Spring and cleaning seem to go in the same sentence. Maybe it is because we have cabin fever, although this winter we really had many nice days. Or it might be that the days are brighter and longer and we can really see dust that has accumulated over the past year. There are many parts of a house to clean, but I will speak only to window treatments.
The easiest treatments to clean are wood blinds and shutters. Yes they do collect dust like our wood furniture does, but if we dust them when we dust our furniture they will be much easier to keep clean. Use a lamb's
wool duster or a microfiber duster between each slat and you can get the top of one slat and the bottom of the other slat dusted at the same time. Dryer sheets can also be used to reduce the static cling and repel dust.
Honeycomb shades have an anti-static feature so they don't collect the dust and dirt like blinds might. But if they still need to be refreshed, use a brush attachment on your vacuum with low suction if you can. I would suggest you leave them installed in the window and vacuum them in place unless you are sending the draperies to the cleaners.
I recommend the brush attachment on the vacuum for most roman
shades, silhouette shades and pirouette shades. Usually window treatments are merely dusty and not dirty so getting the dust off is your goal.
Fabric treatments such as draperies, gathered panels and valances can be put in the dryer on air only with a dryer sheet to take the static and dust out of the fabrics. Do one panel at a time and hang back up promptly to avoid wrinkling the fabric. If the treatment is board mounted, be sure to vacuum the tops well and use the wand on your vacuum to get between the pleats.
Fabrics can be dry cleaned but do this infrequently because the dry cleaning process can take the "body" out of the fabric and may change the length.
Enjoy your newly clean window treatments!