As many mums will tell you, children can be tough on your house. They are the best thing in a ma’s life, make no mistake about it ; but the messes that follow behind their never ending curiosity and play can get overwhelming! While messes are an accepted and accepted fact of existence, mom’s life is an entire lot simpler when her home is fitted with laminate flooring in the main living areas instead of carpet or hardwood flooring.
Sturdy, beautiful and simple to scrub, laminate is excellent for the top 3 messes a mom must deal with on an almost daily basis. Here are one or two messes that are simply cleaned up if you have laminate in your place.
Mess #1: Food spills. Whether they happen in the kitchen, the sitting room, or the bathroom, having children means dealing with food messes. Whether or not it is a day old marshmallow that your two year old chewed up and then spit out onto your living room floor, or a complete gallon of milk that your 9 year old dropped when attempting to make you breakfast in bed, laminated flooring can handle it all. And unlike real hardwood floors, it still looks beautiful after the milk, and resulting milky footprints, have been mopped up.
Mess #2: Pet messes. When the dog creates a mess in the house, more frequently than not it was not exactly the dog’s concept, particularly in a home with youngsters. While it could have been Daisy’s concept to go swimming in the irrigation ditch, it was doubtless your loving six years old’s idea to invite her into your bed to look at cartoons while she dried off and heated up. ‘But mom, it’s cold swimming outside!’ For the resulting muddy paw prints all over your laminate flooring, a quick swipe with the mop looks after things. The wet dog smell in your favourite pillow is another matter altogether.
Mess #3: Water fun. While you may not agree with your four year old, she has the firm belief that if she is ever going to be a ’sinkernized mermaid’ like grandmother once was, ( synchronized swimmer ), she must practice each day. The stone look of the laminate flooring in the bathroom lets her picture fascinated grottos, and lets mom quickly soak up the gallons of water displaced by the aspiring mermaid without breaking a leg.
These common household ‘catastrophes’ can be minimized by installing laminate flooring. Visit your local flooring expert or renovation store to learn more.
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