Do you own a pet? According to the United States Humane Society, from 2011 to 2012, 46% of US households owned at least one dog and 39% owned at least one cat. My family has five cats (yes – FIVE!), a dog and some Goldfish.
If you have a dog or cat you know that they are sometimes not the neatest things. Sometimes they have accidents, spill their food or throw up hairballs, among other messy things. Just yesterday our dog Espn (pronounced Es-pin) peed TWICE – once on the kitchen floor and all over the carpet. He almost never has accidents. I have no idea why he did yesterday.
If we ever move from our condo I don’t want carpeting where the animals will be. Carpeting is so hard to keep clean and it stains easily. At the same time I don’t want a bare floor for my pets to sleep on. They need carpeting or some kind of a rug so sleep on, especially during the cold weather month.
When we were house hunting and made an offer on a house (which didn’t pan out :-() it had hardwood floor throughout and in some places there were area rugs. I like that idea and had planned on getting some area rugs for our pets too. At the same time I thought about my pets having accidents or puking (and staining) the throw rugs.
Thank goodness for FLOR. FLOR makes a unique carpet design squares that you can use to create throw rugs, runners or even carpet an entire room.
FLOR sent me some carpet tiles to review. I received enough tiles to make a runner in our hallway.
FLOR comes in a variety of colors, designs and patterns to suit any room in your home.
What makes FLOR so different than other types of carpeting is that FLOR comes in large square tiles. This allows you to customize your FLORing to fit any room in your home – even odd shaped rooms. You can also carpet just the areas you want (similar to a throw rug) and not the entire room.
Installation is super easy and quick.
- Clean the floor you want to put the FLOR on.
- Layout your FLOR pieces so that you achieve the look you are going for.
- Apply the FLOR dots to the pieces.
And you are done! It’s THAT easy. You can have them professionally installed if you want, but they are so easy to work with that I wouldn’t think anyone would need that option.
FLOR tiles have a special backing on them that prevent them from sliding around on the floor. The titles also come with large sticky “dots” that help connect the pieces together, giving them more stability. The “dots” stick the pieces together – you do not stick them to the floor it’s self.
FLOR is made from recycled materials. When you decide that you no longer want the FLOR tiles you can send them back to FLOR and they will recycle them into new FLOR tiles. I love that the company is doing it’s part to be responsible and Earth-friendly.
Since FLOR is not permanent like a traditional wall-to-wall carpet you can change out the look any time you want.
FLOR is ideal for homes with pets. As a pet owner I WISH I knew about FLOR years ago. It could have saved us A LOT of $$$ on new carpeting, carpet cleaners, and even a carpet cleaner.
With FLOR tiles you can remove the soiled or stained piece, bring it to the sink to clean it (rather than have to bend over and kill your back scrubbing it clean). Once dry you can put the piece back.
What kind of carpeting lets you clean it off with water? NONE! You have to worry about water getting underneath your carpet which will cause a lot of damage (maybe even mold). With FLOR you can wash the soiled piece off properly, let it dry and replace it back with the other FLOR pieces.
If your title piece becomes too stained or damage you can simply swap it out for a new piece. Can you do that with a carpet or throw rug? No way!
If you have pets I would recommend ordering a few extra pieces. That way if one piece gets ruined you can simply swap it out with a new piece and your FLORing is as good as new. FLOR tiles range in price from $9 – $28. That is a nominal price compared to replacing an entire room of carpeting or a throw rug.
We used to have a cat name Pixie who threw up A LOT and it left behind red stains (food coloring from the food he ate). Back then we had a light colored carpet. We had red splotching stains all over the living room. We had no choice but to replace the entire carpeting. I wish we had FLOR back then because we could have just replaced the individual tiles. I would rather spend $20-$30 on a few new tiles instead of $600 on an entire room of carpeting.
FLOR allows you to customize your FLORing any way you want. You can use it to create a special sleeping areas for your pet, add carpeting to their dog house, or even use one of the tiles as a mat to put their food and water dish on. The possibilities are endless.
As a pet owner I think FLOR is a “must have”. It’s an ingenius idea. I wish I knew about it sooner. It could have saved us $$$$$$.
For more information about FLOR or to check out their different products visit www.FLOR.com. You can also check them out on Facebook, Twitter and even Pinterest.
What do you think about FLOR? Is this something you could really use in your home? Feel free to comment and share your thoughts.
Kimberly
*I received free product samples in order to do this review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.
Sara Sullivan says
Could really use this to replace the carpet around the litter box…
Holly Storm-Burge says
Omigosh. We just got our first cat and she is ripping at the carpet. I didn’t know they did this! You hear about them clawing furniture, but I thought the floors were safe 😉
Deb E says
Great idea. Wish I had this when mine was a pup. Carpet is expensive to replace and really hard to clean once it’s soiled.
Yidi S says
this is a good idea, plus it looks good
Tammy S says
This is amazing! I have never heard of this company before. I could use this in my kitchen. For some reason my cats are obsessed with the rugs I have in the kitchen in front of the sink and fridge. They are always clawing at them or trying to chew on them. Plus I love that when you are done with them you just send them back and they recycle them. Super Cool!