
(NC)-With all of the flooring options available today, choosing one for your child's bedroom or playroom may seem like a difficult task. One flooring option that will care for your child's health, comfort and safety is wall-to-wall carpet.
Many people believe that carpet is a source of poor indoor air quality, although the reality is you will breathe easier knowing that your child is playing or sleeping in a room that helps their respiratory health. "Carpet improves indoor air quality by trapping dust and air-borne allergens until they are vacuumed away" explains Karyn Kelly, marketing manager for Beaulieu Canada, Canada's largest carpet manufacturer. In fact, a ten year study completed in Sweden further supports that there is no link between carpet in the home and the incidence of asthma or allergies. More information is available online at www.beaulieucanada.ca or www.canadiancarpet.org about indoor air quality.
Not only does wall-to-wall carpet help your child breath easier, it also provides safety and comfort. Carpet helps prevents slips, will cushion a fall and is easy on children's knees, hands and clothes and is safer and more comfortable than any flooring alternative. In addition, wall-to-wall carpet is ideal as a natural sound insulator as it absorbs and reduces noise offering more peace and quiet in your home.
Along with all of carpets natural inherent benefits for your child, today's manufacturing technology has enabled a multitude of choices in texture, colour and design with enhanced performance characteristics. When selecting a carpet for a child's bedroom or playroom, a couple of key features to look for are stain and soil resistance. Soil resistance helps repel dust and dirt, and stain resistance allows for easy clean up of most common household spills.
All evidence points to the fact that carpet is good for your child's health, your home and it's also a wonderful decorating tool. Now you can breathe easier with the knowledge that your carpet also makes your home healthier.
- News Canada