Ugh. Stupidest parenting mistake ever.

Daisy77

And btw, I just said a not-nice word (stupid)...DS would be proud to point that out, lol.

When DH and I built our home, we thought, "Lighter carpet, tannish couch." 

Dumb. Dumb. Dumb!

Why did we think that was a good idea??????  We planned to have more kids and we were crazy to think the next ones would be as neat as DD#1 was.  To top it off, DH was a diesel technician at the time.  Now he works with trucks all day and still gets pretty dirty.

In our defense, the idiots that sold us our carpet LIED.  Stain resistant my a**.  After many, many, many stain removing products and using our carpet shampooer, I tried out that new Resolve deep clean "powder" and that helped the carpet a bit.  I tried it on the couch, no such luck.

We plan on replacing the carpet sometime soon (DH wants wood floors).  The couch, who knows.  I think we'll have to go the professional route   Then DH will scotch guard it from end to end and underneath too, because with this one he said, "Oh, we'll just do it at home" when they offered to do it at the store.  Yeah, that happened.

cp760

I totally know what you mean. We have whitish carpets and an off-white microfiber sectional...with 3 kids, a boxer and a husband. When I purchased the sofa I wanted a dark tan and the sales lady kept pushing the white. "Microfiber is super easy to clean" she kept saying. Stupid me fell for it. Yes it's easy to clean...if you feel like cleaning a gigantic sofa every couple days (which I don't). Not only do I wish I went with the dark tan, but I really wish I had gone with a dark chocolate color. I've looked into reupholstering it and dying it and covering it... it's just too big and would cost too much. So for now our very expensive sectional is slowly looking dingy and yucky. I try to keep blankets on it when the kids hop up with dirty feet and their skin covered in sunblock...but there is only so much I can do with it. I totally feel your pain.

Sarah&JoeinSC

We had carpet in the living area of our brand new townhouse for less than a year before we ripped it up and put down hardwood.  With our pets and baby, the carpet got so nasty and I felt like it just trapped dirt.  Wood floors are so much easier to keep clean IMO.  I'm dying to get a new sofa- it will definitely be one with removable covers, probably in white so I can wash and bleach them.

lttlestar

we have tan microfiber couches and my DH is in construction .... it seems like even when he is clean the couches get dirty!!!

rianals

We have two big, dirty, inside/outside dogs.  We also have two sheets that I rotate back and forth on the couch!  (Yeah, I know.  I could teach the dogs to stay off the couch, but I like to sit WITH my dogs ON the couch.  The dirt didn't start to bother me until I LO was born and I wanted to sit with her on the couch...I guess that is what recieving blankets are for!)

hayleydeee

Thanks for the tip about the Resolve powder, I'll have to try it out.

So far our white bedroom carpet has been safe from DD, but my sister's Yorkie has been a different story. Even Stanley Steamer couldn't get out the yellow stain he left for us. Maybe Resolve will work.  

We knew we wanted kids when we picked the carpet, but I loved the way it looked with the dark red walls and at the time aesthetics seemed more important that practicality.  Oh well. 

ariel06

If you get wood floor, get the light ones.  We have cherry floors and every scratch shows.  Not child friendly at all.