We know that pine needles can be pesky and hard to remove from the floor after the holiday season is over, so we wanted to share this article with you from Apartment Therapy.
An Easy Way to Clean Pine Needles from the Floor
Pine needles are part of the deal that comes with bringing a real, living tree into your living room over the holidays – even fake trees shed their tinsel. But that doesn’t make the resulting mess any less annoying to deal with, especially when the tree seems to be shedding everywhere.
Regular watering can help with how much your (real) tree sheds, but to save your sanity, you’ll still need a simple plan of action for how to clean up all the unavoidable pine needles from your floor. Here are our best bets:
For hardwoods, concrete or tile – use a lint roller
Try a big lint roller, or something else sticky, like some masking or duct tape wrapped around your hand or the end of a Swiffer Sweeper-type thing. The sticky side is great for picking up pine needles from solid floors and the sides or tops of furniture.
For carpets and rugs – a vacuum is the best bet.
If you have carpets or the tree is positioned over a rug, your best bet is still your trusty vacuum cleaner. Skip the brush attachment (the needles will get stuck in that, giving you another thing to clean), and just go for the hose.
So you’ve got the needles picked up, but now you’re struggling to remove tree sap messes? Check out this article on removing tree sap. Do you need extra help? Make sure to give us a call at J and R’s Carpet Cleaning and we can help to restore your carpets and upholstery.
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