6/19/10
If you suffer from allergies and plan to rip up the wall-to-wall carpet and replace it with hardwood floors in your bedroom, think again. Dust, allergens and other particles can easily build up on hardwood, which means it'll need constant cleaning. A carpeted room cleaned with a HEPA-filter vacuum can actually keep the room cleaner. It's not what's on the floor that matters, but how you clean the room.