This day I love.......: carpet

We have been saving for some time to replace the flooring in my eldest daughter bedroom and the room that is going to be the nursery. When we moved the flooring was carpet one was black, which we could never get clean and the other cream but it was covered in stains. We struggled for some time as to what to put down, hard wood flooring like the rest of the house or replace all of upstairs with the same carpet. Eventually we decided upon hardwood flooring

Flooring does not come cheap. Whether you are going for carpet or tiles, or another option and to be honest, hardwood floors are no different.. Real hardwood floors shouldn't break the bank, a quick google search can list some affordable sellers, such as Ted Todd hardwood flooring.

For us personally hardwood flooring looks fantastic. The colour of the wood and the sheen of the surface make hardwood flooring the most aesthetically pleasing option on the market. They just do not appear as stained or dirty as carpet can. If you want style over substance, hardwood is a great choice.

Unlike the majority of flooring options, hardwood floors are easy to clean. After all, they don’t have thick pieces of fabric that trap dust and dirt and, they don’t stain as easy because the surface is a lot smoother and harder to grip. At the end of the day, all you need to clean a hardwood floor is a spot of detergent and a mop. In fact, warm soapy water will be enough for most hardwood floors.

Hardwood floors also cannot trap dust and bacteria like a carpet. A carpet can easily play host to a variety of different bugs and viruses that can repopulate the house. At the very least, a dirtier carpet can affect the air quality in your house, which can be hazardous to your health. With my eldest daughter suffering with eczema we wanted to ensure her skin was given the best chance it could be given in order to stay eczema free.

The house suddenly feels a lot cleaner now we have removed the old carpets and replaced with hardwood floors. I love how our house is becoming our home, with our personality.

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Regular readers will know that my eldest daughter has eczema. Her eczema seems to be triggered by dust. My youngest daughter had an allergy to latex as a baby but thankfully she seems to be out growing this. I myself have multiple allergies, bees, grass, certain pollens and caffeine. As this week is allergy awareness week, I wanted to share a few facts about allergies

The latest NHS statistics reveal hospital admissions in England for allergic reactions are soaring to more than 20,000 each year, over 60% (12,560) of these are emergencies. I worry greatly about what would happen to me if I had an allergic reaction which turned into an emergency. According to Allergy UK I am not alone

- Over two thirds (68%) of UK adults have no idea what to do if they saw someone suffering an allergic reaction

- Almost half (44%) of allergy sufferers are living in daily fear of a reaction

- Yet 66% of people don’t how to use an adrenaline pen which could help save lives

My daughter and I recently attended an event with ao.com to learn more about allergies. I felt it was very important for her because as a child I was very aware that I was the kid with the allergies. I wanted her to learn more about allergies and for her to understand that other children have allergies too.

Ao.com had put on lots of activities for the children to do, and each one helped them to understand a little more about allergies. We were also shown Hotpoint range of washing machines and tumble dryers. They can remove 99.9% of major allergens during the wash cycle. This is thanks to a combination of high temperature technologies and extra rinses. The tumble dryers also feature an anti-allergy drying cycle. Hotpoint is a name which I trust and these anti allergy technologies are certainly a feature which would persuade me to purchase a washing machine from Hotpoint.

After the event I began to look at other ways in which we could help to reduce dust mites in our home The Healthy house provided me with a leaflet on dust mites and gave me some great ideas. I use a mattress protector on my daughters bed, but I did not realise that in order to fully protect against dust mites it needs to fully encase the mattress. We also use a pillow protector which helps to reduce the itching my daughter feels on her head.

I have also started using a product called HomeCleanse. We are currently saving to replace the carpet in my daughters bedroom with wooden floors. Replacing the flooring will help to reduce the dust mites and reduce my daughters eczema. HomeCleanse I can spray onto the carpet and it helps to kill dust mites. It is a great solution until we can replace the carpet in her room.

FabriCleanse is similar to HomeCleanse only it is placed into the washing machine. Using both HomeCleanse and FabriCleanse I have certainly noticed a difference in my daughters skin, with her itching much less. The products smell like eucalyptus which is also quite pleasant and refreshing.

As we approach prime hay fever season I would also love to know your tips for keeping allergies under control.

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It has been a quiet few days recently. The girls are not sleeping well and are currently tag teaming sleep, which means I get none at all. With little energy to do much it has been board games and reading books. Today we ventured out. We went carpet shopping. Not very exciting, although my girls seem to be able to make it fun.

We need new carpet for the stairs and top landing. The carpet is over 12 years old and was put in by the original owner who had the house built. The original owner had 3 young children and a dog, it was then used by a couple with 2 young children and finally our two children and our dogs. As you can imagine the carpet has seen better days.

We took the girls carpet shopping and I rather fancy stripes in the hall, I think it might hide some of the marks better than a plain carpet. Our hall is oak, with plain neutral walls and a blue feature wall so I wanted something to go with the room. The girls had other ideas.

I think my girls are the only people to be able to find Sparkly carpets. Yes carpets with actual glitter built in them. The boards where turned around but yet they managed to find them and then promptly started discussing which colour they would be having in their rooms.

My youngest has a laminate floor in her room and so we will not be changing her floor. My eldest however does need a new floor. With her having eczema I want to change the carpet that is in her room to a hard wood / laminate flooring. I wonder if they make sparkly laminate?

The girls were slightly disappointed I did not pick the pink with sparkles carpet, hope they like what we have fitted.

The girls were very well behaved whilst out. After a spot of shopping we went home and the girls decided to spend the rest of the afternoon riding bikes.

At bed time my eldest was practising her words with me as we always do, and I caught my youngest doing the same. She looked so grown up sitting on the chair telling a story from her book. When she started singing jolly phonics songs I realised she had been taking in what her sister had been practising.

This day I love Sparkly carpets and bed time reading

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