Ah, there is nothing like relaxing on your sofa after hard day at work. Turn the TV or music on, get a drink and think pleasant thoughts. Well, not if the sofa smells like your dog, or if the kids spilled coke on it again. We bring our sofas and other upholstered furniture into our homes for our comfort and as an investment in the future of our property,  so we need to try to extend its life, maintain it  and keep it clean the best way we can.

Upholstery today comes in a range of fabrics and materials. The choice is huge, and fashions change, but the furniture is not getting cheaper. We are aware that our furniture will reflect our style of life and our values, so it is important that we choose high quality and great design pieces. The best furniture is made to last, so investing a bit more to buy the best we can afford will pay in the long run.

Regardless of how much we paid for it, once we bring our upholstered furniture into our home, it will be exposed to our way of life: children, dogs, messy relatives, food fights, and accidents. In best of circumstances, just by regular use, the fabric of the upholstery will get dirty and will have to be cleaned.

Since furniture is smaller than carpets, many people are tempted to clean it themselves. In fact, the risk is much greater when attempting to clean upholstery than cleaning the carpet yourself. Upholstery fabrics come in a large variety of fibers, some natural, other synthetic, they can be colored with natural dyes that are fast or are not. Your furniture can be made of jacquard fabrics, or of leather or suede, or raw silk. Sometimes you will have all necessary information about your furniture upholstery fabric, but most of the time you will have no idea what is it made of. So, in order to save few dollars, you are risking using a fabric cleaner that will make your sofa fabric shrink, or loose color in spots, or loose shape.

Professional upholstery cleaners have advantage of training and experience. They will do the research to find out what is the best method for cleaning of your particular piece of furniture. They have a range of products at hand and they know which works best with each fabric. Their experience speaks much more than any labels on the bottles. They will do sensitive pieces by hand, painstakingly removing stains and restoring the beauty of your treasures.

Professional upholstery cleaners have much more powerful machines for your upholstery cleaning, using much less water than you would, so your furniture will be back in use in just few hours. They also know which chemicals are dangerous for your health and will not expose your family to dangers of chemical residue.

If you live in Calgary, check the website of Oxy-Genie, reputable and experienced carpet and upholstery cleaners, who will happily take care of your investment for years to come. They use the latest techniques and only the safest chemicals that exist on the market.