glass pendants in kitchen - constantly need cleaning?
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13 years ago- 13 years ago
We have glass pendants hung in front of two windows in our kitchen: one over the sink and one over a matching window on the same wall.
The sink one is closest to the range and we don't have a vent (don't tell anyone; I'm sure it's truly embarrassing). That shade does get greasy but it's fairly easy to remove and I take it down every month or six weeks and wash it. The other one I've only cleaned a couple of times in two years.
Here are a couple of pictures. In real life, the pendants don't disappear as much as it looks like they do in the first picture.
From Finished Kitchen
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hi st8hair..
I have 2 glass pendants over my peninsula...they don't get greasy but they do get dusty. Hubby and I team up and clean them about every 2 weeks.. Not difficult but I feel better if he helps me take the glass down. I'm a klutz!
My sister has a single pendant over her sink. I don't think it shows the dust so much because it isn't clear glass, like mine. I don't believe it gets greasy, because it's across from her stove.
Here's mine...
here's sister's...
KA:)
- 13 years ago
We have glass pendants over the island -- one directly over the sink and one to each side. We also have a glass canopy on our range hood. I haven't found that eithr get greasy, but they definitely do get dusty. I usually don't clean them every week, but probably every other week, or when they really bother me.
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- 13 years ago
Here are my clear glass pendants(there's actually a third one in the row, but can't find a good pic of it). I don't particularly notice them getting dusty, but maybe that's because they're closed in as opposed to open on the top, or maybe I just choose to ignore it!! In any event, they probably get dusted off once a month.
- 13 years ago
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