Fixin' Up Friday: The day I cut my carpet.

Note to husband self: When using spray insulation, cover the carpet beneath you.

  

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Because this stuff will make your carpet look like this: 

 Do you see the yellow spot? Not the nicest decorating touch....

Solution? Well, if your carpet has a nice "pile" (which happens to be the technical term for how long the yarn of your carpet is - who knew?), like ours, just grab your favorite pair of scissors and attack snip away the top of each tuft.

After:

 Because of the lighting in this picture, you can still see a bit of the foam remains - but in person, it is not visible, unless you get down on your hands and knees. 

(If you do that at my house, I will think you are strange)

Warning, snipping your carpet will leave the surrounding area looking like this:

As an extra bonus: 

For those spots that go deeper into your carpet, may I suggest the-best-carpet-cleaner-in-existance?

 

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Folex Carpet Spot Remover. This stuff is amazing - it takes out coffee stains, animal "oopsies," and soda stains! I bought mine from Bed Bath and Beyond for about $8, but the container is huge - very worth it. :)

I feel a bit ashamed I only posted 3 times in May. I promise June will be better - mostly because I have a TON to catch you up on!