Carpet

[helle]

Those old timers in the 1950's knew a thing or two when it came to family-friendly carpet. Those floral designs hid a multitude of sins... I mean stains. There is a pinkish red rose design on a pale grey background that I covet. You've got everything from wine stains to shoe polish camouflaged in that!

Vax. Yep, worth the outlay. The shampooing function requires a bit of fussing around attaching the clear tubing etc and it's slower than the professional guys pace... but it's done the trick for us.

That carpet you speak of... We have some of that. We used it to line the back of DHs ute for our camping trips! very hardy stuff!

[Bathsheba]

oooh this is torture! I hope one day they decide to reproduce those old designs... and maintain the quality... because yes! It is hardy! My PIL raised 5 kids on it and it still looked as good as the day it was laid 55 years later! They did how ever go through a phase of using those ugly clear plastic hall runner things over the top of it... this did help preserve it.

[Kazbah]

Bathsheba - check out the Axminster wool carpets - my parents just laid one like this.

[Bathsheba]

Oh yes I know about Axminster carpets! I've worked in two Parliament houses and walked on it daily as a catering assistant. I used to be amazed at how good it looked despite the traffic and food spills etc. I guess I would invest in it if we ever could afford it... but it's a bit like hoping to build with blue stone instead of timber! The pie-in-the-sky option! LOL