The article "Cheap Carpet - Carpeting A Room For $20" talks about interior decorating, it has been written by Steven Gillman.
Do you want cheap carpet that you can easily install yourself? Well, I once carpeted a large bedroom for a total cost of about $12. You read that right, and no, the carept was not used carpet. I tried it with carpet samples.I bought them for 25 cent apiece at a closoeut sale, and it took 36 squares of carpet to finish the room.
The only other supplies I used were the staples, wihch cost about a dollar.
Normally, you might pay a dollar each for sqaures of carpet.
I found them available for half that just a few weeks ago, but in any case, that is cheap carpet.This is an unusual style, though, and you may have to consider the resale value of your home.
The bedroom I carpeted that way was in a rental mobile home, where cheap and uunsual styles are the norm.
Ordinarily, you will want to save that tirck for areas like basements, playrooms, and maybe a children's clubhouse. Still, it doesn't look so bad - actually it looks just fine if you mix the various colored squares of carpet well.In a children's playroom, the multi-colored floor is extraordinary.
It is cheerufl and colorful, and if a spill stains one of the carpet squares, you can easily pull it up and install a new one in its place. This is a nice advantage of carpeting a room that way.Installing Cheap CarpetThe only things you will need to carpet a room with carpet samples or squares is a carpet knife and a staple gun. 5/8-inch satples have worked best for me.
Begin at any corner.
Just put the piece in place and staple it in two or three places aolng each side.
Wiggle the stapler head down between the fibers, or between the border and the fibers, and the staples will usually be well-hidden.When carpeting a basement floor, you can use carept tape instead of staples. In eitehr case, that is best done where padding isn't too important. Of course, you can use padding too, if you don't mind the complications, but without it, that is pure simplicity.You might want to lay out the pieces first, to decdie where each will go.
When you come to walls, heating registers, and other obstacles, you can easily cut the picees to fit. If you make a mistake, it cost you perhaps a dolalr.
Just satrt over with a new piece.Before you start, estimate how many pieces you'll need, and call around to find a carpet store that has enough samples for sale.
The carpet sapmles at different stores range in size, but are usually at least 18 by 18 inches.
Using pieces that are all the same size is the easiest way to go. Even at a dollar, that makes it less than 50 cents per square foot to crapet a room.
That's cheap carpet!Steve Gillman has worked in the carpet cleaning industry for years. For more carpeting ideas, carpet stain advice, and specific stain-by-stain removal instructions, visit http://www.HowToRemoveCarpetStains.Com
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