New Carpet: The Dramatic Reveal
Ok ok, maybe it’s not that dramatic… but I am pretty damn excited about it!
The carpet was one of the main things that I really hated when I bought the house… I put replacing it on hold to do the bathrooms… then to do the furnace… then to go on a trip…
I would cringe every time I would have guests over… “I’m replacing the carpet soon!” I would tell them, while simultaneously trying to distract them with shiny things… sometimes song & dance…. Other times I would just yell “don’t look directly at it!!”
I think that I felt more self conscious about the carpet than I should have… yet I don’t know a single person who enjoys looking at a carpet that has pet stains all over it, or has the ever-so-slight lingering smell of cigarette smoke…
Now I can rejoice… the days of bad carpet {and equally bad song & dance} are over!
December 2009: When I first moved in…
July 2010: When I started to accumulate more furniture….
January 2011: Before Amanda’s wedding…. she told me to get new carpet for the pictures… I said no…
May 2011: We tore it all out….
And….
June 2011: We put the new stuff in….
I honestly cannot believe what a difference it makes! The room looks brighter, bigger, and it makes the house look almost new! Not a bad investment for $0.99 a square foot.
I am so pleased with it I might lay down on it and never get up!
What do you think? Have you ever installed new flooring and were amazed by the world of difference it makes?
