Sofa Cleaning in Gramercy, Manhattan

The living room sofa in a Gramercy apartment often faces a window over a quiet side street, and it is where the day ends: the newspaper, a cup of tea, a cat in the corner, family on the weekend.

The work happens in your living room. Seams and the deck under the cushions are vacuumed first. Each mark then gets a product chosen for it, and the full sofa is cleaned in a way the fabric can handle.

Many Gramercy sofas are classic designs in cotton, linen or wool blends, sometimes with skirts and piping. We clean the skirt and the piping too, since dust collects along the bottom edge.

Tea, coffee and wine are the spills we see most. If a spill is fresh, blot it with a plain white towel and do not rub. Call us soon, because fresh stains come out far more easily.

Cats love the arms of a sofa. Their fur is brushed out, the smell is neutralized, and the arms are cleaned with a soft touch so loose threads are not pulled.

Loose cushions are cleaned on both sides, and zipped covers are cleaned on the cushion so they keep their shape. Feather-filled seat cushions are handled with very little moisture, then fluffed so they dry full rather than flat.

Sun from tall prewar windows can fade one side of a sofa. Turning the cushions and drawing the shades on bright afternoons helps.

Some Gramercy apartments and townhouses have a working fireplace. A sofa that faces it can pick up a fine gray film of soot over the winter, which a standard vacuum spreads rather than removes. A dry soot sponge comes first, then the cleaning.

Tufted and button-back sofas hide dust in every fold. We work each tuft by hand, so the buttons stay tight.

Expect the fabric to be dry by late afternoon. Because the products are eco-safe and non-toxic, the cat can reclaim its spot by evening.

Matching armchairs can be booked through Gramercy upholstery cleaning, and the Gramercy page lists the rest. Below 14th Street, we serve East Village couches too. Phone 1-800-589-4364 for your free quote.