You can keep dirt at bay if you use door mats outside your front and back doors, and your patio door as well. You might be surprised to see how much dirt guests track into your house, and it will be especially noticeable if you have light colored carpeting. Laying out door mats is an excellent way to reduce your cleaning time, and protect your floors from damage.
Your friends and neighbors may track in quite a bit of dirt each day, especially if the weather is wet. This can harm not only carpet, but hardwood floors as well, if people track in pebbles or the like. Anything that lessens the shine of your hardwood floor is something you'd rather keep outside than indoors. You may have to use deep cleaning methods or replace your carpeting more often if people are forever tracking in dirt and debris.
During snow or rain, a lot of moisture will be tracked into your home, in addition to dirt. This can also damage floors, and it may make hardwood floors dangerously slippery as well. A friend might slip and fall on your floor, which is something you should obviously avoid. Dirty and wet floors are not only unattractive, but they give friends a bad first impression of your home. They may wonder how clean the rest of your house is, if the entryway is dirty and unkempt.
You can lay door mats outside your home as a way to keep outside dirt outside. You can find very attractive or humorous mats too, like the popular “Wipe Your Paws” welcome mat. You can also put little boot scrapers on your porch, like the small porcupine scrapers, which clean the sides of shoes and boots as well as the bottom. Be sure that each door into your home has a mat, because as sure as you only put one at the front door, your kids will track in dirt in the back door, coming in from outdoor play.
A good quality door mat can collect most of the debris and dirt that would otherwise find its way into your home. It can also absorb moisture that you certainly don't want tracked in. Mats will maintain the cleanliness of your home, and will protect your expensive hardwood floor or carpeting. An entrance mat can make your porch more attractive, too, and there are many colors, styles and sizes available. Select a color that won't show dirt too easily, and coordinate the colors with those of your home's exterior, if you can.
Using outdoor mats is an effective way for homeowners to keep their houses looking their very best. Darker colors will show wear less, but they may show clay or dirt more readily. Tan and brown mats work well. Just like an air filter traps contaminates, so a well-made mat will keep most moisture and dirt from the interior of your home. Proper door mats outside your house can not only welcome people to your home, but keep your home clean and welcoming on its own.
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