How to safely remove furniture depression marks (carpet dents) from your carpet.

Howdy folks!  Okay, this short little blog topic can potentially help a ton of people out there who suffer from this issue in their homes.  It’s the dreaded, furniture depression marks (carpet dents) that manifest in your carpet when you try to rearrange your furniture.  Well, the best way to avoid dealing with the depressions is to never actually move your furniture, but we know that’s not going to happen.  So; I just wanted to share a couple of cool home remedies to help you remove those joyful little depressions in your carpet. 

Try this one first, since it’s the easiest…  Simply grab some pieces of ice out of your fridge and just place them directly onto the depressions in your carpet.  Leave them and walk away.  Yep; just let them melt!  Once they melt, softly groom your carpet with a hard bristle brush (like a bathtub cleaning brush) to fluff up the fibers.  Walla! 

If that doesn’t work, you could try another method.  If you happen to have a clothes steamer lying around your laundry room or a steam mop; just use your steamer to direct the steam into each carpet depression for a few minutes.  The steam will loosen up the fibers enough to fluff up the fibers with your brush.  Presto!  No more indentations!  Remember; steam is HOT, so please be careful! 

Until next time… STAY GREEN FOLKS!

Why Green?

Why Green?

That’s a great question…  Being green can mean a lot of things for many people.  Green can be tossing your cans, bottles, and paper into the bin for your weekly home recycling pickup service.  Being green can mean that you’re vegetarian and consume only organic veggies.  Being green can mean that you’ve eliminated most or all of your household chemicals and now you only use plant based solutions or simply microfiber cloths to do most of your household cleaning.  Green can mean starting a neighborhood garden where everyone is involved and can share the fruits (pun intended) of your labor. 

     

Being green can mean all of these and more or simply doing one thing that reduces consumption and/or waste in our environment.  I choose to be green for many reasons; what are yours?

STAY GREEN! 

-Dr Green