When remodeling or renovating, many people want a fresh look in their home, from floor to ceiling. Painting your walls, changing cabinetry, new light fixtures, and fresh trim can all help to make your house look brand new. But when you do all of those things, your old matted carpet can start to look a little out of place. So what do you do? Replace it with new carpet? Replace it with wood flooring? Or just get it cleaned? The answer will depend largely on what you’re looking for in your remodel.

The Pros of Hardwood

Wooden floors certainly look beautiful. The shine they get when they are cleaned can make the whole house glow, and can provide a rich warmth to a house. They look and feel luxurious, though they often need well-placed rugs throughout.

Additionally, they are fairly easy to clean, especially if they are kept waxed and smooth. Instead of needing harsh chemicals to clean, staining easily, and holding onto smells, they can fairly easily be wiped clean from most spills. They also don’t hold in microorganisms and other particles well, so they are great for people with allergies.

Finally, if well-maintained, they can last for decades or even generations, which can make the higher price worth it.

The Pros of Carpet

If you’re thinking about sticking with carpet, there are some pros on your side, too. Carpet feels great under bare feet and is especially nice in cold climates where the floor gets quite chilly. It can even hold some of the heat in the room as a whole, potentially meaning you can turn the heat down just a bit in the winter. It is especially nice in bedrooms and living rooms, so you may consider getting a combination of both wood and carpet for your renovated home.

Carpet is naturally much more comfortable to stand on than wood, which feels great for those with joint problems. Thick padding underneath the carpet is an option to lend even more comfort. The extra padding also means that trips and falls by kids (or adults) are less painful, and lamps, cell phones, and other expensive objects are less likely to break when they fall.

As previously mentioned, carpet is also much cheaper than hardwood–generally less than a quarter of the cost per square foot.

Or Maybe it Just Needs a Good Cleaning?

Many homeowners start shopping for new carpet with the assumption that what they have is not salvageable, but in many cases this is not true. A professional carpet cleaning company might be able to work magic on stained, matted carpet and make it look almost new again. This will be the cheapest option 100% of the time, so it might be worth a shot before coughing up the money to purchase and install new carpets or new hardwood floors.

If you’re interested in giving your carpet a second chance, or even if your area rugs on your new wood floors need cleaning, call Coit Cleaning and Restoration today.