Carpet is nasty.
There is no way around it.... you walk on it. You spill things on it. Animals pee on it. Toddlers do all sorts of things to it. It is full of dust and dirt. All sorts of stuff just seeps down into those fibers and lingers. And eventually it ends of looking like crap.
Our house is about half carpet. If it were up to me, we would rip that stuff out and replace it with polished concrete or something cool. I don't even want wood - too many things can mess up wood. Anyway, back to the disgusting carpet. Our master bedroom is carpeted as well as the entire upstairs.... including the bathroom - genius idea - right? I hate this carpet. It was brand new when we moved into the house 2 years ago, but I want it gone. I have horrible allergies and I don't even want to think about the amount of dust mites that are shacking up throughout my house.
The master bedroom is the baaad.... basically, Jake used our room as his puppy training area. I have tried zillions of cleaners and none of them really worked. So, the other day The Foundary had a Bissell sale. I snatched a Little Green Machine and it arrived on my front porch yesterday.
As soon as Miss A went down for her nap I went to town in that room.
I used ALL of the cleaning solution that came with the machine and that was not enough. I am pretty sure this is only supposed to be used to clean small areas, but I did the entire room. I won't go as far as to say that the carpet is as good as new, BUT it looks a heck of a lot better.
Want a glimpse as to what the crap looked like that came out of the carpet? Heck no will I show you what came out of MY carpet. But, I will show you a picture of someone elses nasty carpet water.
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I have a Green Machine too and I LOVE it! I thought it was a brilliant idea to buy a white rug for our living room with an 80 pound black lab and a 6 month old. BAD idea...however, that little Bissell makes me not go completely crazy because I know I can clean it! Glad you like yours!
We got a spotbot (pretty much the same thing, but navy) shortly after getting our dog 3 years ago and it has saved our carpet! I agree that all new pet owners should get one:)
As much as you hate your carpet, I hate our stained concrete. Our whole house is stained concrete, and while pretty, it is cold/HARD (for a baby/toddler)/and shows dust all.the.time. Even if I just finished mopping. Plus, of something falls, it's pretty much guaranteed broken. Yes, accidents are easily cleaned, but I still want fluffy soft carpet to roll around and play on with my toddler.
I want wood/tile/and CARPET in my house! ;)
But it does keep our house really really cool in the summer. ;) But I'm still terrified my kid will bust open his head on it. ;)
You should talk to my dad -- he's talking about ripping out the rest of the carpet in the downstairs and doing polished concrete with a marbled finish. They had polished concrete done in the den / entryway done about a year ago and it looks so nice! But I feel you on hating carpet -- my house is completely hardwood, laminate, and tile. Just the way I want it.
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