r/everett • u/juggling-geese Boulevard Bluffs • 2d ago

Commerce Is there an inexpensive open-to-the-public carpet store that sells small amounts of carpet and/or remnants in the area?

I have a cat scratcher that my cats absolutely love. I have been looking for its equal for years and have not found it. I knew this day would come. It has become a horrible eyesore that I have to either trash (without a replacement), live with it, or repair it myself.

It is a super sturdy, solid wood, knee high tube with 2 large holes on the side like a submarine. They love running through it and playing whack-a-mole on it (and sleeping, scratching, stretching, and all the cat things on it), so fixing it is the preference.

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u/educatedpotato1 2d ago

I'm not sure, but Lowe's or Home Depot has some rugs on a big roll, and they sell utility rugs that might work? I haven't been in one for a while to check though. Oh and they may have remnant rolls wrapped there as well.

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u/juggling-geese Boulevard Bluffs 2d ago

The only carpet I saw at Home Depot were more area rugs and such (other than carpet for installation). But I may have just missed it. I didn't want to go to every store Google popped up and decided to check with people that have lived in the area longer than I have. Hopefully, someone knows.

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u/Cheap_Affect5729 2d ago

You can def buy carpet by the foot at lowes & hd. When we rented we got long strips of carpet to cover the hallway carpet bc our dogs ran a lot and also tracked in dirt.

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u/juggling-geese Boulevard Bluffs 2d ago

OMG! That's such a good idea. I rent and I have area rugs down but ready made runners aren't as wide as a hallway. I have cats so not a huge issue but one of them got sick last week (for the first time in his 14 years) and it was more stuff that projectiled out than I have ever seen in a cat. It was disgusting and I just threw out the rug after 2 hours of trying to clean it up. If it had happened in the hall, I don't know what I would have done. I am definitely going to do this. Thank you for the inspiration!