Art & Antiques: Cleaning tips to protect your valuables

I met a client during an in-home appraisal evaluation session who had raised six sons in a house with a pristine, fragile, and very valuable collection of antique glassware. Her ability to have boys share a house with fragile stemware prompted me to share my tips for protecting your valuables.

Valuable objects undefined art, antiques, and collectibles undefined have to live in a stable environment to remain in good condition. Here are some tips for keeping your home and your stuff in tip top, clutter-free shape.

Do serious cleaning first. Clean up the kind of dirt that comes in from outside like mud on your shoes, germs that can grow if you leave food out overnight, and the like. Clean it up.

Quick pick me up

How do I achieve this marvel of home cleanliness? About 10 minutes before I head off to bed, I do a quick clean up: Load the dishwasher, put away that jacket that I tossed on a chair when I had to take a phone call, put my gym shoes in the closet, etc. I don’t go full force. I just do a few little things to keep the house in order.

The next morning, I find the house is in reasonably good shape. This nighttime trick prevents the clutter from getting out of hand. When you have a big mountain of cleaning to do, it can be overwhelming. Tidy up!

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