Carpet provides good traction, absorbs noises, and saves homeowners money because it naturally insulates a room.
Most rug and carpet dirt is tracked in from outside. Dirt is an abrasive. Every time you walk on your rug, dirt grinds deeper into its wool or silk fibers.
A good spring cleaning is a tradition that promotes wellness by keeping your environment clean and organized for you and your family.
With holiday entertaining in mind, we thought the following tips may be of interest to you.
Take your time when you vacuum a carpet, especially a plush carpet in which dirt is sure to be deeply embedded. One pass with a high-powered upright is not enough. Go over each section of carpeting several times, and work slowly to allow the suction to remove all the ground-in dust and dirt.
The oldest, single, surviving knotted carpet in existence is the Pazyryk carpet, excavated from a frozen tomb in Siberia, dated from the 5th to the 3rd century BC, now in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
You can remove pet hair from furniture and carpets with a squeegee. Try it!