered in tiny hand prints (maybe even some foot prints from time to time) almost every week. It is absolutely essential, if you want to keep the charm of the mirrors, that you clean your pieces whenever they show signs of grime and oil smudge.
It may be a pain in the neck to clean all of your mirror furniture pieces regularly but if you don’t do it they are going to start looking shabby and disgusting faster than you can say: “I love my black mirrored furniture.” Make an effort to clean your pieces at least once a month (sometimes twice if you use them with regularity) so that you can avoid ruining your entire room’s décor through your laziness.
Not sure how you to clean your furniture once it gets dirty? Here’s what you need:
When it comes to cleaning glass you’re best friend is a bottle of Windex. This is true whether you have pricey antique or cheap mirrored furniture pieces. A bottle of Windex and a few hand rags or paper towels can go a long way to cleaning anything made out of glass in your home, like glass table tops and windows. Just don’t use it on plastic items like computer or television screens. Windex is a blend of chemical cleaning agents that work particularly well to remove dust, dirt, oil, and grime from anything with a glossy finish.
If you’re not into the whole Windex thing you can use a simple blend of vinegar and water to wipe down your mirrors. The vinegar does a good job of dissolving dirt and debris as you wipe down your pieces. If you can’t stand the smell of vinegar you can always use something like dish soap and water. Any kind of chemical cleaning agent will do the trick but the farther you stray from Windex’s formula the streakier your glass will be when you’re all done.
