White Carpet Blues

I HATE WHITE CARPET! Who would ever put white carpet in a house? We have it because it was put in by the previous owner so came with the house. We have two bulldogs and they are droolers, so our carpet gets dirty quickly. I was actually ashamed of how awful the dining room carpet looked. Believe me, this carpet looked bad. I was unsure it would come even close to clean, but when I shampooed it the other day, it looked almost new.

We bought a very nice area rug today and the dining room looks great! The rug will help keep our freshly cleaned carpet from getting grimy so fast, and the colors perfectly match the drapes I hung a month or so ago. I also dressed the table with contrasting formal table cloths and... Finally! The kitchen and dining room are clean and mostly organized! The lunch bar is cleared off and ready to use for dining rather than computing.

But back to the white carpet blues... We have a blue area rug in the living room and it doesn't even look a little bit soiled yet the white carpet all around it looks grey. That is the next room I'm "deep" cleaning... carpet, upholstery, everything. But it will have to wait a bit because I need to get our Christmas letter out and finish a special gift project first. At least now I have a clean office where I can focus on my work a bit better.

It has been a wonderful day and I feel like I've accomplished much even though many of my "to do" items are not checked off. Funny how a finished room can make me feel like I really did something, even if it took all day. Indeed, it has taken me six months to put it all together.

I am bonding with this house and it's beginning to feel more like home. God has blessed us so much!