Thursday, March 18, 2010

new carpet

It was time for this gold carpet to say goodbye.
It had some funky little stains, discoloration, and a general old-carpet feel, and after we did the tile it no longer met evenly with the kitchen and entryway floor.
And the gold clashed with our wall color.

It just wasn't working for us anymore.


Kent and I spent Monday night clearning out the furniture and wall decorations
and tearing up carpet and pad.


It all seemed oddly familiar-the whole "furniture-crammed-in-the-wrong-places" idea.
Didn't we just do this,
like a week ago?
Look! It's a baby on a giant quesadilla!
A very, very cute baby, too.
How delicious!

At the end of the night, when everything was cleared out,
we made sure to leave our mark on the house. If anyone ever decides to replace this new carpet,
they'll know that we lived here and loved here.
Awe.

(Oh, and don't worry, Nicholas's middle fingers aren't uncharacteristically long-it's just really hard to get a 7-month old to make a handprint.)

And then, only three installers and four hours later, behold!
The fresh, unbelievably soft,
glorious new carpet.
We love it!

And it's just one more reason you should come visit us. We'll let you sprawl out on our soft, fresh carpet for as long as you want.

10 comments:

The Tibbitts said...

How fun for you guys! I love new carpet-the feel on your bare feet, the look, everything! I bet Nicholas loves it the most, because he is on it the most :). Congratulations!

Bree said...

How exciting! Changes to a house are fun. Looks like everything is going great for you guys :D

Mariley Johnson said...

New carpet is the best!
When can we come visit and lay on your floor?

marilyn said...

There is nothing like soft new carpet under your feet. Yeah!

heidi said...

how fun! it looks beautiful! enjoy! we'd love to come visit, maybe someday.

Lisa Brown said...

I love it! Oh, to own our own place so we can change the carpet :).

Lindsey said...

So Jealous! New carpet is on my dream on list!

Shantillylace said...

I love it! Your house looks great:)

Dallin said...

Did someone say carpet sprawling? I love carpet sprawling. I'll be sure to come check it out. How does some time next week sound?

Megan said...

I love your new carpet! Doesn't it make a world of difference. How exciting your house is coming together so amazingly. Love ya!