I'm sure many of you stagers (and others readers) have come across a rug or carpet that has dents from a heavy piece of furniture sitting in place for a long period of time.  What do you do when you want to use the rug in another home - or rearrange the furnishings in your own home? 

You vacuum over and over and it seems to have no effect except making your back sore!  Keep the vacuum out for later, but there is a secret step that will rid the dents once and for all...

That secret is ice!

Take an ice cube and place it directly on the dented area of the carpet.  Now you'll need to wait until it melts.  Once it has melted you should wait for it to dry.  At that point vacuum the area where the dent is and the carpet should raise and look even again.  If it is still matted down, you may need to pull up the carpet, but the ice will have loosened the fibers enough to do that.

For larger dents you may try using several pieces of ice, but try not to get the area overly wet so the carpet gets soaked.

We just staged a home with a rug that had had a dining room table on it for some time.  We were now using it in the living room, and the coffee table was not large enough to cover the dents.  We put ice on the four dents after we unrolled the rug.  By the time we had the furnishings arranged in the room, the ice had melted, we vacuumed the spots, and the dents were gone.

Hope this secret works for you too!

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