high traffic with stainmaster

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we’re just getting into the fun stage with edie! she turned 5 months old this week and is getting pretty eager to start her adventures in crawling. it will probably be another month before she’s up on all fours, but for now, she’s having a heck of a time trying! so last week, i took to the living room to make things more baby-friendly to help edie along on her adventures. because when it comes to our decor, i think of the house as a living, breathing space that changes and grows with my children. i removed the coffee table completely, and decided to get a nice plush rug for her to roll around on. i know i just got finished talking about some of my previous rug mistakes, but when i saw this plush masterpiece in light colors, i had to have it. i know it goes against all of my own advice for keeping a house with a toddler and a baby, but if ever there is a rule, i have to break it. even when it’s my own rule!

it arrived in the mail just last week and we all oohed and ahhed as i laid it down in the living room. adam started running around on it and i took off my shoes to feel the softness beneath my feet. but if you so much as look at the thing, it gets dirty, haha! the living room is a well-used space, so i know this rug is going to be experiencing some heavy traffic between adam tracking in dirt from outside, edie drooling all over the place, and a rotating cast of friends and family coming to visit the kids. thankfully, i’ve been working with my friends at stainmaster to keep my beloved rugs clean, so i pulled out my stash of stainmaster rug and carpet cleaners to see what i could do to give this rug the longest life as possible. my current favorite? the high traffic cleaner. this heavy duty foaming cleaner loosens and lifts tracked-in soil, then goes a step further by applying an invisible shield to repel dirt and protect against resoiling. all you have to do is shake the can, spray the foam from about two feet away and spread it around with a sponge or mop, then wait for the foam to dry so you can vacuum to remove loosened dirt and dry foam. i get to keep my pretty rug and the kids get to play on it without giving me a heart attack.

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7 comments

  1. Your home is beautiful. That is great about the stainmaster, of course a little late for me. My oldest son had the desire to spread his poop all over our rug when he was a toddler when I went to tend to the younger one in another room. I walked back in and was horrified by the mess. It took a load of scrubbing and left stains and I was so embarrassed and we couldn’t afford a rug replacement either. Stainmaster, I wish I knew about you! haha.

    I am glad Edie enjoys rolling around the rug! Your kids are adorable and I agree that 5 months is fun!! . . .and then the crawling begins.

    1. omg that sounds horrible! we’re potty training adam right now and so far haven’t had any poop accidents, but i’m fully expecting it. i used to babysit my younger cousins when i was in high school and i have some horrific memories from that stage… haha.

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