A few months ago Matt and I picked up new curtains for our family room at IKEA. They are lined and I just love them. What I don’t love about them is the horrible creases and wrinkles that are in them from where they were folded in the packaging. The tag on the curtains says you can iron them, so I did just that. I took them down and painstakingly ironed the curtains and hung them back up. In less than 24 hours the creases were back. What the, wha??? Talk about frustrating. I decided that I would give our HomeRight SteamMachine Plus a try! The SteamMachine Plus has a detachable hand-held steamer and in conjunction with squeegee/fabric steamer attachment I crossed my fingers.
You can see that these curtains aren’t your normal IKEA curtains, they are a very heavy weight. I half expected the creases and wrinkles to fall out over time, but they didn’t and I’m pretty sure had no intention of going anywhere!
I filled the water reservoir on the steamer, waited for the blue light, and started steaming. I ended up turning up the steam on the machine to get the wrinkles to come out more efficiently!
I am so excited to report in no time flat my curtains were hanging beautifully!
I’m actually a little irritated that I didn’t try this sooner!
Not only are the wrinkles and creases gone but the curtains open wider than they did before allowing more daylight into the room! YAY!
I have SO many things I could use this steamer on. Wonderful contest!
I do a lot of home sewing, and this would come in handy especially on my curtains!
I hate ironing and would use this on dress clothes! Thanks!
What a great idea! Now all I need is a steamer to be able to get the wrinkles out of the new Ikea drapes for my sun room!
I could use this to help in the making of a petticoat for the wedding of a friend.
I have horrid wrinkles in our living room curtains. I thought they would eventually go away too, but like yours, mine are still standing firm!
Have u had any luck getting wrinkles out of your curtains? I bought new ones and i have steamed and iron and still no luck getting rid of creases.
curtain saver for sure! (and wallpaper steamer)
would love to freshen and press curtains and clothing.
I am a teacher and I have an entire under the bed box full of cardigans that often come out wrinkled. I would use this steamer to save me time and wrinkles in the mornings!
I love this idea….cause I hate to iron!!
I must have this!!! I can think of about 3000 different places I could use it. I really love ironing actually so this would be like extra fun ironing!
I would use for curtains and anything and everything else that I can!
Cleaning I’ve used my sister’s I think it’s time I get my own
Anything to help cut down on ironing has my vote!
Great tip Jacque. Pinned.
Oh, my gosh! Those are so gorgeous and even more so after you steamed them. I’m so in for anything that makes it easier to iron. 🙂
I just bought new curtains last week — and they’re horribly wrinkly! Would love to have a tool to iron them out.
Oh my gosh, I have been wanting a steam dryer so bad! But obviously that is a little pricey. So I’ve been looking at a steamer that could do blankets, clothing, and CURTAINS! This would be perfect!
They look great! That thing is awesome! I love steam.
Oh my goodness, I need that!!! I actually removed all my curtains and ironed them….. and yet I still see annoying creases! A steam machine would be perfect!
Oh wow. Why the heck haven’t I thought of this!? I don’t have a Home Right steamer, but, I do have a hand held garment steamer. I bought my curtains 3 years ago. They have been washed. They STILL have the creases from packaging!!!! I will be trying this tomorrow! Thank you for the post =) I’m pinning!