How I Cleaned My Jute Rug in Time For the Holidays & A Bissell Giveaway!!!

Holiday decorating, for me, includes much more than the decorating itself.  I've mentioned before how I like to clean all surfaces before I begin dragging in the greenery and pulling the boxes down from the attic.  I try to make the holidays as relaxing as possible and in order for me to fully relax, the house must be in order.  I'm just kookie that way.  Mr. and I decided years ago to invest in a Bissell upright carpet cleaner and never looked back.

Over Thanksgiving our dog, Mattie Gray had some "issues" on our jute rug in the family room.  I had two options.  Either replace the rug or try to clean it knowing that if something horrible happened in the cleaning process, I was going to replace the rug anyway.  Have you ever cleaned a jute rug?  I've tried it one other time with my Bissell and it worked perfectly, so I felt good about trying it again. *I'm not encouraging you to clean your jute rug and then hate me if it messes up.  Please test an area before cleaning your entire rug.  We needed a rug in our family room and the holiday season was not the time to go rug shopping if you know what I mean.  So clean it I did.

The process was simple, I moved all of the furniture into the dining room, turned the heat up in the house, and about fifteen minutes later I had a clean rug.  Easy!  It was completely dry by the evening and smelled great - no more weird factory smell.  Now Bissell upright cleaning formulas include Scotchguard Protector so you can protect your carpets from being stained in the future. The stain protecting substance pushes liquids away from the base of the carpet fibers.  This means if you have a spill, the liquid will stay on the surface longer so you have time to clean it up before the carpet is seriously damaged.

Bissell is giving away 3 Upright Cleaning Machines.  Trust me, you will love being able to clean your carpets and rugs yourself.

To enter the giveaway:

1.  Visit the Bissell landing page to check out your new cleaning machine.
2.  Come back here and leave a comment stating how the Bissell Upright Deep Cleaning Machine with Scotchguard Protector Carpet Cleaning Solution would make your life easier.

Bissell will randomly select three winners from the comments found on participating blogs.

Bissell will announce the winners Monday, January 5th, and the winners will be notified through a response to comments. You will have 5 business days (by 01/12/15) to submit your email address and claim your prize.

Good luck!

Be sure to click the image below for a $1 off coupon.

Thank you Bissell for sponsoring this post.