Today was the day we were told to be ready for carpet, so we got the house all ready. Last night, we cleared out all of the rooms including temporarily removing one of the closet systems as pictured below because it balanced itself on the ground and they would not have been able to get the carpet under it properly.
So, at about 9:15 this morning Jared called the carpet company because he had not heard anything about when we needed to be at the house and no surprise, they were waiting for us in our driveway, so we quickly threw on some shoes and rushed over there to let them in. They got all of the rooms tacked and padded within a few hours, and the second they were starting to get ready to cut carpet it started pouring. And every time we thought it might let up, it just started raining harder than before. So, they decided they would cut the carpet at the shop this afternoon and then lay it quickly tomorrow morning. Sad because we thought we were finally going to get to put things in place tonight, but okay because we would rather they do it right and us not end up with spots all over our brand new carpet.
Oh, and other hiccup. Rather than asking what type of threshold we would like our carpet tucked into (either silver or gold), they just decided on a color for us. We walked in to grab some water as we had been hanging out on the porch watching the rain and I saw yellow gold shining up from the floor and I honestly was sent into a panic. Yellow gold accents look beautiful in some homes, but since our house has all silver appliances and doorknobs and faucets and EVERYTHING, this yellow gold he had picked out for us simply was not an option. I am so glad Jared decided to talk to him because I wasn't sure how to say nicely that I really didn't like what he was doing as I was a bit flustered at the time. As Jared bsically told the man though in some sort of words resembling this, "if you knew anything about my wife, which of course you don't, you would know that making a choice without consulting her is a big no no." He quickly remedied the problem and while they didn't have enough silver threshold to complete the job today, they had already decided they would have to lay the carpet tomorrow, so it was not a big deal to grab some more silver at the shop tonight. Thank goodness. I honestly think I would have cried if we paid all this money and it wasn't exactly how I wanted it. A little high maintenance today? Maybe. A woman who knows exactly what she wants always? Precisely.
Oh, so here are some pictures of our house with the new carpet padding, which is super cushy by the way. We couldn't be happier. We were walking around on it pretending like there was carpet there just because we were so happy to finally have a soft surface to walk on in the house. By the way, the carpet pad we picked and highly recommend is made by Mohawk and it is called
Since we had quite a bit of spare time in the house today when they were installing all of that padding, we took some time to unpack two boxes and do some other little things that had been bothering us like taking down the sunflower decorations at the front door including the little ringer bell and the outdoor coat rack. Not going to lie - the house looks that much better with these gone. Now we just need to get rid of that green!!! All in time...
We were also so fortunate to have had our lovely retired electrician Grandpa Fisher over to help us with a few electrical issues we were having. Two of the issues were fans that the previous owners had made a mess of. With one of the fans, they had shattered a light bulb and then just left the metal base of the light bulb in the fan, so it took some clever maneuvering to get that out without getting cut. With the other fan, we had to completely replace the part that one of the light bulbs screws into because they had mangled it so badly. Thank goodness he was there to take it all apart and wire that new lamp holder in. So thankful for him. We also had an issue with the dimmer seriously overheating in the kitchen. I want to say that it was a dimmer that could handle a max of 650 watts and the former owners had over 800 watts tied into it. So, no wonder it kept popping brand new light bulbs and practically catching on fire - it had no way to handle all of that. So, while Jared was at Home Depot, he picked up a new dimmer that could handle up to 1000 watts and it has been much cooler since then thank goodness!
And last but not least, we got a chance to set up one room - our dining room! It is not very decorated yet, but at silly as it is, we feel really good having at least one room set up and ready to go!
We are so looking forward to setting everything else up tomorrow when the carpet guys leave! We will finally be ready to sleep in the house and have some visitors (just in time for my Mama and Grandma Nancy to get here on the 15th)! Oh, and don't worry Mom, we have plenty of gardening for you two to do, so don't worry!!!
And one last thing. A warning to all of you who have any painting in your future! If you get stuck painting the extreme parts of the wall (the high highs and the low lows) and doing baseboards and edging and all of those super fun things like I did, please please please either choose to sit or kneel down or wear very supportive shoes. Like a rookie, I decided to paint squatting down while balancing on my toes in bare feet or standing on my tippy toes on the top step of the ladder in my bare feet to reach those high vaulted parts of the walls and I am paying for it. I am pretty sure I sprained the joint in my right big toe and getting anything done is not very much fun now as it is painful to squat down or pretty much walk in general. So, don't do it! Wear shoes and try not to stand on your toes too much! Don't be a rookie like me and ruin yourself for days to come. But, I am a trooper and this house party must go on!
Carpeting tomorrow! Can't wait to share the pictures tomorrow night, so be sure to check back for the official two week update! Thanks for all of the support!
J&L
