Last night, while I was happily enjoying a fantastic episode of Glee at my parent's house, my husband was finishing up painting the trim in the office, so that I could rip up the carpet and take out staples, etc. We knew there was hardwood under the gross and dog-urine stained carpet, and Ryan was trying to get the painting done so I would have something to do.
I come back from watching Glee, and Ryan informs me that there is good news, and there is bad news.
Good news: lovely, honey colored hardwood floors underfoot for a good half of the room. Darker stained hardwood floors for the back half-no biggie. Character, right?
Bad news: Gaping hole in the honey colored hardwood floors, plugged with a random piece of wood. Also gaping hole by the closet, also patched with random piece of wood.
So like I said last week about the poisin ivy....WHO CUTS A GAPING HOLE IN INDESCRIBABLY GORGEOUS HARDWOOD FLOORS?!
Anyway. I have plans, plans that include salvaging the original hardwoods from the closet to patch the holes. Plans that might not work, but I have back-up plans that include rugs. Area rugs.
Honestly I'm not that bothered by it. When my sister and I were ripping down wood paneling in our house we live in now, we found a window that had been bricked over and stuffed with insulation behind a chunk of wood paneling.
Truly though, it's a small room, and we can definitely make it work. With houses as old as ours, you have to go into it expecting crap like that to happen. But it does concern me for the upstairs, which is 100% carpeted. We can hide stuff in a small room, but the upstairs has much bigger rooms, meaning any fixes we have to do will be more expensive.
Other happy house news: the entire main floor is 100% popcorn ceiling free, and our living room and office are both painted a cheerful, sunny yellow. Also we did yardwork almost all day Sunday, and the house already looks much more loved.
Have you ever had any home improvement or decorating surprises? And how good was Glee last night?!
GLEE. WAS. AMAZING. The end.
ReplyDeleteThat is so crappy about your floors. Seriously, WHAT the hell? That is just bizarre. I can *maybe* understand the poison ivy but just cutting holes in hardwood?? Uhhh ::scratches head::
Its Erin again.... I don't know how do have a user profile, lol. But yes i have had home improvement surprises!! When we lifted up the floors in the down stars bathroom, the old floor was underneath it and mold was all over!! A smell started a couple months after we moved in, and I guess that is why. Gotta love it!!
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ReplyDeleteI haven't seen Glee yet...don't spoil it for me! :)
When have I NOT had a home improvement decorating surprise when trying to do so. There are always surprises, aren't there?
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ReplyDeleteWe all love our pets that's why we just don't put them in their dog house the whole day. As much as possible, they go and play around our house the whole day because that is really their right as animals. But most of the time, pets leave so much clutter in our home especially on our rugs. My dogs did the same things as yours. That's why we regularly go to Sugar Land carpet cleaning shop and let them take away those pet stains on our rugs.
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