The desire to rip out the carpet in our kitchen began the day we moved into this little house on the Frontier. As the years have passed the desire has grown as each spill left marks on the light colored carpet. Every oil spot showed, every egg dropped left a splatter. And so when the dishwasher started leaking...and kept leaking...then began pouring water out at every wash cycle the carpet became damp...then wet...and wetter until it was so wet it did not dry out between runnings of the dishwasher! So one morning after company left we pulled back the carpet in order to fan the carpet dry...what we found there was a family of earwigs!!! (if there are any that do not know what earwigs are let staff know and we can post a picture) Earwigs just so happen to be one of those bugs that give the housekeeper goosebumps and shivers. So out came the cellphone. And such was the conversation: Little Wifey: dearest honey i pulled back the carpet in order to dry it out and you will not believe what I have found! Earwigs all over! do I have permission to rip it out? Hubby: Sure. (you see hubby was very busy and did not want to be bothered.) Little Wifey: Are you serious? Cause I will! (no reply from hubby) This is what the kitchen looked like within ten minutes of the texting conversation:
Maybe not exactly what Little Wifey would have chosen for a kitchen floor but 100 times better than carpet!!! (notice: when this project was started we knew there was linoleum under the carpet but had no idea what shape it was in!)
5 comments:
Not bad at all, I'd say! Compared to carpet, it's almost as good as gold now! ;) Good job, K!! :)
I love this little story and I am totally amazed at how well that linoleum looks all shined up! You rock, superwoman!
Most impressive!(:
Missed seeing you at the reunion but is nice to be able to 'keep up' with you this way!
Good job on cleaning up your kitchen. You are fortunate there was decent floor underneath. Jo hate her kitchen carpet too, and you know what's under it?? more carpet! It'll be a huge tear out job one of these days.
Yeah, how is it possible that Grandma thought carpet in the kitchen (and bathroom!) was a good idea? And twice no less! Well, her kids were mostly raised when they built this house, but still. Gross. I hope mine will get ripped out this winter. I. Can't. Wait.
The linoleum looks great! Way to go! You will appreciate it more with every spill. :)
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