I don’t have any area rugs in this house. Installed porcelain wood look tiles and wool wall to wall in the bedrooms. The house is our downsize and it is that, for sure. Living room/dining area is one space and area rugs would make the room look too small.

About once every year or two, depending on if we can throw it in the washing machine.

Jan I snow clean too, LOL. Never heard of anyone else who's done that -- it just made perfect sense to me. Works great (between visits to the rug guy.)

Larger rugs, once a year are taken to carpet cleaners, smaller ones washed at home and hung over the wall usually every few months.. anything that spills on them, is usually on the spot cleaning.

I think it depends on whether you have pets or wear shoes in the house. Also, whether the rug is in a high traffic area or not and from what the yarn is made. I have wool rugs from Iran and regular vacuuming keeps them clean for several years as we have no pets and don't wear shoes in the house.

No rugs or carpets in my house

Half our house is carpet and half is tile. We have a "steam" cleaner/carpet shampooer that we use when spots start accumulating...usually every 2 months, or so. We take the 8' x 10' dining room rug and hallway rugs to the driveway and pressure wash, which releases built up shampooer detergents and cleans pretty effectively. We have 1 dog and 1 cat, but our daughter shows up with her 5 dogs, and, well, chaos reigns!

Only if my cat barfs on one.... :-)

ddelora, I use the pressure washer on mine too. In the winter, I rent a carpet cleaner. I clean mine about 2x a year because I have dogs and I live in the country and dirt is abundant.

I have only area rugs throughout my home. They are vacuumed regularly. We shake the small ones outside often. The large rugs are shook outside annually. The large living room flat weave white woolen rug is professionally washed every 3 - 4 yrs.

I have several area rugs in key locations. The house is carpeted (not my choice). Kitchen and bathrooms are tiled. We take our shoes off in the kitchen and place on a shoe rack. Carpet and rugs get cleaned twice a year by me or more if needed. A carpet shampooer is a great investment. I dream of wood floors. Sigh...maybe some day.

Only area rugs I have are in the bathroom and I throw them in the washing machine about once a month.

No rugs and carpets for me to clean... there are none.

It all depends on the traffic flow, it depends on the type of rug and how dirty it is.

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