On a whim today I decided to pull up a portion of the carpet in my office that was coming apart anyway from my office chair. It was starting to get on my nerves, and I’ve been wanting to tear up the carpet in the office anyway.
My office on move-in day where you can see the carpet in it’s full 1973 glory:
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| From Move In |
Portion of me tearing up said carpet for comparison:
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| From House After |
And low and behold it revealed very lovely finished wood floors:
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| From House After |
My bedroom has similar wood floors that I already tore the carpet out of, but they are unfinished. I’m glad I don’t have to refinish the office ones as well. I don’t know when I’m going to tear up the rest of the carpet. It likely won’t be today because I have some other things I have to take care of, but at least I know what’s underneath.
One of these days I’m going to do a big before and after post. I haven’t really done updated pictures since we moved in, course I haven’t done all that much either simply due to lack of fundage.
If you want some bedroom before and after
Before:
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| From Move In |
After:
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| From House After |
Plans for the bedroom include:
– New Queen sized natural wood bed that my uncle is making, which will mean a new mattress and new linens
– Refinish the wood flooring
– Tear out the ceiling (hence why it is not painted) and one of the cubby holes and expand the room another 6 feet with the ceiling reaching all the way to the peak of the roof.
– Once the ceiling and one of the cubby holes are tore out, put several or one big large window on the back of the house overlooking the back yard
– Put in a sky light or two and replace the roof once the ceiling and all are tore out
– Replace all of the windows
– Refinish the one remaining cubby hole, including drywall and a light fixture
– Move the lightswitch for the bedroom from the hallway to actually inside the room (really? WHO DOES THIS??)
– Find an old antique vanity and stool
– Find an old antique reading chair
– Bring up my armoir for the boyfriend’s clothes if/when he moves in, possibly also refinish that.
There may be others, but that’s a good start.
