Category Archives: Carpet
Choosing the Perfect Carpet
Breathless Jewell Textured, Marshmallow Saxony and Jazz Fest Frieze. These are just a few carpets that are featured in O’Krent’s Abbey product catalog. If you are thinking about replacing your carpet or adding carpet to your home be sure to check the website to begin your search for your perfect floor covering. Currently there are [...]
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Getting Candle Wax Out Of Carpet
Sometimes it’s just inevitable. You’ve decorated your home beautifully with candles for the holidays and now you’ve discovered one or two wax spots on your carpet. What should you do now? Relax; it’s not a disaster. Candle wax can be removed if you follow these simple steps. Pick as much wax as you can off [...]
Reader Question Of The Week
From time to time we like to feature questions from readers. Today’s question is one that we get asked all the time. I have kids and dogs. We are constantly on the run and there are many high traffic areas in my home. I really want to put down carpet instead of hardwood or tile. [...]
Choose Baby-Soft Flooring
Babies are the softest and most tender creatures in nature. Whether just born and waving hands in the air looking for that opportunity to grip tight or growing and learning to walk and run, they’re inviting and wonderful. Most people have children in their lives. Maybe your own child or grandchild, a neighbor’s baby, nieces [...]
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How To Remove BBQ Sauce From Carpet
We hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend that was full of fireworks, barbequing and celebrating independence! We’d like to share some helpful hints on how to remove barbeque sauce from carpet, just in case some was spilled on your floor! We hope this was not the case, but if so, we hope you find [...]
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Study Shows Carpet No Factor in Asthma
Dalton, GA, April 21, 2011 — A major study of inner city children with asthma confirms the carpet industry’s assertion that clean, dry carpet is a healthy flooring choice for everyone, including children and adults with asthma and allergies, according to the Carpet and Rug Institute. Citing the study “Results of a Home-Based Environmental Intervention [...]
How To Remove Easter Egg Dye From Carpet
Easter is just around the corner! We hope you and your family have a joyous day planned! Sometimes dyeing Easter eggs can get a bit messy. In case this happens, we’d like to share some tips with you regarding how to remove the dye from your carpet. We hope you don’t have to use this [...]
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