Change is good, and sometimes change can take a bit of extra time getting to us. If we don’t make the push to change, we become stagnant. The same is true for a home. Too often you see a home where the décor has not changed since 1977, and that is not a good thing for a home. It is a good idea to rip up that shag carpet, paint over that aqua blue color and make your home seem new again. Did you know that when you do that, you can not only improve your home, but also improve yourself? Anytime you do any physical activity, you are going to burn calories. It is true when you go for a jog and it is true when you improve the décor of your home. Let’s look at removing carpet first. It is going to take you at least two hours to do that in a room. That means you are going to burn nearly 500 calories by doing that.
Once the carpet is removed, you will be able to lay down your new carpet, which will take about another two hours, burning a further 500 calories. If you decide to put down hardwood flooring, it is going to take at least double that, which burns 1,000 calories. Therefore, in just one day of removing carpet and putting in new flooring, you are able to burn 1,500 calories. The same is true in the kitchen. When you are removing tile or linoleum, you are going to burn 238 calories every hour. Adding it into the kitchen is going to do the same and over the course of a day, you can burn nearly 2,000 calories easily. Painting is the same. You can get rid of that awful color in your home, burning 272 calories in the process. Not too shabby! Check out the infographic below.
Infographic by: yourgreenpal
Once the carpet is removed, you will be able to lay down your new carpet, which will take about another two hours, burning a further 500 calories. If you decide to put down hardwood flooring, it is going to take at least double that, which burns 1,000 calories. Therefore, in just one day of removing carpet and putting in new flooring, you are able to burn 1,500 calories. The same is true in the kitchen. When you are removing tile or linoleum, you are going to burn 238 calories every hour. Adding it into the kitchen is going to do the same and over the course of a day, you can burn nearly 2,000 calories easily. Painting is the same. You can get rid of that awful color in your home, burning 272 calories in the process. Not too shabby! Check out the infographic below.
Infographic by: yourgreenpal
