That’s when it hit me: if I don’t start taking care of my own mattress, I might be dealing with the same disaster in a few years. Since then, I’ve learned a lot—mostly from trial and error, and also from calling in the pros at Vip Carpet Cleaning London.

I used to be that person who thought flipping the mattress every six months was enough. Change the sheets, shake out the duvet, and boom, done. Right?

So here’s the thing. I used to think sofa cleaning meant giving the cushions a quick fluff and maybe running a lint roller over them if guests were coming over. That worked fine—until one day, I sat down with a cup of tea, spilled it, and realized my sofa had a smell. Like, a real weird mix of old snacks, dog, and fabric that’s seen better days.

I’ll be real with you—I never used to think twice about my mattress. I mean, I washed the sheets regularly, swapped out pillowcases, even changed my duvet cover when it started smelling a little weird. But the actual mattress?

If you’re anything like me, your couch has been through it. Movie nights, lazy Sundays, sick days, snack accidents, a bit of everything really. And yet, I didn’t give it a second thought until I plopped down one day and caught a whiff of something funky. Not terrible, but not great either. Kind of like when you forget there’s laundry in the washer. That’s when I realised: I wasn’t cleaning my couch nearly enough. And honestly, once I looked into what lives in the average sofa (hi, dust mites and old food crumbs), I couldn’t un-know it.