Originally Posted by jeaninmaine
Originally Posted by Jill
I have a carpeted sewing room and I know we won't be changing it to wood or laminate for years. I always wear shoes and vacuum it frequently. I usually take my shoes off when I'm at the sewing machine but put them back on before walking away.
I always wear rubber soled slippers in the house, I have cats and don't like the idea of getting up in the middle of the night and finding I've walked in someones hairball so I am in the habit of having slippers on at all times.
What about linoleum, could I lay a roll of that down??? Would it work. That could be cut to size.
LOL, oh how I know that feeling yuck! I have carpeting in my sewing room it is also a guest room. I use nothing but large size pins, like the ones with plastic yellow ball on the end. They are easy to spot in the carpet.
I really do not drop that many pins. to pick up threads we just had a great tip to get a brand new toilet brush and brush up the threads before vaccuuming. I really do not find a carpeted surface in my sewing room that distracting. I would find linoleum layed out over the carpet more so. If it were me and I wanted to spend $$ on other house stuff I would live with the carpet until I had the $$ to spend to redo the floor in the room. It has worked fine for me and many others. Yes smooth flooring like wood or laminate is easier but carpet isn't so bad.