… is that it lasts!

Don’t get me wrong, I still think that it’s good to buy products that won’t need to be replaced soon, I just wish that the people who owned our house before us hadn’t invested in expensive, plain dusky pink carpets in all the bedrooms and the living room. We’ve been here 14 years now and the carpets are still going strong. This has saved us huge amounts of money because the only floor covering in the house that we have needed to replace in all that time has been the lino in the kitchen (we now have a floating bamboo floor that can be sanded down and resealed when it becomes worn) but I do dislike the carpets. I wish that they’d chosen something with flecks (so it wasn’t so obvious when they needed vacuuming) and something not so… pink.

We reduce the impact with a rug in the living room

However, I simply cannot bring myself to replace something that isn’t worn out. I have considered re-carpeting the living room on a number of occasions, but I know that all I need to do is vacuum and maybe shampoo it and it will look as good as new (well, nearly) and so I don’t visit the local carpet shop or start researching environmentally friendly carpets. We do have a nice rug in front of the fire which covers up quite a bit of the pinkness, but it’s still there in the rest of the house and it’s NEVER going to wear out in the other rooms. Sometimes I wish I was a bit more frivolous.

I guess that it could have been worse, though – they could have selected a vibrant paisley pattern!