The first 3 years we lived in our house my children only hung out in the basement, their playroom and our bedrooms. Therefore they really only had the opportunity to destroy rooms that were kid friendly. Then kid #3 showed up and it was necessary to move some toys into our family room so that they could play while we were making (aka heating up) dinner, cleaning the kitchen, etc. And when they aren't playing with toys they are lounging on our nice family room couches.
Last weekend my daughter came home from a birthday party covered in spray chalk and headed right to the family room couch to rest. And the very next morning I was mid workout when I was getting panicked text messages from my husband that it looked like spray chalk had gotten all over our couch.
I've been meaning to get my couches cleaned for awhile now so that was the perfect opportunity, although I would rather not have blue chalk on any of my furniture. Part of the reason it had taken me so long was that I didn't know who to go to. I had a few great carpet cleaners, but wasn't sure if they would be best for couches.
I got a few recommendations via Yelp and friends. Eric ended up getting the business because he was super responsive and said he could be over that very day! His prices also seemed too good to be true in comparison to the others, but it turns out they were true. He couldn't have been nicer and is clearly a hard worker since he was working on my couches until past 8pm on a Thursday evening. He got the chalk out right away and got them back into looking (almost) as good as when we purchased them. Since he had come so late in the day he only did the family room couches and chairs, but I definitely plan on calling Eric to clean the rest of the couches in my house. read more