You made a significant investment in the carpeting of your home. On top of that you chose a powerful vacuum cleaner to help keep them looking their best. Maybe you even do the right thing and invest in a carpet cleaning service every six months.
Those are all great things that are going to add years to your carpeting. But there’s also something important that many homeowners overlook and that happens to be rotating the furniture in each room of the house.
The average house has limited space when it comes to most of the rooms inside. A bedroom may only be 3 or 4 meters x 3 or 4 meters. That certainly limits options when it comes to arranging the bed, nightstands, dressers, and more.
The same may hold true in a family room or living room. On top of that, in a home office or family room where there’s a TV, the cable or phone line that comes into the house to provide the signal for the television stations may be along one wall. It may not be practical to move everything to a different wall.
However, if you want to keep your carpets looking as well as possible for as long as possible, it’s a good idea to rotate the furniture. Here are three reasons why.
Reason #1: It allows the carpeting to breathe.
When furniture is placed in one spot on the carpet for the duration of many years, that carpeting beneath it is not getting an opportunity to breathe. It’s not allowing certain allergens or other pollutants to be removed from the carpeting itself.
Reason #2: It evens out the fading.
When the sun enters your home, its ultraviolet radiation is going to fade furniture and carpeting. When you don’t rotate furniture, the fading is not going to be consistent. By rotating the furniture, it helps to even out the color of your carpeting.
Reason #3: It can offer a refreshing change.
When you rotate your furniture you can feel like you’re in a new room every few months. You don’t have to rotate your furniture all that often, but every six months is a good gage to coincide with how often you should have your carpets professionally cleaned.
