Originally Posted by NJ Quilter
I have a wood floor with an area rug in the center of the (very small) room. Like both. Mind you, the dust bunnies get quite thick as I'm not a frequent (weekly) cleaner. I suck them up with the vac as far as it will reach. My threads and scraps seem to vac up fine on the carpet but it's a very low pile while still being of the 'plush' variety vs. berber or something else really low pile.
Ditto- area rug is nice and comfy to stand on, vacs up well, and if I drop a piece of fabric on it it the fabric doesn't suck up every little nit of dirt - the nits stay on the rug. I am rigorous about running a magnet over it for pins and I vac every week. I use one of those damp-mop things to pick up the wood floor. I don't let people in with their street shoes if I can help it. No pets! Maybe that's why my son calls it the 'quilting lab'?