Basement.
Upstairs.
Living Room.
Family Room.New Carpet. We love it. The living room and upstairs and family room are all the same color. The family room is a different pattern made for higher traffic areas. The basement is a different color, Thunderhead which is Martha Stewart-speak for green. It was very hard for me to contribute to her empire by purchasing her carpet, but I'm a color girl and that was the right color to go with the paneled walls in the best quality for our budget. And, as hard as this is for me to admit, it's a really great quality carpet. Thanks to Home Depot, we now both are certified carpet experts. We don't install, but we're available for consultations.
This was definitely not the winter to forgo a Spring Break trip in favor of carpet, but, as a friend said, it was the right decision. Installing in the winter while having to figure out where to put everything was harder than moving. That coupled with a few family emergencies and the start of some particularly uncomfortable abdominal pain I've been trying to get to the bottom of, was not easy.
I've finally given up the hunt for an antique newel post for our staircase and have settled on oak and wrought iron from an awesome place that hand forges the iron. So, that's the next project. I know for certain that as soon as it's installed, I'll find a fabulous post at a garage sale for $5.
Happy Spring.
