The Oddest and Smartest Way to Protect Your Wood Floors
For those of you who read the articles on this site with even some regularity, it is apparent how compulsive I am about maintaining my wooden floors. It might come across as somewhat fanatical at times, but since I was a small child I have wanted pristine wood floors throughout a house. This was prompted by the floors in my aunt’s house, they were some of the most gorgeous floors I have ever seen, and she too went to some extreme lengths to keep them spectacular.
In fact, I remember quite clearly wearing hard heeled mary jane styled shoes to her house one Easter and breaking into a spontaneous tap routine. I imagine the sugar from all that Easter candy was partly to blame, but I was quickly corrected. That may have been the last time I ever pretended to know how to tap dance, and the moment when my respect for wood floors set in.
Still, when I first saw a tip in a popular American magazine to place tube socks over the legs of furniture to protect the floors, I even scoffed at the idea. The picture that coincided with the recommendation looked preposterous, as did the expression on my face I assume. Anyway, I read further and saw that they meant for you to do this only when rearranging furniture. Thus, on a second look this makes a great deal of sense, and thought it no longer to be completely crazed.
Thought you might like to have the idea shared, if not the picture, I’m leaving that up to your imaginations.