The Carpet

For an entire year we have discussed the prospect of what it would be like to have carpet; not to walk around of floorboards, avoiding nails and screws.  Always watching our step to avoid cracks and splits in the floor.

The day arrived. Today. Our carpet arrived for the stairs, landing and three bedrooms and here we have it a glorious before and after of the hall landing and the stairs. 

BEFORE: The banisters' discovery a year ago

AFTER: The banisters and hall freshly painted and carpeted

AFTER

From the stairs towards the back of the house

BEFORE: Stairs before carpet

AFTER: Carpeted

The Carpentry

In the build up to the big day - the day the carpet arrives, Mr V set about doing some 'carpentry'.  This is a very important job as we have spent a year walking around the house on creaky floorboards.  In some cases we had gaps so big that having carpet would only create a barrier until a high heeled shoe found its way to rip through the carpet.

So Mr V began.  After hammering in the nails that once stuck out, he carved floorboards to replace old, rotten floorboards.  Here we see the work: