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Carpet can provide a soft spot for your feet to land, help dampen noises throughout a house and generally make a space feel cozier. But it can start to look dingy over time because of high traffic, ...

The Bissell Little Green Cordless Portable Carpet Cleaner is a portable deep cleaner designed to help clean stains and tough messes around your home. It’s suitable for use on carpets and rugs, stairs, ...

What You Should Know Before You Start To remove a stain, simply blot the spot and dry working from the outside in, rinse thoroughly with clean water, then blot again. Never scrub the carpet, or you ...

It’s now spring, which means it’s nearly the season of cleaning and organization. There’s something particularly alarming about emerging from the winter doldrums to find that your home is a dusty, ...

Even with the best of intentions, spills happen. Whether it's a splash of wine or a child’s dropped popsicle, stains have a knack for finding their way onto the carpet. Before you reach for a pricey ...

We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present to you our series FYI where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how often ...

Tar is sneaky. Because it’s used to patch asphalt that’s roughly the same color, you may end up stepping on tar without realizing it. Or maybe you drove on a road repaired with tar on a hot day, came ...

Regardless of whether you spill a little or a lot, perfume stains really stink! Unsurprisingly, these stains can appear just as easily on clothing as they do on upholstery and carpet. Fortunately, ...