As you most likely remember, our lovely home was covered from top to bottom by beautiful carpeting. The color schemes ranged from green, to yellow, to red shag. Now, we have nothing against carpet (we have had it in our apartment for the past few years and have been very happy with it), but if we have hardwood that has not seen the light of day in at least 50 years, you know we are going for it. All we had done to date was lift up the edges to see that there was some sort of hardwood under this sea of carpet - we were really rolling the dice by assuming a) the floor was in good condition, and b) that it would be in a decent state throughout. Either way, we were to doing it. We booked the floor refinishers to start on Monday so we had to get all the carpet up before then. We brought in a dumpster to clean up and went to town.
We had a lot of junk to get rid of besides just the carpet! Look at how clean the yard looks.
Steph and I attacked the upstairs and my friend Jon and I took care of downstairs. We were very pleased to find that the floors were actually in great condition.
A couple places needed to be patched, but nothing terrible.
Who rips up carpets in Uggs? Honestly...
The biggest crapshoot was the middle bedroom. We took up all the tile, but there was still cement on the wood. Everyone told us there was *no* way they were getting it up.
But they were wrong!!!
What we found underneath were the original antique heart pine floors. People pay a premium to get these installed in their home, and we had it hidden under our carpet.
In a house where we have had a few issues along the way, it is definitely nice to have something come out so nice.
We have some paper down to protect the floors, but we are are all set for our furniture...
We had a lot of junk to get rid of besides just the carpet! Look at how clean the yard looks.
Steph and I attacked the upstairs and my friend Jon and I took care of downstairs. We were very pleased to find that the floors were actually in great condition.
A couple places needed to be patched, but nothing terrible.
Who rips up carpets in Uggs? Honestly...
The biggest crapshoot was the middle bedroom. We took up all the tile, but there was still cement on the wood. Everyone told us there was *no* way they were getting it up.
But they were wrong!!!
What we found underneath were the original antique heart pine floors. People pay a premium to get these installed in their home, and we had it hidden under our carpet.
In a house where we have had a few issues along the way, it is definitely nice to have something come out so nice.
We have some paper down to protect the floors, but we are are all set for our furniture...
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