Step by Step Guide for Carpet Replacement
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3 mins

Step by Step Guide for Carpet Replacement

Picking new carpet for your home can be a demanding process, but you?re not in it alone! Ashley Phipps is an interior designer turned DIY and craft blogger who went through the process of picking new carpet for her home and documented the entire...

4 Tips for Selecting Pet-Proof Carpet
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2 mins

4 Tips for Selecting Pet-Proof Carpet

If you have a pet at home, you're in good company. More than 85 million households in America include at least one pet, and for good reason. These fuzzy, scaled, and feathered critters provide many benefits to their humans. While pets of every...

The Best Carpet Fiber For Your Lifestyle
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2 mins

The Best Carpet Fiber For Your Lifestyle

You want your home to look its best, but some days it seems like your family and pets are conspiring against you. Let?s face it, it?s not realistic to cordon off entire rooms only for guests or to ban all food from the den. Messes and wear are...

Is My Vacuum Cleaner Damaging My Carpet?
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3 mins

Is My Vacuum Cleaner Damaging My Carpet?

When carpet suddenly starts to fray, fuzz, pull apart or look shaggy, you might not realize that your choice in vacuum cleaners could be the culprit! The qualities that many leading vacuum brands are known for are sometimes precisely what makes...

How to Remove Most Carpet Stains
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6 mins

How to Remove Most Carpet Stains

Coffee. Red Wine. Ketchup and mustard. Just the mention of these most common stain offenders is enough to send a chill down the spine of homeowners everywhere. And from holidays to birthdays, Super Bowls to March Madness, there is an endless...

SmartStrand Carpet Featuring ColorMax Technology
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2 mins

SmartStrand Carpet Featuring ColorMax Technology

It?s no secret that today?s homeowners prefer the look of natural materials like wood and stone in interior design. Neutral walls and nature-inspired surfaces remain popular trends just about everywhere you look. But this doesn?t mean there?s not...

How to Choose a Rug for a Dining Room
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4 mins

How to Choose a Rug for a Dining Room

Kim and Christian of?KC Design Co.?share their advice on how to choose the perfect style for your dining room rug plus what fiber qualities to look for.Hi Friends!? Have you ever thought about adding a rug to your dining room and are unsure about...

How to Position Your Furniture on a Rug in a Bedroom
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5 mins

How to Position Your Furniture on a Rug in a Bedroom

Chaney Widmer, the founder of?Mix & Match Design Company, shares her favorite options for styling bedroom rugs.Rugs are one of my favorite ways to up the cozy factor and give a room a finished look. I love how they have the ability to ?ground?...

Why I Chose Stylish, Pet-Friendly Carpet
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3 mins

Why I Chose Stylish, Pet-Friendly Carpet

Lori from The Finished Project is a design and DIY-enthusiast, sharing her latest woodworking projects and home d?cor on her blog. Here, she shares how a custom SmartStrand carpet-bound rug made her sitting room the perfect spot to unwind with her...

How Often Should I Vacuum?
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3 mins

How Often Should I Vacuum?

We hear this question a lot. The best carpet or rug in the world won?t perform well if you don?t vacuum regularly. To get the most out of your soft surface flooring, it?s important to adopt a regular maintenance routine. No matter the product, you...