haha... love the floor boards idea. Or maybe tiles so we can hose this place out now & then? hahaha.

We all spill our coffee! I just think stains are a part of life. They show the carpet has had a family on them & they have a life. I think personally it is more helpful just to be grateful we have a room (BB) & not look so carefully at the stains - as we are all of us guilty of spilling coffee sometimes..
And there's always that person that insists on drinking coffee in the carpeted room LOL. Often in the wobbliest of teacups too. Delicate subjects are raised and then the teacup gets knocked right out of their hand!

The demographic has changed, and the orientation has changed.
Yeah I think that's what it is. It's that the audience is so much larger and wider now.

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