I learned this the hard way, but it is good to.know. I purchased a 100% wool 10 x 13 rug for my living room. One of my cats did not like the.other using the litter box so she started going on the rug. I found a recipe online to remove the odor. It helped a lot but didn't stop.the cat. Each time I saw a,wet place I blotted.it, then literally poured whire vinegar and hydrogen peroxide on the spots. I had to put something under afterwards to.dry the floor and absorb liwuid from the rug. Then when I had my upholstery cleaned, I had them clean the rug. Only after I paid them did I ask how they clean wool.rugs (my sister pays souch to.have hers picked up, cleaned and returned.in place. WELL, I was completely shocked to.learn the carpet cleaners WASH WOOL.CARPETS. So after that did what they said they do. My husband took ut out to the drive way, and I washed it front and back. It has to be turned to dry thoroughly, but don't leave the top with direct sun for several days like I did. I had a bit of fading. So, you do have this option if you really like the warmth and feel of carpet under your feet. Not all wool rugs are as expensive as some pay for the orientals. Mine was 900. compared to almost 4000. ,my sister paid. Hers has to be a lifetime.purchase. Mine does not, thankfully. Also,.in.my bedrooms, I bought the padding that has the liquid barrier layer. Also, another tip I got :, If you do decide on carpet, before installing, wash your subflooring (if not particle board) with white vinegar and hydrogeox peroxide,,When dry sprinkle combo of baby powder and baking soda. Sweep that up so to leave sime in the wood grain. Then again sprinkle a light layer.all.over and install carpet over it with.the pet type padding or the fur babies will.smell where they went before. It will be chore with 4 of them, but u k buy baby diapers and cut a hole for the tail. Then u should take all if them.out together removing the duapers at the doggie door and coax them out with a treat. When u take off the diapers, note which.one already wet their diaper. Then as each goes you should praise them by name and give another treat. You can reuse the dry diapers using painters tape wrapped as round. The orig tape wint endure. You may find by checkin who.used the diaper that all 4 ate not the culprits. I.have two dogs, two cats and all but the newest puppy rings a bell hanging.on the door to.let me know. Then they all go out together. But that puppy comes running to.me to see if I am coming, so she's om her way. I do also have a doggie door, but.only..one cat uses it. I also.keep a pee pad on the bath floor for when I am gone. I.learned a long tome ago, you have to use some of your not really free time to train puppies /dogs. Skip.one tome taking them out on a schedule (for a while) and you are causing the problem. The become accustomed.to going at certain times. You have to.gradually extend it from every hour until a couple of times a day. Hope ALL this helps some.

I think you should contact William and Sonoma and ask for the technical specifications on the fabric. There are a couple of tests that are done on upholstery fabric and once you know the results you can make an informed decision. It is difficult to know just from the contents of the material themselves how durable the fabric is, since quality and manufacturing process can cause quite a bit of variance. That said, wool is one of the more durable natural materials.

We have considered that, and should probably reconsider it before moving forward. I was firmly in the "all hardwood" camp when we had our house built (16 years ago) because that's what I was used to. My husband had always had carpet and felt strongly about wanting it in our bedrooms. We compromised, and have hardwood throughout our main floor and carpet upstairs (except for laundry and bathrooms). The transition is on the second half of our staircase, just after the landing. I absolutely HATE the carpet on the stairs (the cats sharpen their claws on it and I detest vacuuming it on the stairs). When we remove the original carpet, we have been planning to replace the carpet on the stairs and in the upstairs hallway with hardwood flooring, but to keep the bedrooms carpeted. I think I could convince my husband to hardwood our bedroom at this point, and I also think my son would be fine with hardwood and a nice area rug in his room. He sits on the floor a lot, but a rug with a plush pad works as well as carpeting for him. My daughter, on the other hand, really loves having the wall-to-wall carpet in her bedroom, and she also spends a lot of time on her floor doing homework and crafting. She doesn't even want us to replace her carpet though, so if I'm going to have to do battle anyway, maybe I should just go all the way. She thinks the wool isn't going to be as soft as the frieze, and doesn't care that the current carpet is old. Another thing that has/had me leaning toward wall-to-wall carpet is sheer laziness... The thought of having to tear out all the baseboards, especially in my daughter's room which has beadboard installed throughout the entire room above the baseboards, is a little daunting. I don't want to have to install quarter round, but we will probably have to figure something out to account for hardwood flooring not being as thick as padding and carpet. Maybe I'm making it out to be a bigger deal in my mind. In any case, thanks for the food for thought. I'm definitely going to consider it and talk it over with my husband. Ironically, I think I like the carpet in the bedrooms more than he does at this point. I like that the cats can lay in whichever carpeted sunbeam they want, and I think wool carpets are so pretty. I just don't want to install them and then regret it if they age horribly. Lots to think about...

Hi, I ran into your post when I was researching Masland wool carpet, I was wondering if you ended up installing it and if so are you happy with it?