I'm thinking about doing the curtains since we are getting warm weather again. I don't know if I should launder them or just do 'the shake'. I'll probably put them in the washer since most are over heat ducts. I like to do the rugs too. I have an electric rug cleaner. I don't use it a lot as only a few of our rooms have wall to wall carpet, but it freshens up the rugs and makes it smell nice in here. You wouldn't believe what comes out of rugs! The berber where I am sitting now doesn't look that bad for being almost 15 yrs old. I would like to replace it in the next 5 yrs, but that would mean moving about 300 books and tons of other stuff.