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What to Do if You Chose the Wrong Carpet

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What to Do if You Chose the Wrong Carpet By Cheryl Simmons Choosing the right carpet can be difficult, for a number of reasons. It can be hard to pick a color from a tiny swatch, and some carpet salespeople out there are less than helpful. Or perhaps you were trying to replace your carpet in time for an upcoming event, and were therefore limited in your options of what was available at the time. Whatever the reason, you’ve ended up with a carpet that you don’t like. What can you do about it? Don’t Panic The first step is to remain calm. That may be hard to do when you’re looking at a carpet that you don’t like and you’re thinking of the amount of money you just spent on it. But, take a deep breath. It’s only carpet; and it can be changed. The options available to you, to change your carpet, will depend on what stage of the process you were at when you realized that you’ve chosen the wrong carpet. Obviously, if you’re feeling like you aren’t sure of the ...

How to Reduce Dust in Your House

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  How to Reduce Dust in Your House  by wikiHow Dust is an accumulation of small particles that include bits of cloth fibers, paper, hair, pet dander, skin cells, dirt, and more. Too much dust can lead to allergies and other health problems, so it's a good idea to keep it under control. Fortunately, there are a variety of simple steps you can take to reduce the amount of dust that's in your home. Method One of Four: Filtering the Air 1) Clean or upgrade your air filters. If your house is heated and/or cooled by a central system, you can change the filters as a means of controlling dust levels in your air. Dust will continue to build up in your home, but a quality filter can slow down the rate of dust accumulation. A standard air filter will only filter big particles from the air to prevent damage to your heating or cooling systems. To reduce dust, it is recommended that you use high-quality paper or pleated fabri...

What are those white spots on your rug?

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Rug White Know (What You Need To Know)   by the Rug Chick “My rug has white dots in the field, is this damage?” Three Turkish weavers at their rug loom.(Courtesy of Tempe Rugs & Cultural Tours www.TempleRugs.com.au.) Many rug cleaners, and rug owners for that matter, do not know that the “100% WOOL RUG” in front of them (that is what the label says) often has a very large amount of COTTON in it. In the loom photo above, Turkish weavers are weaving a wool rug. You can see very clearly that cotton has been strung up on the loom as the warps (fibers running the LENGTH of the rug) and that cotton is also being used as the wefts (fibers running the WIDTH of the rug in between the rows of knots to hold them in place). If the hand woven rug you are looking at has white cotton fringe, those tassels are the warps that run from that end all the way through to the opposite side. It is literally what the wool pile strands are twisted around to create that rug’s ...