In case you’ve missed the news, they make a thing called a “carpet rake.”
I learned of its existence from a friend’s father several months ago. We were giving a group a tour around my mother’s new house. She had just had brand new carpet installed and as I was showing it off, I mentioned that she was a bit frustrated with how prominently footprints show on it. That’s when said friend’s father said, “well, you oughta just get one of those carpet rakes.”
“A carpet rake?” I couldn’t believe it. But, I looked it up, and sure enough, you can get one on Amazon for for just $18.25. So, I bought one. It arrived. My mother loved it. I began walking around my house, noticing how bleh our carpet looked. I began thinking it could use a sprucing up. Maybe I needed a carpet rake, too. So…I bought another one….this one for my house. And, I have to say that it’s been a bit of a revelation.
This had to have been what it was like to discover bottled water. It’s so simple. It seems so trivial. Who would think to invent a thing that doesn’t need inventin’ you know what I mean? Why would anyone want to rake their carpet? Well, I’ll say…the more my mother talked about the footprints on the carpet, the more I saw ’em, and the more it started to bug me like it bugged her. I got it. The more I looked at my matted down carpet, the more it bugged me. A carpet rake solves those problems – I went from wondering if it was necessary to thinking I couldn’t live without it!
But, the best thing about owning a carpet rake is the therapeutic aspect of it. I didn’t even see it coming. There’s something incredibly soothing about dragging a tool across a floor repetitively and seeing how it makes your carpet look new. It’s a relaxing, calming activity and at the end of the process, you’re rewarded with the look of new carpet. Amazing. It’s like raking sand in a zen garden. By the time I’m done raking that carpet, my mind is clear and my body feels centered. So, if you need any further convincing, just look at the state of this carpet after a good raking:
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