Q:I have a light beige and ivory rug with blue and green details. It doesn't match my decor, which is neon pink, bright green, and gold. How can I get rid or dye out the blue parts of the rug? What about bleach?

You want to do this at a laundromat, biggest machine possible. in cold water, bleach the rug. It may take two tries---using the largest possible machine, try a cup of detergent and a cup of bleach, and see what happens. If you get the desired shade, or lighten it enough, then you can immediately dye it (To a darker shade, of course.) Otherwise, double or triple the bleach, no detergent, and run it again. You may put additional bleach in the compartment where the fabric softener goes, and it will bleach it again on the rinse cycle. After you dye it, as a courteousy to the next person, run it through a cycle with detergent, empty. Or you can do a load of dark, old clothes, like blue jeans. To dry it, lay it on a flat surface, turning it occasionally, and avoid direct sunlight, ideally it will be in the shade on a warm, breezy day. If indoors, dry it on an old sheet on a carpet, with a fan pointed at it, again, turning it every hour or two. Good-luck---Brian

Q:Carpet and pad to be provided. No carpet to take up or furniture to move. About 130 yds plus set of stairs. Tack strips are needed. Concrete floor.

a lot of places offer whole house installation for $99 or $199. It would take a day or two to do a whole house, but they make the money back on the carpet. if you have a home depot or lowes near you, look for an offer.

Q:My new dorm room is a 9x10. I want to get an area rug to put down, since the room just has cold tile floor! How do I go about buying an area rug, and what size do I need to get?

I would personally get a cheaper rug since things seem to add up quickly while you're in college I personally prefer wooden floors to carpet ones.

Q:I am repainting and decorating my spare bedroom and have a question regarding carpet and area rugs. The room has honey stained pine hardwood floors which I want to keep. I dont really want to have carpet installed in the room, so here is what i'm thinking. How do you think it would look if I bout a piece of carpet alittle smaller than the size of the room and put that down? Like 3-5 inches of hardwood still exposed around the edges of the room. Would this look weird? I want just a plain colored light tan carpet with a thick nap or shag like. Any body have this or seen it done? Also should I do something to the edge of the carpet to keep it from unraveling? Thanks for any help

i do no longer see why you need to no longer get some carpet cut back.. My basement has precisely that. The carpet has padding decrease than certainly, yet im particular you may get extra padding for decrease than it its that expensive for padding.

Q:I want to clean our carpets, but I have a 10 month old who is crawling everywhere and I don't want to use a harsh chemical cleaner. I have a Bissell Carpet Cleaner. Any suggestions on what I can put in it to clean the carpets that won't ruin the machine, but is baby friendly? Thanks

You could simply use white vinegar in place of carpet shampoo. Your house will smell like salad for a little while but the smell will dissipate. For tough set in stains, spray lemon juice on them, wait about 10 minutes, then use your Bissel to remove the stain. Here's a cleaning tip I use: After cleaning your carpets, wipe the whole area with an old towel or baby blanket. It only takes a few minutes and will greatly speed the drying time and remove any dirt that was not sucked up by your Bissell.

Q:carpet cleaning method

You need a deep cleaning method. Simple vacuuming won't do. You should consider steam cleaning because they penetrate the deep layers of the carpet and in combination with special carpet cleaning shampoos they can effectively clean your carpet. Shampoos containing benzyl benzoate or tannic acid can reduce the airborne allergens by 64%. I'm not saying you should steam clean your carpet every month. If you keep your carpet fairly clean then a deep cleaning once every 6 months is more than enough.

Q:What color carpet is good?

Techniques for carpet color matching: warm colors are mainly yellow, orange, and red. The cool colors are purple, blue, light and green. In the summer, the weather is rather hot, so try to choose the cool colors in the choice of carpet colors, but you must coordinate with other furniture. In winter, the weather is relatively cold, it is best to choose warm colors, warm carpet can bring warmth to the room.

Q:Construction technology of the linking of floor tile and carpet

This mat be handmade carpet, should be fully paved! Keep a hole in advance! Generally the hole height is 1cm--1.5cm. adjust according to the thickness of the carpet! Generally the carpets are higher than the tile, because of the long time stepping, the carpet yarn will go down, and it will sink after a long time!

Q:i just moved into a new apartment. i really like, and i spent like 2 days.....but walking barefoot on the carpet turns my feet black.....i live in small apratment, there is only one large area that is carpeted...are there any products that are good to use? would a carpet cleaner come out for just one large room?

Sure a carpet cleaning company would come out for just one room ... and probably charge you way too much! I assume you are renting? Cleaning the carpet should be the landlord's problem, since you just moved in there. It should have been thoroughly cleaned BEFORE the apartment was rented to you. You can rent a Rug Doctor (or similar machine) at most any grocery or hardware store and clean it yourself. Doesn't cost much, and the machines are simple to use.

Q:hand woven native american wool rugs

I would contact a high end rug store in your area (the kind that sells persian, antigue rugs etc) or even by emai or phonel:Larger cities have many (such as NY, Atlanta, LA). Generally, the rugs might need to be cleaned prior to storage as grime dirt help to break down the fibers. Then they must be rolled (never folded) and put into unbleached muslin bags for cleanliness. Cleaning must be done by someone especially trained to work on vintage, collectable rugs (again this info can be gotten at a fine rug store).