Today I got new carpet! Can you believe it? I'm still in awe of God's awesome blessing! When we looked into buying this house, I said first thing that the carpet has to go! Well, that didn't happen, and after having it shampooed when we moved in and the fact that our money was needed other places (like the kitchen, new appliances, paint, storage room, bedroom carpet, walk-in closet and the all important 2nd bathroom, among other things!) I decided the carpet wasn't that bad! I am just glad that it wasn't some awful color! Well, after living with it for a year, I thought for sure it would be another couple of years before we replaced it, just as long as we did it before we had a baby (I didn't want a baby crawling on that gross, 20year old carpet).
Well, here it is a year and 1/2 since living here, and God blessed us with new carpet! I did a great deal of praying about it, and after looking a few places for carpet, found exactly what I had envisioned (which I didn't know even existed). And with using my love for negotiating a good deal and shopping around, we got the carpet and install for a great price!
The first few pics are of my goofy dog...for those who find looking at home remolding pics boring (sorry, I don't have any cute kids to show off like Missy and Britni)!
Yes, I really put bows in my dog's hair...I had to, she couldn't see very well with all that crazy hair.
Okay, I had to put a bow in her hair here because she just got a haircut, and looks funny, so in order to "cute her up", she had to have a bow. Bella found the left over carpet to be quite cozy for nap time!
Isn't Bella just so cute...this is where my sisters are beginning to think "she really needs to have a baby already".
This is Bella using her method of picking out carpet...she had to lay on each sample. Actually, I think she was just trying to get my attention!
Packing our crap into the kitchen so the carpet could be put down
Bella still found a spot in the mess to lay down
Our office full of our furniture! The cramped office still didn't deter Shane from playing Techmo Football last nite!
The hidden secrets that lurked underneath the old carpet
Dining Room Before
Living Room Before
Shane and I toke out the old carpet ourselves
Dining Room After - in the pictures the new and old carpet look similiar, they both are neutral colors. In person, you can tell a huge difference, it even smells so much better!
Dining Room looking into Living Room After
Living Room looking into Dining Room After
Stairs Before
Stairs After
Shane and I debated over and over whether to carpet the stairs, he didn't want to and I did.
I guess you can see who won that one! I admit in the pictures the stairs look pretty, but in person they are gross and have never been carpeted, so are worn, and a pain in the a** to keep clean. They get dusty so fast. And with having a baby in this house someday, I didn't want them crawling on wood stairs for safety reasons. (and everyone thought Shane was the practical one in our marriage!ha ha!)
2nd Bedroom After
I can't seem to find my before pictures, they must be on my laptop - sorry! All that is left to do in this room now is paint the walls (we will wait until we decide to have a baby before we pick a color) and put in the closet shelving!
2nd Bedroom After
2nd Bedroom Closet After
*Praise Be to Our Glorious Lord! We serve such an awesome and giving GOD!
Me and Shane at my mom's house before we leave for the wedding.
Jena Speck and I
Me and Codi Chandler
Me and Tonya Griffin
Tonya, me, Codi & Jena
The happy couple - Sonja & Jake
The cake cutting.
We went to the bar in hotel that had karaoke and sang "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." We had to settle for that song, since they didn't have "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks.
