4 Ways to Keep Your Area Rugs Clean in the Summer
At Greenspring Rug Care, we understand that keeping the house clean can be challenging when your kids are home on summer vacation. After all, the play time, fun outdoor activities, and increased foot traffic will inevitably track in extra dirt through your house. It doesn’t need to be daunting to keep things clean, though. In this article, we will provide four tips for keeping your house and rugs clean for the remainder of the summer.
1. Keep Shoes Off Your Rugs
One good habit for your household is to keep shoes off of rugs. If you make it a habit to remove your shoes inside your house or to at least avoid walking on your rugs with shoes, you will keep your floors clean and free of dirt and other potentially harmful contaminants that can be tracked inside.
2. Establish Family Cleaning Routine
Create a family cleaning routine and give each member a job they are responsible for completing daily or weekly. Don’t forget to assign the task of regularly vacuuming your rugs. You should vacuum at least once per week in lower-traffic areas and two to three times per week in high-traffic areas. Vacuuming more frequently is beneficial if you live with pets or allergy sufferers.
3. Designate Areas for Messy Activities
If you designate specific places for your kids to engage in activities that tend to be messier, you won’t have to worry that they will spill anything on your rug. Move crafts, snack time, and other activities that can invite spills to an area of your home that isn’t covered with an area rug and can be easily swept, mopped, or vacuumed.
4. Get Your Rug Professionally Cleaned
Since your children likely return to school at the end of August, that is the ideal time to let the experts at Greenspring Rug Care give your rugs some professional attention. Bring your area rugs to us for cleaning to refresh and remove the dirt and grime that may have accumulated despite your best efforts. If you are too tired from the summer holidays to lug your rugs in, we’ll pick them up and do all the work for you, free of charge.
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Follow these simple yet effective tips to keep your area rugs clean and vibrant for the rest of the season. Greenspring Rug Care can thoroughly clean them with our meticulous rug cleaning process. Contact us today at (410) 667-RUGS for more information about us or to request service for your rug. We serve residents in Baltimore, Bethesda, and Gaithersburg, Maryland, Washington D.C., and the surrounding counties of Howard, Harford, and Anne Arundel.
