Yes, you read that right, carpet angels (almost as fun as
snow angels)! I have decided that lying
on the floor on our newly laid carpet, and making angels, is AMAZING! I actually haven’t lived somewhere with
carpet in quite some time and never a frieze; it is so soft!
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| Family Room-After Carpet |
We have carpet in our family room on the main level and our
newly finished basement. The family room
carpet, pre-frieze, I must say was in quite a sad state. When we first moved in it was on our list to
replace asap, that is, until we started our actual remodeling projects and
found out how much everything cost.
(Side note: We also looked at
beautiful stainless steel appliances which probably won’t be in our home for
another 5 years, if ever!) Oh how naive
we were as first time homeowners! Fast
forward 2.5 years and we are finally replacing that stained and rather nasty
carpet. In fairness to the previous home
owners, during our renovation stage of the house, we used that room as our
storage room and were not the most mindful of protecting the carpet, so a few
stains may have been added along the way. Here's a couple of after pictures with the new carpet; MUCH better!
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| Family Room-After Carpet |
Shopping for carpet was a rather interesting experience; we
looked at Lowes, Nebraska Furniture Mart, and a smaller carpet store. Unlike the other projects we’ve done,
everyone came in right around the same price point and same time-frame for
installation. Who knew it takes nearly 3
weeks for the carpet!
Overall, we are very pleased with it, but as the true
perfectionists we are, we will admit that there are two things we might have
done differently. First, the frieze does
show foot traffic and gets a little matted, so it might have been a good idea
to do something slightly more durable on the stairs to the basement. Second, we did a small section of vinyl in a faux wood finish for the bar area. In
hindsight, we wish we would have extended that into the area at the foot of the
stairs and straight forward, almost like a hallway.
Live and learn, right?
Right.
Either way, it’s a big improvement from what we previously
had!
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