The hardest home decor to clean – 9 items expert cleaners avoid

A brown sofa with a lighter brown shag rug. / Close up of a wooden wall shelf with a gold framed picture and a black vase of dried small flowers. Another shelf above with the bottom of a woven basket visible / A white sofa with throw pillows in front of a decorated console table.

When we decorate our homes we rarely think about the upkeep in favor of realizing our perfect Pinterest boards. 

However, there are several home decor pieces we might naturally gravitate towards that are making maintaining and cleaning our homes ten times harder than it could be – and they aren't always worth the effort, professional cleaners warn.