Care and maintenance

Tips for Maintenance and care

We think it's great that you have chosen a handmade artisan product from us. Before an item leaves our doors, we do a final quality check to ensure that your purchase leaves in perfect condition and that you can enjoy it for as long as possible.

If you want to keep your unique item beautiful for as long as possible, it is important to continue to take good care of it. In the product information of each product you will always find tips for maintenance and care so that your beautiful things remain beautiful for a long time.

Below are the most important tips listed per category. Of course you can always contact us if you have any questions about maintenance or use. We are happy to give you advice!

Maintenance & Care of wicker bags

Reed is an easy product to use and maintain because it is made from natural materials and has a long tradition of use. Our wicker bags are hand-woven from natural materials, namely the palm leaves of palm trees. This means that every wicker bag is a natural product and is easy to maintain. Each wicker bag is unique, because every braider works slightly differently.

Tips to keep your product beautiful for a long time:

• do not use aggressive products such as perfume or cleaning products
• wicker bags are sturdy and strong but have their limits; too much content can damage your wicker bag; So it is better not to have 8 full bottles in your bag, but a bag full of sports equipment, beach equipment or fruit is easy
• you can regularly spray the leather of the handles and compartments with a caring product; For more tips for leather, see the leather maintenance tips below
• You can easily knock sand off reeds
• If your coffee mug has started to leak or a container of red fruit has been crushed: immediately wipe your bag with a damp cloth with water on both the inside and outside, as everything can leak through the bag.
• your wicker bag has become wet: simply let it dry on its own, but not directly near a heat source

Care leather products

We use premium leather and especially naturally tanned leather for our bags and accessories. This means that it is leather that has been tanned with natural substances such as flowers, bark, roots and fruits such as chestnut, oak bark and olive leaf. Naturally tanned leather is often more expensive because the tanning process takes longer and is more laborious. But a very important advantage is that it does not use chemically harmful substances. So it's better for you and nature.

Natural leather is a beautiful material. Not only because it is natural and environmentally friendly, but also because it is soft and flexible but also breathable. It has an open structure that over time develops a beautiful patina, a small shine that gives the leather a deeper color. Good leather also smells really good, is supple but also strong.

Tips to keep your product beautiful for a long time:

• use the product a lot: leather becomes more beautiful with use

• use a good dirt and water-repellent spray that is suitable for the type of leather: check whether you have naturally tanned or chrome tanned leather and test the spray on a small piece to ensure that you do not get any stains
• then use this spray before using the product and then regularly
• do not let leather dry near a heater; rather let it dry on a clean towel with possibly a newspaper or towel in it to absorb moisture
• do not use aggressive products such as perfume or cleaning products
• use appropriate products such as sprays or brushes for stains
• store a leather product that you are not using in the supplied dust bag or in a cotton cover so that it is protected against moisture and dirt; do not place a leather bag in a plastic bag because the bag will sweat and this can affect the structure and shape of the leather

Jewelry Care

In our studio in Vinkeveen we use high-quality materials such as gold-plated and silver, pearls and gemstones. To maintain the timeless shine of your gold-plated jewelry with pearls and gemstones, we give a few easy tips to keep your jewelry beautiful for a long time.

Tips to keep your product beautiful for a long time:

• store your jewelry in a soft bag or box to prevent damage
• clean pearls and gemstones regularly with a soft cloth for extra shine and to maintain their natural beauty
• remove your jewelry when applying perfume, lotion or sunscreen
• Remove your jewelry when exercising, sleeping and using water such as showering or swimming

Quality control

Our products are made with love and by hand in our workshop. We use natural high-quality materials that have inherent characteristics: leather, for example, may have a small imperfection, the reed may be braided more tightly or loosely and one pearl is slightly different in shape than the other. That's part of the materials. It also ensures that each product is unique due to the specific properties of the materials.

Each product undergoes a quality check before shipment, during which we do a final check. If you find something or have a question, please contact us: info@sa-design.nl so that we can find a solution in consultation.