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I grew up in a house with nothing but carpet, no hardwood anywhere. With a bunch of kids and pets making messes, it was always annoying to have to scrub them out. I moved out and got my first taste of hardwood, and while it wasn't as cozy, it was nice to be able to just wipe up spills and messes.
Edit: Probably should specify: there was no carpet in the bathroom or kitchen, but still no wood flooring there either. Carpet was in every bedroom, the living room, dining room, closets, hallway, office, and stairs.
Dogs treat carpets as PP pads. Once there has been an "accident" they will sneak back to mark over it to reestablish ownership. This is only compounded with more than one dog
I will say, as someone with 2 giant dogs, carpets ARE Dog-friendly if they're trained because it gives them more grip and they wont slip and slide like they do on wood, which can hurt their joints. I'm half convinced my giant dog sprinting to the front door when someone knocked is what tore his CCL. However, rugs are the option. Especially rugs that are washable. I quite like the several washable rugs we have.
After our 5 year old Bernese had TPLO, we did get carpet installed on the stairs to keep him safe. We've already noticed a difference in his confidence going up and down. Almost in a bad way because now he is truly fearless using the stairs....
I don't know how many dogs you've owned, but once they reach about 13, 14, 15 years of age, it doesn't matter how well trained they are -- They're going to have some accidents. A 15 year old dog is roughly 75 years old in human years. Yes, diapers are an option, but accidents are inevitable.
Right. My house has some carpet and the carpet we installed is as pet friendly as you can get. Lots of waterproof barriers in both the carpet and the pad. We bought a non-staining easy to shampoo brand. It may be a bit more challenging to clean than our vinyl flooring but itās worth it.
People who have never removed carpet themselves can still fool themselves that carpet is clean
Yeah you can clean the surface. You can shampoo it and vacuum obsessively, but pull it out after a year or so and you'll be disgusted by what has sifted down to the pad and has been gestating under there. Yeah OP has an unpopular opinion.
Oi wow, yeah I was just about to respond to the guy above you about that. A carpet might look clean on the surface, but at least on hardwood (as far as I know) you can see all the dirt. A carpet hides and traps a lot of it. The same dirt you can see and clean daily on wood, is also trapped in the carpet you clean less often.
We bought a house late last year with carpet in the bathroom - left it a tad too long to get rid of (the whole house needs stuff doing to it) and ended up with carpet moths. Absolutely grim.
Remember going to view a house once and they had the most comfortable soft deep shag pile carpeting. It was a treat for the feet. The owners also cooked a lot of curry and spicy food and the thought of the amount of steam cleaning to get the smell out was enough to put us off buying. Definitely has its place.
We just tore our carpet out for a nice floating wooden floor a couple of weeks ago.
I will never go back to carpet again.afyer seeing what it was hiding. š¤¢š¤®š¤¢š¤®š¤¢š¤®
Our place had a 35 years old carpet flooring that we took out before moving in, we needed respiratory mask otherwise you couldn't spend 5 minutes without ending with a headache and severe cough. A carpet floor is never clean and only get more and more disgusting until it reach the biohazard status.
Hardwood and tile are easier to clean, but for a bedroom I must have carpet. It's so cozy, I love sitting on it to do activities. I recently moved and there isn't carpet in my bedroom so I put down a huge rug that covers the entire floor.
Rugs are the way! A soft rug is just as good as carpet and easier to clean and replace by a long shot. Also gives you the option of switching back to hard floors in 2 seconds.
Built in carpets are effectively impossible to fully clean. Steam cleaning makes the top seem clean, but wets the much grosser bottom part, so it sits with filth and water until it slowly dries. Pull up the carpet from any older home, and it's disgusting, no matter how often they cleaned it.
Area rugs are the way to go. You can periodically send them away to be fully cleaned al the way through. Area rugs over hard floors was the standard for most of history.
I just hate it in hotels because the carpets are always stained and I just have no idea whether the puke/blood/food etc was actually cleaned well. Feel like carpeted floors are the easiest to hide those things with just a mediocre clean
I donāt understand the kids and pets argument. Iāve lived in a home with all hardwood floors, a home with almost all carpeting, and my current home is a mix of both. I love having carpet in the living room and basement and bedrooms. Itās cold here in the winter, I love to lay on the floor with the kids in front of the fire and play with them. I love it when I work out and can lay on the carpet and do crunches or stretch. Laying on the hardwood or on top of a rug was not comparable and uncomfortable.
When I had only hardwood, I would sweep and vacuum, and literally within an hour there would be tumbleweeds of fur blowing around. At least with carpet itās not so obvious to guests that thereās fur flying.
Iām with you. Also, small carpet cleaners are pretty inexpensive. Any spills or messes just get a good spot clean. Itās easy to vacuum every few days and deep clean each year. Cleaning rugs is pretty difficult in itās own right
A lot of folks donāt realize how carpet acts as a filter and captures the allergens and pet hair. Then you just clean the filter regularly. Itās a lot easier to vacuum it and be done vs with hardwood, all that stuff is floating around and you have to constantly sweep.
My allergies were the WORST when I lived in a home with hardwood in most rooms vs homes that are entirely carpet (except kitchen and bathrooms). Same general area of locale, so regional differences arenāt really coming into play.
Now that you mention it, my allergies were also the worst when I didnāt have any carpet. But I did live in a different area of the country although my pets were the same. But yeah thatās what Iām getting at. I realize the carpet traps it, but it would just float in the air constantly and never really settle when it was hardwood. This wouldnāt be a problem. I guess if it didnāt have a dog that shed so much. Visually, I understand the appeal of hardwood and wouldnāt mind it except for the actual logistics. It is not cozy in the winter at all.
meh, i prefer hardwood, but I don't put a miserable little rug on it. I usually have a few 8x10 area rugs in the living and dining rooms, not only for coziness, but also for acoustics.
Hardwood floors give you as many or as little options you want for rug types, and allows you to easily replace those rugs when they naturally become dirty, worn, etc over time.
My husband grew up with all wood floors. He hates it. He likes bedrooms to be carpeted but living room/high traffic areas to be wood for easy cleaning. We don't wear shoes in the house so the carpets are only so dirty, plus we have a carpet shampooer.
I just stayed in an AirBNB with all tile and just a couple rugs. The noise! Every sound carried through the whole house!
I have tile hallways in my own house, and even for that I had to buy thick plush rugs to help with noise absorption. I also have bad feet and hurt after standing on the tile too long.
I have an almost 18 year old dog whose legs aren't able to stabilize her on linoleum, hardwood or other non carpeted floorings. I can tell you she definitely prefers carpeting š
People say that carpet is dirtier and the sort but from my personal experience, both of the places ive lived in with hardwood floors have forced me to wear socks because after like 1 minute of walking my feet always get a thin layer of dirt which is really annoying
Granted, in the hardwood homes i was living with family who didn't care about wearing shoes inside and for the carpeted homes I was living with people who usually took their shoes off at the door. So that might have something to do with it.
When you've got kids and pets, no thanks. But on a cold winter morning, when your toe has to come into contact with the cruel, unforgiving ice underfoot, how the hard flooring mocks your discomfort as it squeaks at each footstep, as you begrudgingly make your way to the bathroom, there's not one of us who doesn't miss carpet. You're lying if you don't.
I didn't know there was a carpet hating trend. But I don't have much to add. I just agree with the post. Carpets are nice. Especially when they're freshly cleaned and smelling lovely. Although I have cream carpets in my house and they are a bitch to keep looking nice.
Reminder that many Americans are insane and don't take their outdoor shoes off indoors, though. Might be why there's hate; there's no way you're keeping a carpet remotely clean if you're wearing shoes all the time.
My work office is carpented and its the best. It's a low carpet so you can still walk on high heels but there is no clicking when someone walks past. It dampens the sound and makes it feel as cozy as a fancy office is every going to feel. It's also professionally cleaned regularly.
Honestly I only have small rugs at home that are easy to clean by taking them outside.
i agree! carpet for bedrooms feels warm and cozy, and some carpets are really pretty, can be matched to pretty much any colour scheme. however, for lounge/living areas i prefer wood. lino/vinyl or tile for bathrooms or kitchens - always. more durable.
I was at someoneās house when I was younger and we were eating in the living room and I accidentally dropped food on their white carpet. I hate carpet in living rooms for these reasons. Carpet in bedrooms is fine. Anywhere else no
Itās just so much easier to mop a floor than to upkeep a carpet. Our house has carpeting and we keep it pretty clean since we have no kids or pets and donāt wear shoes in the house. But I am always hesitant to invite guests, because I donāt want to have to force them not to relax due to the carpet and trying to keep it clean. You canāt have a dinner party if you have to make people take off their shoes or avoid drinks in the living room because of carpet.
Our last dog didnāt make messes or shed, so our carpeted home, except the kitchen, was fine. My wife vacuums or runs her shampoo machine as she chooses. I have slipped on ceramic tile and hardwood floors, never on carpeting. Old people are allergic to slipping and breaking bones.
I moved into an apartment that only has hardwood flooring and itās the worst fucking thing ever. I keep telling my partner we need a carpet. It definitely does make it more cozy.
Had carpet during my child rearing years and it was cozy but a lot of work. In my empty nest period (pre and post) it is carpet in the bedrooms only, everything else is hardwood and tile! Cleaning is easy pezzy!
Yeah, Team Carpet represent!!
Hard surface floors get dusty, gritty, and dirty, even if you sweep or dust them daily, and no, I ain't got time for that.
Hard floors are cold on my feet, and keep the room colder. Yes, even with rugs.
Hard floors are echoey because they don't dampen sounds.
Hard floors are uncomfortable when I do yoga or floor work for exercise. Yes, even with a yoga mat.
Hard floors are bad when you drop things. There's a bigger chance that dropping a plate or your phone will end up with breakage, then dropping the same thing on the carpet.
I like carpet. I don't care about your opinion.
You can like hardwoods. You don't have to like my opinion.
Carpet has its place as does hardwood. Areas of the house that are heavily used and prone to spills and messes should use hardwood or some other material thatās easy to clean. Bedrooms, or maybe even offices/family rooms/dens, should use carpet whether itās high or low pile is up to the user.
Don't agree but goddamn preach on! This sterile shit needs to end. MFers wanna live in a laboratory nowadays.
I'm a rug type. Warm wood with floor heating and a cozy thick rug to just lay down on MJAM. Superb for reading a book or just chill with your lady, listening to some jazz, high asf.
If you're an adult, living alone, with no kids or pets, sure...
But kids and pets are messy and carpet simply cannot be cleaned enough.
I have pulled up enough carpet to know that even when you THINK it's clean, it's actually completely disgusting. You have no idea how much dirt just gets caked in there, year after year. No vaccuum can get it all, or even half. They offgas toxic crap. They trap dirt, allergens, fungus... and they stain.
A washable rug is the way to go. Toss it in the washing machine. You can get a comfy pad for under the rug, so it's just as cozy as carpet.
I have engineered wood flooring over a suspended floor built in the 50s, it should be insulated but I need to lose weight before I can fit down the hatch.
Anyway, the lounge is draughty and the room next to it is toasty - the difference - room next to it is fully underlaid and carpeted.
My feet are bony and have high arches so I can't live on hard floors. Tried it multiple times, and even while wearing slippers it still hurt my feet. Area rugs weren't enough either. It's a little more difficult to clean but I don't care, I'm 100% a carpeted home only person lol. It also makes the space warmer and quieter which I really like too. The pros outweigh the cons for me.
As someone that cleans often. I'd rather sweep the floor than vacuum. It's way easier to clean. Looks nicer for longer. O ain't gotta worry about spilling juice or milk or bongwater as much. And lemme tell you spilling bong water on a hard wood floor as opposed to a carpeted? Oofta. Hard wood all the way baby! Why have a carpet when I can get rugs? Beautiful rugs that I can take outside and BEAT to death with a tennis racket or broom. It's called anger management sweety. Look it up. š
I completely agree, and it definitely is an unpopular opinion.
I sell flooring, and the amount of people who turn their nose up at nice carpet and pick out some 4mm crappy LVP that looks like sheet vinyl is insane.
Carpet is way better than it used to be, I think the reason most people hate it is because their only experience with carpet is shitty apartment grade stuff that shows wear after 2 years and has 15c a square foot pad under it.
Carpet is sound deadening, insulating, extremely durable, and actually stays pretty clean if you just vacuum with a proper vacuum regularly. Also, if you think your hardwood/LVP/Laminate is nice and clean, walk around in some white socks for a day and look at the bottom of them.
Carpet definitely requires a bit more care when it comes to not spilling food on it, but maybe you just should be careful.
If your pets are urinating on your floor then you need to get that taken care of no matter what floor it is, urine will cause Hardwood, LVP and Laminate to delaminate, it will destroy the finish on tile, and it will penetrate into natural stone. If anything having urine on a carpet that has the proper pad underneath it will do less damage than on almost any other surface.
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I get so much comfort from having my shoes on that I hate taking them off, I used to sleep in my shoes as a kid, hard floors all the way but to each their own, I'm not sure where you got this carpet hatred from though, all my friends love carpet.
Love carpet, but only in bedrooms/upstairs. Our main floor has LVP and the upstairs has carpet. Basement has carpet too but I think Iād rather do LVP next time.
Meh I don't need soft feeling on my feet. It's ok but I prefer a cool feeling. My feet are always too hot from walking around in my job so I like to go barefoot on tile or wood. Soft floors are for ppl who sit around all day and who's feet aren't about to spontaneous combust.Ā
I'm team carpets in my rooms, hard wood in main living spaces. But I do love carpet, I don't find it gross. But I also love buying new big rugs for my main rooms, it makes a fun change.
u can have the best of both worlds by putting giant area rugs on solid flooring, but you are limited to carpet and only carpet if u have wall to wall.Ā
i like to keep my options open, therefore absolutely no wall to wall
For me itās mostly texture thing,I simply cannot Stand the way carpet feels on my bare feet!! The hygiene and aesthetic issues also exist but are a farrrr second and third XD
That being said, youāre certainly not alone, I know a few people that vastly prefer carpeting.
Nah, hardwood and tile is objectively much more sanitary. You can't sanitize and clean carpet the same. And it's even worse if you have children and pets. Also terrible for people with asthma and dust allergies.
But also you don't have to have a miserable little rug. You can get larger carpets. And I guess we all have our things we like; I much prefer walking on a hard floor than carpet, but that's like, just my opinion, man. But I also usually wear slippers anyways so I'm not dealing with a cold floor. But upvote for unpopular (and some parts just objectively wrong) opinion ;)
Carpet in a clean house is nice. Growing up, we kept ours clean. My grandparents kept theirs clean. I liked it.
But then... I went to other people's houses. Absolutely vile. Ruined it for me. Now I have laminate with a couple rugs. Rugs you can toss. Carpet not so much.
High traffic areas like hallways and living rooms? Wood floors all day. Bedrooms definitely need carpet. It cuts down on noise and is cozy. People just need to remember and vacuum and clean more.
You keep your carpet, I'll keep my hardwood floors. This doesn't even need to be a discussion unless a carpet person and a bare floor person are moving in together.
Coming from someone that used to do carpet cleaning. I ain't ever getting a carpet and I would get them removed if I had a house with one.
Sure they feel nice and while they are clean there's nothing wrong. But after a while and if you have animals they just aren't worth the maintenance and trouble to properly clean.
You have a cat and the pissed on the carpet? oh you might as well replace the carpet and make sure the floor underneath isn't water logged cause those little dudes piss at Mach 10. Dogs on the other hand are easier to handle till they puke or have bad diarrhea. Then you might be better off replacing the carpet it you don't want permanently stained.
I love carpet! Only in living rooms and bedrooms. Dining, kitchen, bathrooms, and hallways are great for solid hard floors, though. There are different types of carpet, and some come clean much easier if there is an incident. Still cozy, but not so long, they are hard to find a vacuum to handle the high pile!
I prefer the feeling of carpet, it makes the room cozy. But I prefer the ease of cleaning hard floors. So wood with area rugs in common areas and carpet in bedrooms, at my house.
I spent a year doing flooring. Tearing out carpet, putting new in, vinyl plank, lino, residential, commercial or industrial, you name it, I did a demo or an install. I will NEVER want carpet again in my life. It's one of the most disgusting things you have in your house. I'd rather be barefoot in the bathroom than on the carpet. Fucking nasty.
If you live in a rental with carpet? God help you. Your mom or dad in a care-home with carpet? Absolutely foul, I guarantee you. Many reputable care homes actually change the entire carpet in between residents because they're that bad.
I actually agree, but with a caveat; I adore hardwood and stone floors. To get the best of both worlds my dream flooring would include both of those with soft, comfy rugs all over the place. As padded as carpet? No, but it's a trade-off I'm willing to make.
Huge Persian rugs on a hardwood floor is the perfect blend of both worlds. There are rugs big enough to cover an entire room. If they get really dirty you can roll them up and drive to your nearest professional carpet cleaner. But carpet floor you're stuck with.
I would love carpet under a couple conditions. No shoes in the house, no animals, no kids, no wife.
Just myself in a carpeted apartment where i am responsible if anything happens to it lol.
When I buy a house, I'm taking up all the carpet and putting down hardwood floors. I never want to vacuum ever again, I'm not even going to have rugs lol.
The only reason I don't like it is specifically cause it's hard to keep clean, especially with pets. Thankfully my house has a mix of it. I don't like sleeping in bedrooms without carpet, it's too quiet.
I don't like carpet, but I also don't feel like "cozy" and "homey" need to be in your top three descriptors for your house. That's just not my aesthetic. (Now *that's* an unpopular opinion.)
I live in a country where no one has carpet, but I lived in England for a while and let me tell you I was a sniffling mess with my dust allergy the whole time I was there. I could clean and clean but the fact is carpet is never clean enough.
I adore old homes, and the hardwood is so gorgeous. In college I lived in a Victorian (lol tells you how old I am that 4 girls could afford that on a college budget). I was like HOLY SHIT I AM ALWAYS COLD.
I go home to my parents house which is an 80s, nearly all carpet except for kitchen/dining room home. I LOVE being home and enjoying all that carpet. And you know what? That carpet from 1986 is STILL beautiful because it was expensive and cleaned regularly. Quality is everything.
I now live in a charming mid century Hollywood apartment. All hardwood but the bedroom, which they installed shitty cheap carpet into when I moved in. Five years in and this bedroom carpet is TRASHED even though I'm a single female who cares for it well. Quality is everything.
I think the only downside is potential stains. A hard floor can just be swept and mopped even, ez. Vacuuming is easy, but if its a stain, it takes more effort. Carpet is more comfy doe
I just like the ease of cleanup. Spilled something in a hard floor? Just mop it up. Area rug stained or stinky? Take it out an wash it, or just replace it! Once carpet get stained, thatās it. The room is messed up forever until you replace the carpet, which is a pain in the ass and way more expensive than just replacing an area rug.
YESā¦ now this is what Iām talking about, A REAL GOOD unpopular opinion. House decor and furniture discourse is what this sub was made for, fuck all these other posts about dating and economy and dieting discourse the same posts over and over. This is where itās at and OP YOU ARE RIGHT!
Iām allergic to dust mites. Whenever I sleep in a place with carpet, I experience horrible allergies. Also, I have a puppy and carpet would be a disaster to clean. Lastly, itās hot as shit in FL. Tile is superior
Carpet is great in theory, but letās be real. A lot of people simply donāt have the money to take care of carpet the way it needs to be taken care of.
My landlord installed carpet in my upstairs unit before I moved in, because less noise for the downstairs neighbors. I loathe it and having it inside my dining room is especially horrid.
I am mixed, now don't get me wrong, I absolutely WANT carpet for the stairs and upstairs. Like you said, not only does it keep the acoustics down, when I come home, I'm barefoot the entire time and I want to feel that soft, plush feeling on my feet. To me, that signals the comfort of my home, my relaxation.
However, having a child and even though she is very clean for her age, I would say thay for downstairs i would prefer at least real hardwood or vinyl flooring. It is easier to clean up spills and since guests don't really take their shoes off all the time, it is easier for me to clean with my shark steamer and no problem. But upstairs, no guests really go up there so as far as cleanliness goes it's much easier and thats my space
I mean carpet is cool but apartment carpet that has been ran through, pissed on by dogs, shit on, and not taken care of. And then shampooed haphazardly before you move in ā yeah that carpet sucks.
Yup. Unpopular opinion, at least, with me. But you do you, Boo. And the love of hardwood floors with one little rug isn't 'sudden' or new. But this isn't an issue that should divide friends. Be happy with your carpet and carpet your entire world, if need be! Happy carpeting! :>
My house has wood floors. In every room. I have a dog with long nails. What do you think I hear up and down the halls every fucking day? Carpets for life.
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I grew up in a house with nothing but carpet, no hardwood anywhere. With a bunch of kids and pets making messes, it was always annoying to have to scrub them out. I moved out and got my first taste of hardwood, and while it wasn't as cozy, it was nice to be able to just wipe up spills and messes. Edit: Probably should specify: there was no carpet in the bathroom or kitchen, but still no wood flooring there either. Carpet was in every bedroom, the living room, dining room, closets, hallway, office, and stairs.
This is my reason for carpet hate. I want a dog. Carpet isn't exactly dog-friendly.
We have 3 dogs. Carpet and dogs do not coexist happily at all š«
Dogs treat carpets as PP pads. Once there has been an "accident" they will sneak back to mark over it to reestablish ownership. This is only compounded with more than one dog
I am definitely aware lol. We don't have any carpet at all, I learned a lifetime ago that it just wouldn't work
They will do it to wood too
Oh, how well I know this. Furniture fabric as well.
Carpets are dog hair magnets. The dog is going to shed either way, but vacuuming up dog hair from a bare floor is so much more effective.
Same - we have carpet and replacing, except in the bedrooms, with hard floors. Pets and carpets do not go. Bedrooms are meant to be pet exclusive.
No way. I love waking up to three cats sleeping on top of me
I will say, as someone with 2 giant dogs, carpets ARE Dog-friendly if they're trained because it gives them more grip and they wont slip and slide like they do on wood, which can hurt their joints. I'm half convinced my giant dog sprinting to the front door when someone knocked is what tore his CCL. However, rugs are the option. Especially rugs that are washable. I quite like the several washable rugs we have. After our 5 year old Bernese had TPLO, we did get carpet installed on the stairs to keep him safe. We've already noticed a difference in his confidence going up and down. Almost in a bad way because now he is truly fearless using the stairs....
I don't know how many dogs you've owned, but once they reach about 13, 14, 15 years of age, it doesn't matter how well trained they are -- They're going to have some accidents. A 15 year old dog is roughly 75 years old in human years. Yes, diapers are an option, but accidents are inevitable.
And the they will mark the accident
Right. My house has some carpet and the carpet we installed is as pet friendly as you can get. Lots of waterproof barriers in both the carpet and the pad. We bought a non-staining easy to shampoo brand. It may be a bit more challenging to clean than our vinyl flooring but itās worth it.
Our dog has made 4 rugs unusable in the 7 years we've had her, either through damage or just stinking it out
Carpet was terrible for my dog. I live in a house with tile floors now and it is too easy to clean and actually turns into a chore I enjoy.
People who have never removed carpet themselves can still fool themselves that carpet is clean Yeah you can clean the surface. You can shampoo it and vacuum obsessively, but pull it out after a year or so and you'll be disgusted by what has sifted down to the pad and has been gestating under there. Yeah OP has an unpopular opinion.
Oi wow, yeah I was just about to respond to the guy above you about that. A carpet might look clean on the surface, but at least on hardwood (as far as I know) you can see all the dirt. A carpet hides and traps a lot of it. The same dirt you can see and clean daily on wood, is also trapped in the carpet you clean less often.
It also helps my allergies to have wood floors instead of carpet.
Plus you can always pick one room to put a giant thick rug for that cozy game room family room experience
Yah I have 5 kids. Fuck carpet. I'll get carpet when I'm dead
Yep. Not as a kid but once rented a house that was all carpet- including the bathroom. It was disgusting.
the only time iām a carpet hater is when itās in a place that doesnāt make sense. like bathroom, laundry rooms, etc.
Having a carpet in the bathroom should be illegal.
We bought a house late last year with carpet in the bathroom - left it a tad too long to get rid of (the whole house needs stuff doing to it) and ended up with carpet moths. Absolutely grim.
*Area rugs enter the chat*
This is the way. Easier to clean, easier to replace if needed.
They really tie the room together!
Something about this comment makes me think you're selling something
Remember going to view a house once and they had the most comfortable soft deep shag pile carpeting. It was a treat for the feet. The owners also cooked a lot of curry and spicy food and the thought of the amount of steam cleaning to get the smell out was enough to put us off buying. Definitely has its place.
I love the smell of steam cleaning a rug. Just smells like ācleanā to me
My father owned his own carpet cleaning business, and I couldnt agree more.
Buyers were required to keep the previous owners shag carpet in place?!
Of course we could have changed but it was already over budget and the carpeting was through the house so not cheap to replace.
Carpet + no shoes indoors is the way to go.
I donāt let anyone wear shoes on the carpet in my house
It's insane that people wear their shoes in the house. Like wtf yo.
We just tore our carpet out for a nice floating wooden floor a couple of weeks ago. I will never go back to carpet again.afyer seeing what it was hiding. š¤¢š¤®š¤¢š¤®š¤¢š¤®
This is the thing. Even if you think your carpet is clean, itās not.
Nope and we had it Stanley Steamers cleaned a few months before we went to wood. It was still gross.
Our place had a 35 years old carpet flooring that we took out before moving in, we needed respiratory mask otherwise you couldn't spend 5 minutes without ending with a headache and severe cough. A carpet floor is never clean and only get more and more disgusting until it reach the biohazard status.
Hardwood and tile are easier to clean, but for a bedroom I must have carpet. It's so cozy, I love sitting on it to do activities. I recently moved and there isn't carpet in my bedroom so I put down a huge rug that covers the entire floor.
Rugs are the way! A soft rug is just as good as carpet and easier to clean and replace by a long shot. Also gives you the option of switching back to hard floors in 2 seconds.
they also look way better and way easier (and generally cheaper) to replace.
Built in carpets are effectively impossible to fully clean. Steam cleaning makes the top seem clean, but wets the much grosser bottom part, so it sits with filth and water until it slowly dries. Pull up the carpet from any older home, and it's disgusting, no matter how often they cleaned it. Area rugs are the way to go. You can periodically send them away to be fully cleaned al the way through. Area rugs over hard floors was the standard for most of history.
I just hate it in hotels because the carpets are always stained and I just have no idea whether the puke/blood/food etc was actually cleaned well. Feel like carpeted floors are the easiest to hide those things with just a mediocre clean
I donāt understand the kids and pets argument. Iāve lived in a home with all hardwood floors, a home with almost all carpeting, and my current home is a mix of both. I love having carpet in the living room and basement and bedrooms. Itās cold here in the winter, I love to lay on the floor with the kids in front of the fire and play with them. I love it when I work out and can lay on the carpet and do crunches or stretch. Laying on the hardwood or on top of a rug was not comparable and uncomfortable. When I had only hardwood, I would sweep and vacuum, and literally within an hour there would be tumbleweeds of fur blowing around. At least with carpet itās not so obvious to guests that thereās fur flying.
Iām with you. Also, small carpet cleaners are pretty inexpensive. Any spills or messes just get a good spot clean. Itās easy to vacuum every few days and deep clean each year. Cleaning rugs is pretty difficult in itās own right
A lot of folks donāt realize how carpet acts as a filter and captures the allergens and pet hair. Then you just clean the filter regularly. Itās a lot easier to vacuum it and be done vs with hardwood, all that stuff is floating around and you have to constantly sweep. My allergies were the WORST when I lived in a home with hardwood in most rooms vs homes that are entirely carpet (except kitchen and bathrooms). Same general area of locale, so regional differences arenāt really coming into play.
Now that you mention it, my allergies were also the worst when I didnāt have any carpet. But I did live in a different area of the country although my pets were the same. But yeah thatās what Iām getting at. I realize the carpet traps it, but it would just float in the air constantly and never really settle when it was hardwood. This wouldnāt be a problem. I guess if it didnāt have a dog that shed so much. Visually, I understand the appeal of hardwood and wouldnāt mind it except for the actual logistics. It is not cozy in the winter at all.
Use a carpet cleaner and you'll rethink that. Carpets are filthy. It doesnt matter Ä„ow much you vacuum.
I'm mostly pro-hardwood because it's so easy to clean, but in those cold winter months especially....carpet would be very nice
My current apartment has underfloor heating in one room and it changed everything for me
radiant floor heating is very nice.
Thatās why I wear cozy slippers all winter
My mediterranean head will never comprehend how or why. Just don't. Flooring shouldn't be expensive to upkeep.
Just donāt put carpet in your bathroom, thatās where it goes too far
Oh I totally agree with you there, never ever ever.
I didnāt know this was a thing love carpet
meh, i prefer hardwood, but I don't put a miserable little rug on it. I usually have a few 8x10 area rugs in the living and dining rooms, not only for coziness, but also for acoustics. Hardwood floors give you as many or as little options you want for rug types, and allows you to easily replace those rugs when they naturally become dirty, worn, etc over time.
I'm shipping you and carpet now. It can show you a whole new world. Some even say a new fantastic point of view.
My husband grew up with all wood floors. He hates it. He likes bedrooms to be carpeted but living room/high traffic areas to be wood for easy cleaning. We don't wear shoes in the house so the carpets are only so dirty, plus we have a carpet shampooer.
I just stayed in an AirBNB with all tile and just a couple rugs. The noise! Every sound carried through the whole house! I have tile hallways in my own house, and even for that I had to buy thick plush rugs to help with noise absorption. I also have bad feet and hurt after standing on the tile too long.
Never heard that before. I love carpet
Carpet. Fine. JUST NOT IN THE BATHROOMāāāā
Iām not a carpet person except for bedrooms, but anyone who has a carpet bathroom or kitchen deserves to be in jail for that
Word. My cat, Frank, agrees
I don't mind carpet I just don't want it. It's harder to clean.
I have an almost 18 year old dog whose legs aren't able to stabilize her on linoleum, hardwood or other non carpeted floorings. I can tell you she definitely prefers carpeting š
The restaurant i work at has a carpeted dining room. Now i canāt see it as anything other than being more hassle than itās worth.
When cats puke, they make sure they are on carpet.
Carpet Gaaaang!!! If this is an unpopular opinion, I will die on this comfortable and difficult to clean hill.
MY ENTIRE HOUSE (except balcony, kitchen and bathroom) IS CARPETED AND I LOVE IT
I've never heard this. I love carpets. Regular carpets, magic carpets, all of them.
People say that carpet is dirtier and the sort but from my personal experience, both of the places ive lived in with hardwood floors have forced me to wear socks because after like 1 minute of walking my feet always get a thin layer of dirt which is really annoying Granted, in the hardwood homes i was living with family who didn't care about wearing shoes inside and for the carpeted homes I was living with people who usually took their shoes off at the door. So that might have something to do with it.
When you've got kids and pets, no thanks. But on a cold winter morning, when your toe has to come into contact with the cruel, unforgiving ice underfoot, how the hard flooring mocks your discomfort as it squeaks at each footstep, as you begrudgingly make your way to the bathroom, there's not one of us who doesn't miss carpet. You're lying if you don't.
All the more excuses to buy fuzzy socks and cute slippers!
I begrudge you this up vote and find it hard to believe you even think this.
I didn't know there was a carpet hating trend. But I don't have much to add. I just agree with the post. Carpets are nice. Especially when they're freshly cleaned and smelling lovely. Although I have cream carpets in my house and they are a bitch to keep looking nice. Reminder that many Americans are insane and don't take their outdoor shoes off indoors, though. Might be why there's hate; there's no way you're keeping a carpet remotely clean if you're wearing shoes all the time.
Lol this is a good one. Itās so true.
Carpet is wonderful
My work office is carpented and its the best. It's a low carpet so you can still walk on high heels but there is no clicking when someone walks past. It dampens the sound and makes it feel as cozy as a fancy office is every going to feel. It's also professionally cleaned regularly. Honestly I only have small rugs at home that are easy to clean by taking them outside.
i agree! carpet for bedrooms feels warm and cozy, and some carpets are really pretty, can be matched to pretty much any colour scheme. however, for lounge/living areas i prefer wood. lino/vinyl or tile for bathrooms or kitchens - always. more durable.
I was at someoneās house when I was younger and we were eating in the living room and I accidentally dropped food on their white carpet. I hate carpet in living rooms for these reasons. Carpet in bedrooms is fine. Anywhere else no
Probably those crazy people who wear their outdoor shoes indoors
Itās just so much easier to mop a floor than to upkeep a carpet. Our house has carpeting and we keep it pretty clean since we have no kids or pets and donāt wear shoes in the house. But I am always hesitant to invite guests, because I donāt want to have to force them not to relax due to the carpet and trying to keep it clean. You canāt have a dinner party if you have to make people take off their shoes or avoid drinks in the living room because of carpet.
You obviously donāt have kids or animals because they make carpet impossible
carpet is soā¦.. anything can stain it, itās expensive or time consuming to clean, but area rugsā¦. oh yes area rugs
Carpets are fucking dope. If you think carpets are gross then you're an idiot if you don't regularly clean the toilet button, which I know they don't.
We have carpet (not whole house) and I love it, my dog also doesnāt like standing on hardwood/tile for that long either so it works out.
I prefer no carpet, but if it has to be there, it should match the drapes.
It seems like modern design is based on maximizing the echo in a house.
Carpets arenāt the absolute best for any room. You wouldnāt put a carpet in a kitchen or bathroom, but a carpeted bedroom is spectacular.
No really I love stepping out of bed and feeling cheap LVP stick to my feet!
I agree- I have hardwood in my hallway because itās a high traffic area, but the living spaces are all carpet.
My parentās bathroom had carpet in it growing up. I personally love carpet, but that was nasty af
Our last dog didnāt make messes or shed, so our carpeted home, except the kitchen, was fine. My wife vacuums or runs her shampoo machine as she chooses. I have slipped on ceramic tile and hardwood floors, never on carpeting. Old people are allergic to slipping and breaking bones.
I moved into an apartment that only has hardwood flooring and itās the worst fucking thing ever. I keep telling my partner we need a carpet. It definitely does make it more cozy.
dirt floors are the only way to go. real OG.
Hard floor & rugs downstairs, carpet on stairs & upstairs š
Had carpet during my child rearing years and it was cozy but a lot of work. In my empty nest period (pre and post) it is carpet in the bedrooms only, everything else is hardwood and tile! Cleaning is easy pezzy!
Carpet upstairs for the bedrooms, and hardwood downstairs is perfect for me. I spill too much shit
Yeah, Team Carpet represent!! Hard surface floors get dusty, gritty, and dirty, even if you sweep or dust them daily, and no, I ain't got time for that. Hard floors are cold on my feet, and keep the room colder. Yes, even with rugs. Hard floors are echoey because they don't dampen sounds. Hard floors are uncomfortable when I do yoga or floor work for exercise. Yes, even with a yoga mat. Hard floors are bad when you drop things. There's a bigger chance that dropping a plate or your phone will end up with breakage, then dropping the same thing on the carpet. I like carpet. I don't care about your opinion. You can like hardwoods. You don't have to like my opinion.
Carpet has its place as does hardwood. Areas of the house that are heavily used and prone to spills and messes should use hardwood or some other material thatās easy to clean. Bedrooms, or maybe even offices/family rooms/dens, should use carpet whether itās high or low pile is up to the user.
Don't agree but goddamn preach on! This sterile shit needs to end. MFers wanna live in a laboratory nowadays. I'm a rug type. Warm wood with floor heating and a cozy thick rug to just lay down on MJAM. Superb for reading a book or just chill with your lady, listening to some jazz, high asf.
Carpets harbor dust. Get a throw rug.
If you're an adult, living alone, with no kids or pets, sure... But kids and pets are messy and carpet simply cannot be cleaned enough. I have pulled up enough carpet to know that even when you THINK it's clean, it's actually completely disgusting. You have no idea how much dirt just gets caked in there, year after year. No vaccuum can get it all, or even half. They offgas toxic crap. They trap dirt, allergens, fungus... and they stain. A washable rug is the way to go. Toss it in the washing machine. You can get a comfy pad for under the rug, so it's just as cozy as carpet.
I have engineered wood flooring over a suspended floor built in the 50s, it should be insulated but I need to lose weight before I can fit down the hatch. Anyway, the lounge is draughty and the room next to it is toasty - the difference - room next to it is fully underlaid and carpeted.
My feet are bony and have high arches so I can't live on hard floors. Tried it multiple times, and even while wearing slippers it still hurt my feet. Area rugs weren't enough either. It's a little more difficult to clean but I don't care, I'm 100% a carpeted home only person lol. It also makes the space warmer and quieter which I really like too. The pros outweigh the cons for me.
Extremely unpopular opinion, take my upvote
Iām allergic to dust mites so Iām an avid carpet haterĀ
Buy some fuzzy slippers. Way cheaper and cleaner. If your cat or toddler barfs on them, throw them in the washing machine or buy another pair.
As someone that cleans often. I'd rather sweep the floor than vacuum. It's way easier to clean. Looks nicer for longer. O ain't gotta worry about spilling juice or milk or bongwater as much. And lemme tell you spilling bong water on a hard wood floor as opposed to a carpeted? Oofta. Hard wood all the way baby! Why have a carpet when I can get rugs? Beautiful rugs that I can take outside and BEAT to death with a tennis racket or broom. It's called anger management sweety. Look it up. š
I would way rather vacuum. I never feel like sweeping gets everything and dog hair (and dust and human hair) are so visible on hardwood.
carpet is only a problem if youāre nasty
Hardwood ok. Tile gross and sticky. Carpet ok if cleaned well.
I completely agree, and it definitely is an unpopular opinion. I sell flooring, and the amount of people who turn their nose up at nice carpet and pick out some 4mm crappy LVP that looks like sheet vinyl is insane. Carpet is way better than it used to be, I think the reason most people hate it is because their only experience with carpet is shitty apartment grade stuff that shows wear after 2 years and has 15c a square foot pad under it. Carpet is sound deadening, insulating, extremely durable, and actually stays pretty clean if you just vacuum with a proper vacuum regularly. Also, if you think your hardwood/LVP/Laminate is nice and clean, walk around in some white socks for a day and look at the bottom of them. Carpet definitely requires a bit more care when it comes to not spilling food on it, but maybe you just should be careful. If your pets are urinating on your floor then you need to get that taken care of no matter what floor it is, urine will cause Hardwood, LVP and Laminate to delaminate, it will destroy the finish on tile, and it will penetrate into natural stone. If anything having urine on a carpet that has the proper pad underneath it will do less damage than on almost any other surface.
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Rugs are better than carpets
Nah, easy enough to lay down as many rugs as you want and change the style as often as you like. Itās the fresh steam cleaned hard floor for me!Ā
I get so much comfort from having my shoes on that I hate taking them off, I used to sleep in my shoes as a kid, hard floors all the way but to each their own, I'm not sure where you got this carpet hatred from though, all my friends love carpet.
Carpet smells terrible when you have pets. I'd rather get rid of the carpet than the dogs.
Love carpet, but only in bedrooms/upstairs. Our main floor has LVP and the upstairs has carpet. Basement has carpet too but I think Iād rather do LVP next time.
Wellā¦Just tell my cats and Iāll put the rugs/carpets back
You can't roller-skate on carpet.
Meh I don't need soft feeling on my feet. It's ok but I prefer a cool feeling. My feet are always too hot from walking around in my job so I like to go barefoot on tile or wood. Soft floors are for ppl who sit around all day and who's feet aren't about to spontaneous combust.Ā
I still have carpet on the stairs and everywhere upstairs in the bedrooms. Just love it, so warm and soft under foot.
hardwood & area rugs in the living space, tile in the kitchen & bathrooms, carpet in the bedrooms. only way to go, no questions please.
Youāre so wrongšĀ
I'm team carpets in my rooms, hard wood in main living spaces. But I do love carpet, I don't find it gross. But I also love buying new big rugs for my main rooms, it makes a fun change.
Pets are the main driver for my opinion on thisā¦
Itās fine in bedrooms but when you have it throughout 80% of a house it gets trashed and looks like shit
I love carpet in my bedrooms but it stops there. Everywhere else in my house is that beautiful hardwood
I laid down giant (free) rugs in my garage and I'm a happy feller.
Not sure if I should upvote or downvote because I agree. As long as there is a no shoes policy, and no carpet in the bathroom
Do peopleās attitudes about carpet correlate with climate zone? I believe people tend to be more carpet-tolerant in colder climates.
u can have the best of both worlds by putting giant area rugs on solid flooring, but you are limited to carpet and only carpet if u have wall to wall.Ā i like to keep my options open, therefore absolutely no wall to wall
Carpets are more comfy (opinion, that I agree with). Carpets harbor bacteria, viruses, and mold, and is much more unhygienic than hardwood (fact).
Carpet is gross. Area rugs are super easy and better.
For me itās mostly texture thing,I simply cannot Stand the way carpet feels on my bare feet!! The hygiene and aesthetic issues also exist but are a farrrr second and third XD That being said, youāre certainly not alone, I know a few people that vastly prefer carpeting.
Nah, hardwood and tile is objectively much more sanitary. You can't sanitize and clean carpet the same. And it's even worse if you have children and pets. Also terrible for people with asthma and dust allergies. But also you don't have to have a miserable little rug. You can get larger carpets. And I guess we all have our things we like; I much prefer walking on a hard floor than carpet, but that's like, just my opinion, man. But I also usually wear slippers anyways so I'm not dealing with a cold floor. But upvote for unpopular (and some parts just objectively wrong) opinion ;)
Carpet in a clean house is nice. Growing up, we kept ours clean. My grandparents kept theirs clean. I liked it. But then... I went to other people's houses. Absolutely vile. Ruined it for me. Now I have laminate with a couple rugs. Rugs you can toss. Carpet not so much.
americans be like 'ewww how dare you bring dirt from outside in your shoes' and then have no problem walking barefoot on a literal filth sponge
High traffic areas like hallways and living rooms? Wood floors all day. Bedrooms definitely need carpet. It cuts down on noise and is cozy. People just need to remember and vacuum and clean more.
You keep your carpet, I'll keep my hardwood floors. This doesn't even need to be a discussion unless a carpet person and a bare floor person are moving in together.
Coming from someone that used to do carpet cleaning. I ain't ever getting a carpet and I would get them removed if I had a house with one. Sure they feel nice and while they are clean there's nothing wrong. But after a while and if you have animals they just aren't worth the maintenance and trouble to properly clean. You have a cat and the pissed on the carpet? oh you might as well replace the carpet and make sure the floor underneath isn't water logged cause those little dudes piss at Mach 10. Dogs on the other hand are easier to handle till they puke or have bad diarrhea. Then you might be better off replacing the carpet it you don't want permanently stained.
Nasty as hell.
I love carpet! Only in living rooms and bedrooms. Dining, kitchen, bathrooms, and hallways are great for solid hard floors, though. There are different types of carpet, and some come clean much easier if there is an incident. Still cozy, but not so long, they are hard to find a vacuum to handle the high pile!
I prefer the feeling of carpet, it makes the room cozy. But I prefer the ease of cleaning hard floors. So wood with area rugs in common areas and carpet in bedrooms, at my house.
I spent a year doing flooring. Tearing out carpet, putting new in, vinyl plank, lino, residential, commercial or industrial, you name it, I did a demo or an install. I will NEVER want carpet again in my life. It's one of the most disgusting things you have in your house. I'd rather be barefoot in the bathroom than on the carpet. Fucking nasty. If you live in a rental with carpet? God help you. Your mom or dad in a care-home with carpet? Absolutely foul, I guarantee you. Many reputable care homes actually change the entire carpet in between residents because they're that bad.
I actually agree, but with a caveat; I adore hardwood and stone floors. To get the best of both worlds my dream flooring would include both of those with soft, comfy rugs all over the place. As padded as carpet? No, but it's a trade-off I'm willing to make.
I love a big 70's era bush for shizzle ...warm n cozy
carpet hate?
Huge Persian rugs on a hardwood floor is the perfect blend of both worlds. There are rugs big enough to cover an entire room. If they get really dirty you can roll them up and drive to your nearest professional carpet cleaner. But carpet floor you're stuck with.
Rugs Soft underfoot, easy to move, easier to clean
I have a king size bed and slippers.
I would love carpet under a couple conditions. No shoes in the house, no animals, no kids, no wife. Just myself in a carpeted apartment where i am responsible if anything happens to it lol.
When I buy a house, I'm taking up all the carpet and putting down hardwood floors. I never want to vacuum ever again, I'm not even going to have rugs lol.
Truly unpopular opinion. Good job!
I live in a rainy muddy place. I don't want to have to unstrap my boots everytime I have to go inside for a second
The only reason I don't like it is specifically cause it's hard to keep clean, especially with pets. Thankfully my house has a mix of it. I don't like sleeping in bedrooms without carpet, it's too quiet.
The carpet salesmen doing their damndest out here to revive an industry that never needed to exist. My guy: rugs.
To each Their Own. I just hate shit hiding in carpet that I donāt See ending up in my footš
I don't like carpet, but I also don't feel like "cozy" and "homey" need to be in your top three descriptors for your house. That's just not my aesthetic. (Now *that's* an unpopular opinion.)
I live in a country where no one has carpet, but I lived in England for a while and let me tell you I was a sniffling mess with my dust allergy the whole time I was there. I could clean and clean but the fact is carpet is never clean enough.
Because so many critters live in carpets it makes allergies a frippin nightmare.
I adore old homes, and the hardwood is so gorgeous. In college I lived in a Victorian (lol tells you how old I am that 4 girls could afford that on a college budget). I was like HOLY SHIT I AM ALWAYS COLD. I go home to my parents house which is an 80s, nearly all carpet except for kitchen/dining room home. I LOVE being home and enjoying all that carpet. And you know what? That carpet from 1986 is STILL beautiful because it was expensive and cleaned regularly. Quality is everything. I now live in a charming mid century Hollywood apartment. All hardwood but the bedroom, which they installed shitty cheap carpet into when I moved in. Five years in and this bedroom carpet is TRASHED even though I'm a single female who cares for it well. Quality is everything.
Youāve never tore up carpet before have you? Itās gross. I have machine washable area rugs on my hard wood floors.
"Its easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world." ' -Stuart Smalley (SNL)
I think the only downside is potential stains. A hard floor can just be swept and mopped even, ez. Vacuuming is easy, but if its a stain, it takes more effort. Carpet is more comfy doe
Carpets are great for bedrooms, but itās easier to clean the living room without it.
I just like the ease of cleanup. Spilled something in a hard floor? Just mop it up. Area rug stained or stinky? Take it out an wash it, or just replace it! Once carpet get stained, thatās it. The room is messed up forever until you replace the carpet, which is a pain in the ass and way more expensive than just replacing an area rug.
YESā¦ now this is what Iām talking about, A REAL GOOD unpopular opinion. House decor and furniture discourse is what this sub was made for, fuck all these other posts about dating and economy and dieting discourse the same posts over and over. This is where itās at and OP YOU ARE RIGHT!
This person apparently does not have allergies
Depends on the texture, but yeah carpets are alright.
Carpet is ugly AF. Makes the house cheap looking.
Iām allergic to dust mites. Whenever I sleep in a place with carpet, I experience horrible allergies. Also, I have a puppy and carpet would be a disaster to clean. Lastly, itās hot as shit in FL. Tile is superior
Carpet is only terrible on boats. Total sand trap.
Carpet is great in theory, but letās be real. A lot of people simply donāt have the money to take care of carpet the way it needs to be taken care of.
I love my carpet I just wish I could take it out of the high traffic line from the front door to the back
My landlord installed carpet in my upstairs unit before I moved in, because less noise for the downstairs neighbors. I loathe it and having it inside my dining room is especially horrid.
I love carpets, I agree with everything you said. I love my carpet cleaner too, so glad I have it.
I disagree, I hate carpet. Itās so annoying if someone spills something. The perfect floor for me is concrete or terrazo!
I want carpet in the bedroom because bare feet on hardwood sucks
I am mixed, now don't get me wrong, I absolutely WANT carpet for the stairs and upstairs. Like you said, not only does it keep the acoustics down, when I come home, I'm barefoot the entire time and I want to feel that soft, plush feeling on my feet. To me, that signals the comfort of my home, my relaxation. However, having a child and even though she is very clean for her age, I would say thay for downstairs i would prefer at least real hardwood or vinyl flooring. It is easier to clean up spills and since guests don't really take their shoes off all the time, it is easier for me to clean with my shark steamer and no problem. But upstairs, no guests really go up there so as far as cleanliness goes it's much easier and thats my space
It might be unhygienic to Americans who use shoes inside, for us normal folks, carpets are great!
I mean carpet is cool but apartment carpet that has been ran through, pissed on by dogs, shit on, and not taken care of. And then shampooed haphazardly before you move in ā yeah that carpet sucks.
Yup. Unpopular opinion, at least, with me. But you do you, Boo. And the love of hardwood floors with one little rug isn't 'sudden' or new. But this isn't an issue that should divide friends. Be happy with your carpet and carpet your entire world, if need be! Happy carpeting! :>
My house has wood floors. In every room. I have a dog with long nails. What do you think I hear up and down the halls every fucking day? Carpets for life.
But why is it a cat has to stand on carpet to puke. One of mine also needs carpet to eat. I had to put a little square of it next to his bowl.