Note Bodicea-the-Cat (A.K.A Boda-Baby, A.K.A Poopie 2) sleeping on the bed. She didn't budge or flinch in the hours that it took me to pull up the carpet, the pad, the carpet tack strips, and the pad staples. That cat's ability to sleep is unsurpassed.
Now...in the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that my supposedly "move in ready" house was not in this condition when we bought it. I sought out this mess. When we moved in the walls were sort of a Tuscan yellow and the floors were covered with a dirty, beige, builder grade crap carpet.
Unfortunately, I do not like goldy yellow (I don't really like warm toned colors at all) and I really hate dirty, beighe builder grade crap carpet. My first step was painting the walls "Reticence" beige/taupe and "Turkish Coffee" dark, dark brown (colors from Sherwin-Williams), and the next step is installing a refinished hardwood floor in pecan (dark brown).
I'm also working on the walk-in closet...here's the before:
Today I took the shelves out in preparation for installing the new floor--they will go back in later--and I painted everything the same "Reticence"color as the bedroom:
Before then, tomorrow, I am painting the stairway and upper floor landing.
OK...right now I need to go put all the clothes back which are currently piled up on the guest bed. Since I don't really have a master bedroom for a couple days, I'm sleeping in the lovely guest room but...not until I put those clothes away...
2 comments:
Did you install your new floors yesterday, or has it been pushed back a day or so? Do you have peeps coming in, or are you doing it yourself with your flooring experience?
Wowsa. I take it that you are taking advantage of Fee Fi Fo Fum being away from home for a couple weeks to get all of this done? Will it get done?
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