When we first moved into our cottage back in the first part of December 2010 the floors in the living room and dining room were covered in carpet. ACK! Seriously I feel that carpet does NOT belong in a dining room! And to be quite frank I HATE CARPET! It holds way too many allergens and dander. You should have seen the dust flying as I was yanking it out the door!
So, what did any good future wife do before moving in the furniture? I ripped out the carpet. Yes folks, it went to its new home in the local landfill. And what was underneath it all? The most beautiful hardwood floors...and old carpet padding stuck to it. Gross. Now mind you it took some work to pull up all the tack strip, staples and scrape up the old stuff, but it was well worth it. My next project is to remove the carpet from the hallway. Then each downstairs bedroom will kiss the carpet goodbye (and good riddance) as well. Oh, and did I mention there is carpet in the downstairs bathroom? ACK again! That will be going pretty soon also.
Did I tell you that the previous owners also had the most heinous wallpaper covering all the walls? That is such a thing of the past! ACK number three! Okay, well, at least it is to me. I noticed in the closets that the walls are the horizontal wood planks. Awesome! That got me started thinking...what do the rest of the walls behind the wallpaper look like? I decided to pick a very inconspicuous spot and peeled some back to reveal that the entire downstairs walls are all the horizontal wood planks! HOORAY! What does this mean? The wallpaper has got to go. From the wise words of Bon Qui Qui (she cracks me and my hubby up), "Need to go, need to go!" Giggle. :)
Tomorrow morning one of my besties Sherry is coming over to help me with this daunting endeavor. I promise I will post some before and after pictures. I am so excited! Good-bye wallpaper! I sure will NOT miss you!
Rip that down, girl!!
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