In partnership with BISSELL® // I would have titled this post “I got a new kitchen rug”, but I figured I might as well make the kitchen look pretty for summer and make reading this post worth your while… : )
Jokes aside, I did actually get a new rug for the kitchen, and I don’t know why it has taken me so long to find a good runner I like! I stumbled across this one the other day while looking for a new doormat for our entryway, and I loved that it was simple, had lots of texture, would be durable for all the foot (and paw) traffic in the kitchen, and had a good mix of gray and tan to match the flooring, but still feel warm and cozy.
We’ve only had the rug about a week, but so far I am loving the way it looks in here and Remington has made it his new favorite place to bring all his toys and chew on them. I’m usually tripping over his slobbery toys while trying to cook dinner, but I honestly love having him right by my side all the time. He has definitely learned that when momma is in the kitchen, that means FOOD is happening. And he doesn’t miss a chance to catch any crumbs that drop!
For summer, I’m really trying to keep the house feeling as clean, open, and simple as possible. Cozy, clean cottage is what comes to mind. So the kitchen just has a few accents of wood with a small collection of cutting boards and a simple piece of framed art and some greenery from an angel vine plant and branches from my yard. It feels so fresh and bright in here when the sun is shining through the windows, and I’m looking forward to spending less time in here cooking and cleaning and more time outside playing with the boys and having picnics on the patio!
Speaking of cleaning…
This little pup can make quite the mess at times, and ever since bringing Remy home, I’ve found it even more challenging to keep our house and floors clean. In fact, that’s actually one of the questions I get asked most on social media… how do you keep your house clean with two boys and a puppy?
My answer to that is first, I try to keep the house at least picked up and decluttered everyday so that it’s easier to do deeper cleaning like scrubbing floors or dusting when I get the time. Second, even though my house is light and white, I always try to look for durable, washable materials that can be thrown in the washing machine or easily cleaned. All my couch cushions have a zippered cover and can be removed if needed! Third, I try to teach the boys (and always have since they were little) to respect, appreciate, and take pride in the house they live in. It’s obviously easier now that they are a little older, but they take part in helping clean the house and do chores like dusting, sweeping, cleaning their room, and even occasionally wiping down baseboards when they become dusty or dirty. We use and enjoy our home the same as every other family and help keep it looking nice together.
That being said, our house is rarely perfectly clean, and most days between dirty baseball cleats coming in and out of the house and a puppy who likes to make a mess with his food and water bowls, our floors are one of the hardest things to keep clean. I recently came across a cleaning tool from BISSELL® that tackles ALL our messes at one time, and CrossWave® Pet Pro has become a huge help in keeping our floors clean and saving me time!
– look for a special giveaway at the end of this post!
CrossWave Pet Pro is an all-in-one multi-surface cleaner, which means that it washes and vacuums both sealed hard floors and area rugs at the same time. No need to use a broom and dustpan, followed by a mop and bucket anymore. For me, this means I can suck up dog hair, dirt, and slobbery dog food around Remy’s bowls while mopping up spilled water and scrubbing the floors ALL AT ONCE. I can clean up crumbs the boys have dropped while eating dinner and clean the rug under our table AT THE SAME TIME. That’s what I call a game changer, friends.
The smart touch controls make it easy to switch between cleaning hard floors and area rugs, and because this tool was designed with pets in mind, the multi-surface pet brush roll is tangle-free for hair up to 8 inches long. I’ve been trying CrossWave Pet Pro all over our house, and I find it really simple to use with two separate tanks that keep the clean water with a concentrated cleaning formula separate from the dirty water. And I’m sure you’re wondering what happens to all the pet hair and solids you suck up while cleaning. The dirty water tank has a removable strainer to separate and trap all of it!
Another feature I thought was really convenient and clever is it comes with a tray that easily cleans the brush roll for you. When you’re done cleaning, just set CrossWave Pet Pro in the tray, pour in a little water, and turn on the cleaner for 10-15 seconds. Much easier than having to remove the brush roll after every use!
I also love that BISSELL makes it their mission to help pets in need, and for every CrossWave Pet Pro purchased, and then activated on bissell.com, BISSELL donates $10 to BISSELL Pet Foundation. This foundation began in 2011 to help reduce the number of animals in shelters and rescues and help every pet find a good home. Just another reason to buy and support a great brand and a fantastic product, in my opinion.
I genuinely am so excited to have this time-saving tool in our home now, and BISSELL was so kind to help me share the love with one of you! Yes, friends… we’re giving away one CrossWave Pet Pro to a lucky Love Grows Wild reader! Simply use the form below to enter, and I will announce the winner here and by email on 6/12. Best of luck, and thank you for spending some time with Remy and I today!
I partnered with BISSELL on this post, but as always the thoughts and opinions shared are 100% my own. Some links in this post are affiliate links, which allows me to make a small commission from your purchase, but your purchase price stays the same. Thank you for supporting our blog and brand partners!
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I would love to win this Bissell CrossWave Pet Pro! Having four fur babies myself, it would be a lifesaver!
Love that rug Liz! I want it for my kitchen now! And that CrossWave pet pro isn’t too bead either! Haha!
I would love to win the Bissel, I have 10 grandkids that come over and a couple grand dogs also that come over!
Beautiful home! I’m intrigued by that type of floor cleaner. I’d love to try it out!
I would love to win the Cross Wave Pet Pro because I will be moving soon and I have a Chihuahua so ot will help keep our new place clean!!
And as always, I love seeing your posts kn IG and here on the blog. You inspire me to keep working towards my own dreams of having a beautiful home to be proud of!! Thank you!!
Love this! Thanks for sharing! Would love to win this. Would be perfect timing because out vacuum has about had it. Can’t find much that does a good job cleaning up after two toddler boys.
I have been wanting this BISSELL forever! And your kitchen is so pretty!
I have an active family and this looks like a perfect tool to help keep the floors clean! You have such a beautiful and inspiring home. Thanks for sharing.
love a cleaning tool with dual purpose -works on rugs and hard surface flooring!
I would love to win! We have one dog, two cats, two guinea pigs, 2 gold fish, and 3 children! It gets hectic around the house and cleaning up is a daily thing! This would be so helpful and useful for our family. Thank you!
Why do I want the Bissell? One word answer….KIDS!
What a great give away! This would be perfect to use on my dining room rug! You have such a beautiful kitchen!
With two dogs and a husband who hates to take his shoes off inside, this looks like the answer to muddy, slobbery floors!
I dont do animals in the house, but we have grandkids! Would be nice to have this so I dont have to be bending down so much. I have arthritis.
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have the Bissell Crosswave. I have just adopted 2 Labradoodle puppies who are now 6 months old. Heaven weighs 58 lbs and HollySue weighs 53 lbs. Water slobbers..food spills…fur balls the size of a baseball…OH HOW I COULD USE THE BISSELL Crosswave!! Ill keep hopeing.LOVE our blog…LOVE your home!! KEEP THEM COMING!!!
I love the simple clean lines of your kitchen.
This would be an amazing tool for my family! We are on a farm and many times you run in quickly for something and back out the door. So there is lots of spot cleaning required and this machine would clean those jobs perfectly!
The photos are amazing! Love your gift of decorating. 🙂
Love your style.
Little Remy is just adorable! I have a Boston Terrier. They are so fun! Ow that cleaner looks awesome! I’ve been looking for something like this that does it all. As you get older it gets much harder to do things on your hands and knees anymore so I would love to check this out!
Love this idea of a product! Have grandkids and end up with 4 dogs on weekends at the lakehouse. Sounds like the perfect answer to some issues that arise!
As a family with multiple pets and very active children, I would love to try this Bissell. I have mostly hard surface flooring, but some carpets. Having an all-in-one tool would be great!
Thank you very much for the opportunity to win the Bissell floor cleaner!!! I would be excited to clean the floors? it would make a not so fun job something to look forward to ?
I’d love one of these! We have an elderly dog that has the occasional accident (usually on the rugs) and this would definitely come in handy!
Karen
Love your post! Two dogs and three kids..would love that since floors are my least fave chore by far
I would love to win the Bissell because with 3 kids, 8 and under and 2 being long curly haired girls this would come in handy with day to day messes without having to do the sweeping then vacuuming and then mopping. Great blog love your post!!!
I would love to try this….I finally caved and allowed my daughter to have a small indoor dog!
I would love to win the Bissell because I live with five cats, one dog and a farmer who cares for 25 cows….ugh, what a mess! Love your blog Liz!!! Hope to visit you one day soon when I drop my punk off at Valparaiso University.
I would love to receive the Bissell vaccumm , I have an English Bulldog puppy he is 7 months old and Yes he sheds!! He is also a messy eater , something about the breeds with the smashed faces!! The water bowl is a disaster all the time. This would be just the thing to help with all te mess
Thanks for a chance to win. Love your new rug.
What a timesaver! I love my other Bissell products
Awesome giveaway, and love your kitchen
I would love a CrossWave Pet Pro! The tangle free roller and ability to swap between vacuum and mop sound like great features. I wouldn’t need to get out two machines to clean up the grass and paw prints that my furbabies leave at the back door.
I recently got a puppy also. And yes the dirt they track in is something else and the dog hair.
Dear Liz,
I follow everything you do and appreciate all the ideas and inspiration you share.
I love your book and the fact that you keep it real.
I would love to win the BISSELL CrossWave Pet Pro. I have three dogs and a cat so I sure could get a lot of use out of it.
Thank you for the opportunity to win.
I have 2 messy amazing kids who have 2 equally messy dogs – anything to help maintain and clean up those everyday messes would be amazing!
What a great way to clean floors! Our grand-dog is an Australian Cattle Dog, and she has been staying with us. They supposedly only shed their coats a couple of times a year, or so I heard. Lately there is hair everywhere, and the Bissell CrossWave would be wonderful at cleaning that from our floors!
I so love your home. I followed your example and bought a white sofa with zip off covers. They washed perfectly and the sofa looked as good as new. Thank you for all the inspiration.
I’d love to win a Bissell crosswave cleaner. With 4 kids, 3 cats and a dog, I have a non-stop, always-busy household with lots of messes. I’d love to give this cleaner a try and get my house as clean and beautiful as yours!
What a help this Bissel cleaner would be!
I would love that for my house. I would love to not have to haul out my vacume cleaner and a mop and bucket to have clean floors. My fingers crossed for the win! Your home is so beautiful, I LOVE it!!
Would love to win the Bissel sweeper! We have a cat and that means hair-lots of hair-and cat litter. Would make life a little sweeter.
I love, love, love your kitchen. I could look at pics of it all day, not to mention the rest of your home, but we are talking kitchens. I also love a clean, bright and airy kitchen. I absolutely need a Bissel cross wave pet pro because between the kids and friends and pets my floors do not get clean enough and I am really amazed at what the wave can do, also, not needing brooms,.buckets, rags and always having sore knees and back from hand washing floors is a gift, this is a game changer from Bissel. Thank you so much for the chance to win it, Bye for now!
Oh my goodness -if I could attach a picture of my poor broken down, broken handle mess of a vacuum you would see why I’m trying to win this one. It so sad I actually have to pick up stuff off the carpet and hold it up to the suction part to get it to suck it up. And don’t even get me started on how gross it is to have to cut my hair out of the roller brushes in order to get them to turn — it’s bad and I desperately need a new vacuum …. I have hard surface floors, carpet in the bedrooms and a long haired dog !!! I need this .
Thank you for putting together this giveaway. I would love the Bissell Crosswave Pet Pro as I’ve never felt my carpets are truly clean after we’ve gotten our cat, would make cleaning so much easier! I love your blog, the projects you do and the beautiful home you’ve made. Thank you for continuing to inspire me to make my home beautiful and inviting.
We have a Saint Bernard that drools and sheds but he’s a sweetie! We could definitely use something new to help with messes that he makes! Love your kitchen!
First, I love your kitchen and dining area. The mirror above the sink area is such a fantastic idea! I’m a total pushover for my dogs comforts, but I’m meticulous about their sloppy eating and sleeping on the furniture–I know, I’m a pushover!
Thanks for the heads up on the Bissell products. Anything that makes less time for cleaning is number one in my book!!
Jane
Appreciate your review of the Bissel Crosswave Pet pro. Sounds amazing! Could really use a machine like that with a busy little bichon tzichu and 2 year old granddaughter ?
I would love to win this Bissell because it is exactly what I’ve been saving up for this summer!!
Love the new rug. Our pups love rugs too so I definitely need to check out this new floor cleaner.
I love that Bissell also helps pets!
It looks so beautiful, Liz! The Pet Pro looks awesome-thanks for the chance to win-with 2 kitties and 2 dogs, I would be using it constantly!
I would LOVE to win a Pet Pro because I absolutely HATE having to sweep and then mop so I usually just sweep and don’t mop! This sounds like just the tool for me.
Thank you for your doses inspiration with real-life mixed in. I truly enjoy your blog.
I could surely use this, to keep my floors clean too! Between the rescue cats living inside, and the chickens outside, my floors need washing at least twice a day!
OMG, that machine is awesome. I would love to win for the convenience of the all in one alone! I have two little dogs that don’t shed much but that doesn’t mean they don’t make a mess. I also have a home full of hard surfaces vs carpet so I spend a lot of time with a broom, dust pan, vacuum and mop and having it all in one machine certainly would make it easier for anyone (hear that son) to clean up.
I would love to try this!! We have 2 kitties!
I have two pups and a nine year old, not to mention a messy husband. I spend all day every Monday sweeping, vacuuming, then mopping all our hardwood floors. It’s a killer! Having ONE thing that can do it all would be a time saver. Not to mention clear up some room in my cleaning closet 🙂
Love the new rug! With a puppy and two cats, we need clean up help—have had the carpet cleaner out twice in the last six months
I like that they donate to the Pet foundation, I also love the rug and have been looking for a rug for the kitchen, I going to target… thanks
We have a frenchie also and would love to win one of these since it is more compact and convenient than our large vacuum! Thanks for the opportunity!
That BISSELL would be the best thing to have when my grand dog visits! He’s a sweet thing, but messy!
I have a german shepard mix dog and you know they are major shedders! And a cat. I haven’t been able to find anything that works for both wasy in one shot! I would LOVE to try this one out!
First let me say, I looooove your home and am trying to transition my home into all white and neutrals. I just love the simplicity of it. As for the awesome Bissell Pet Wave Pro, well I need it bad!! I have a pom and she has soooo much hair!!!! All the kids in the house like to make a mess too. HAHA But I would absolutely love to have this tool to help me keep my house a little cleaner.. I hope I win but even if I don’t, I am still a great fan of your blog.
Best wishes,
Lisa McMahan
4 year old + Shiba Inu + new floors = I need this!!
With three kiddos and an older dog, my floors and rugs are always in need of a good cleaning I don’t always have the time. This would be a game changer for us!
I’m moving into a new home this week and have been researching the best way to keep my floors clean. This is one of the top recommendations I’ve seen! We have a 3 year old and a golden retriever. Our new home will have dark floors that I know will show everything! I would love to try this out!!
I could use this probably daily with my daughter moving home with her puppy and living in the country with our own pets the floors always need a good cleaning 😉
I would like to win this because of Tank, Ty and Sprocket our three dogs and Mr Red the blue and gold macaw.
I would dearly love to win as I have an adorable Golden Retriever who we all adore but keeping up with him during shedding season is a challenge, but he’s worth it ❤️
I had never heard of this little miracle vacuum. We have a puppy and another dog and it has been so challenging to keep up! This would change everything. Thank you for the opportunity.
Pinch me! Is this a dream?! One machine that can do both? This makes me ridiculously giddy!
This would be a game changer in my house!!! With 2 kids, 1 English Bull dog, a pool & skillons of friends around…my flors are a wreck! I clean them everyday. My rugs & wood floors would be foreve grateful (& me too)!
I have two kids and a black lab and she sheds constantly my floors need the Bissell Pet Wave pro.
Would love to try out in my home. I have 3 littles and they are master mess makers!
Why would I LOVE to win the Cross Wave Pet Pro? Three adorable little dogs and two cats! This would be a lifesaver at my home!