November 9, 2009
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Dirty Little Secrets
Forget Dear Abby. Forget the best friend, the psychotherapist or whoever else you tell your troubles to. It is the carpet laying guys who know your dirty little secrets.
Dirty carpet is what started this mess (and ”mess” is a mild word for what is in our house right now.) Yes, I had looked at flowerdy wallpaper for 22 1/2 years, and it still looked just the same as when it was hung. Floorcovering is a different breed of cat altogether. Our family had WALKED, CRAWLED, SCOOTED, SLID, RUN, DRIBBLED, SPILLED…the list of verbs that could be inserted here is about endless and I will spare you some of them…on the same carpet those 22 1/2 years. I could vacuum every day (I didn’t but I thought about it) and still have dirty carpet. I could (but didn’t) shampoo till suds came out my ears and still have dirty carpet. It’s a FARM, remember? There’s only one solution for this dirty carpet…take it out.
Well, one thing leads to another and suddenly a major renovation is under way. Walls must be painted and wallpaper given an extreme makeover. Old carpet and vinyl must be removed, which means that every square inch of floor must be cleared, even the stuff in the back of the closets that haven’t seen the light of day in decades. Under bed storage? Out it comes. YIKES!!!!
And what is under the old carpet…..oh, my! Let’s not go there….I’m so thankful for a shop vac right now.
Just don’t think you’re going to get the names or numbers of these guys who are suddenly my closest friends…
Comments (6)
I just hope that they work fast, so you don’t have a mess for too long.
Isn’t it amazing, how clean the floor can be AND the carpet, before it’s laid, then when we take it up, it seems impossible to have all that under there!!!
But you’re gonna love it when it’s done.
I have a room that’s screams PINK!!!! Multi pinks in the carpet along with burgandy and white. Same colors in the drapes, except they’re flowered. It was my daughter’s room. Well, it’s STILL PINK!!! And she’s 40. (o; Oh my gosh. Did I just tell that!?!?!? My reason for not doing it over, is just the frustration of moving everything out. I think I’m going to soon, though.
Oh, my Dear Friend……We have been there done that for almost a year now. You just can’t imagine…or maybe now you can begin to…all that we have dealt with this year with termites, remodeling, off with the wall paper, on with the paint, new roof, leaks, new flooring and carpet. I’m still working on restoring things to new or clean homes including the garage. AND keeping Wil from dragging things back in that haven’t been used/looked at etc. since ’95 when we moved in here. I finally told him today that he has 3 barns, 2 sheds and a garage and I have ONE garage. He can stop hoarding things in MY garage. lol grrrr! You will love it when it is done ….. I hope mine is done at some point!
Oh, Jan! I know you’ll be SO GLAD when all this is over – but your house is going to be so fresh and clean and beautiful that it will all be worth it, for many years to come! I’m coming to see it all one of these days before long …
You’re so funny! I don’t think there is a person alive who wouldn’t have dirt under their carpets! It is an alarming feeling, though.
Thank you for your encouragement! God is giving tremendous grace! Thank you for taking the time to comment~
I’m enjoying your wallpaper and carpet-removing posts.