Why Worry About Cleaning When You Can Buy Carpets That Won't Show Dirt?
Something is happening to me the older I get. I am sounding more and more like my mother every day that goes by. That is not necessarily a good thing for those that don't appreciate...oh...how shall I say it... BLUNT.
I found myself in a lovely home with buyers not too long ago. The home fit what they were looking for to a T. And it was so well maintained. There were barely off-white carpets that were practically gleaming. The comment from them both was something to the effect of, "These carpets would show every stain our kids made. We need something that doesn't show dirt."
Okay, I don't have kids, but I have five indoor cats. They love to deposit hair balls on our carpets and occasionally, they do have something that sticks to their fur when they leave the litter box that they love to use our carpet to wipe off. Did I mention my carpets are neutral and don't have stains on them?
What's the big secret? We don't hire a carpet cleaning company to come to our home every month. No. We have a spot cleaner. It's awesome. When we see a mess, we clean it up. Sounds really complicated, doesn't it? And if it's one of those butt-dragging incidents, we bring out our own steam cleaner and do the entire area in question. Why? We like our carpets to look clean and actually BE clean. After all, we walk around barefoot in the house. The small jobs take about five to ten precious minutes out of my life to eradicate from the carpet. And rarely do we have big jobs if we are keeping up with the small jobs.
So having carpets that hide dirt may make your house look cleaner than it is, but the idea of leaving dirt in your carpet is just gross. With all the formulas, potions and removal devices on the market, there isn't a stain you can't remove. But if you still feel the need to get around cleaning, maybe we can start a new trend in real estate. Perhaps a dirt floor and stone walls would interest those that find cleaning to be too hard?
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