Don’t Ruin Your Carpets By Making These Carpet Cleaning Mistakes

Of all the domestic cleaning chores that have to be done in a home, carpet cleaning is the one that most often results in problems.

Not because you should not clean your carpets, but because all too often householders make crucial mistakes when cleaning their carpets.

Thankfully, some damage to the carpet is not terminal and mistakes can be reversed by professional cleaners. However, on far too many occasions, their error ruins the carpet, and given that quality carpets are not the cheapest purchase you will make for your home, it makes it an expensive mistake.

Evidence shows that certain carpet cleaning mistakes occur more often than others.

So, to give you a heads up to ensure you do not make these same carpet cleaning errors, here are seven of the most common mistakes to avoid when cleaning your carpets.

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7 Awesome Tips for Keeping Your Oriental Rugs In Prime Condition

7 Awesome Tips for Keeping Your Oriental Rugs In Prime Condition

One matter that often gets ignored, or at best, forgotten about, when a discussion about upholstery cleaning takes place,  is rugs.

In some homes rugs tend to be the poor relation compared to the carpets with them often placed where they will take the most abuse such as doorways, never cleaned, and simply discarded when they become soiled and threadbare.

However, some rugs deserve far greater care than what we have just described, and a prime example is oriental rugs. Oriental rugs are often given pride of place in a lounge or dining room and seen as part of the overall ambience in a room. They also cost a lot more than basic rugs.

To prolong their life and keep them in the best possible condition they require special care over and above basic carpet cleaning. Here are seven examples of that.

Vacuuming: It is a common issue when vacuuming takes place in a home, that rugs are lifted out of the way, and when placed down again, they are not vacuumed. It is essential for the long term condition and cleanliness of your oriental rug it is vacuumed at least twice per week.

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Steps to ordering personalised pyjamas for your big day

Steps to ordering personalised pyjamas for your big day

Everything about planning a wedding can be unchartered territory.

If it’s your first marriage, everything from booking the caterer to ordering personalised pyjamas for your bridal party is something that takes research. After all, you’ve never done it before.

However, even if you have to go through the ordering process on your own with personalised pyjamas, you’ll soon find that it’s reasonably straightforward. Just follow the steps below.

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