Showing posts with label carpet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label carpet. Show all posts

Friday, December 16, 2011

Photo dump

I have been remiss in updating the blog. I've been caulking trim for pretty much the last 36 hours straight (with a brief break for sleeping), so I'm almost completely brain-dead and to be honest typing hurts because my hands are falling apart. All that whining aside, the house is looking AMAZING. I am going to let the photos tell the tale so I can get back to picking caulk out of my hair.

CARPET IS IN! This carpet is amazing - the day they installed it there was a mild odor, but by the next day it was completely unnoticeable - hooray for no-VOC all-wool eco-geekery.



BANISTERS ARE IN!




ISLAND COUNTER AND BEADBOARD IS DONE!





WE GOT THE TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TODAY! We are going to move a few things over the weekend, but the MOVE move will probably be mid-next week, since there is still some work to be done and we don't want all our shtuff in the way.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Standard Time is ruining my blog

Standard Time, I dig you in the morning when my alarm clock goes off and it isn't pitch black. Kinda dark, admittedly, but bearable. But we have a bit of a problem: YOU ARE RUINING MY BLOG. By the time I get out to the house after work, it's DARK and gloomy and I can't see things or take photos or let the dogs run around without losing them. Grumble grumble grumble.

Anyway, all to say that I don't have an update today. So why am I posting, you ask? This post is a plea for help. We have to pick out carpet for the two upstairs bedrooms soon. (The rest of the house will have wood floors courtesy of Brandon's grandma's barn, but we don't have quite enough wood for the whole shebang - plus I think the pooches will enjoy carpet in the bedroom - and yes, I make house-related decisions based on the assumed desires of my dogs. WHAT.) Ahem. The point is, you guys, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT CARPET. I don't know what to look for, how to tell if it's good quality, how to tell if it is going to off-gas a bunch of weirdness and make us high. Help me, internet! Have you bought carpet recently? Any recommended brands or retailers? Extra points and kisses if it's made in the U.S. without murdering the environment. Mwah.