WDW&MK
07-04-2013, 10:23 PM
Hello,
I am cleaning out my mom's house as she is in a nursing home. There is an old curio cabinet/desk combo from my great-grandma. This piece was in storage for a number of years and developed a horrible old mildew/musty smell :ack: so that the desk part is really unusable (the desk part has a drop down writing surface and 3 pull out drawers). I feel terribly obligated to keep it as my mother was very adamant that we need to keep it in the family.
Anyone have any ideas on how to get this smell out?? I think it developed in storage because we live in Wisconsin and besides having the heat and humidity in the summer and the cold in the winter, the storage unit was by a lake adding to the humidty issues.
Thank you!!
Kari
I am cleaning out my mom's house as she is in a nursing home. There is an old curio cabinet/desk combo from my great-grandma. This piece was in storage for a number of years and developed a horrible old mildew/musty smell :ack: so that the desk part is really unusable (the desk part has a drop down writing surface and 3 pull out drawers). I feel terribly obligated to keep it as my mother was very adamant that we need to keep it in the family.
Anyone have any ideas on how to get this smell out?? I think it developed in storage because we live in Wisconsin and besides having the heat and humidity in the summer and the cold in the winter, the storage unit was by a lake adding to the humidty issues.
Thank you!!
Kari