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<p>[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 63390, member: 103"]Mansons - I know <i>exactly </i>what your home looks like.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Greg - were she still around, I'd lend you my grandmother. In the spring, she took up all the Orientals (replaced by those big rushy type rugs), and beat the h--l out of them on a couple of clotheslines (strength, you know). Then they were washed and dried. Dunno how or with what. When dried, they were rolled up and put in the attic until fall. Slipcovers and curtains got the same treatment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone do that anymore??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 63390, member: 103"]Mansons - I know [I]exactly [/I]what your home looks like. And Greg - were she still around, I'd lend you my grandmother. In the spring, she took up all the Orientals (replaced by those big rushy type rugs), and beat the h--l out of them on a couple of clotheslines (strength, you know). Then they were washed and dried. Dunno how or with what. When dried, they were rolled up and put in the attic until fall. Slipcovers and curtains got the same treatment. Does anyone do that anymore??[/QUOTE]
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