December 2nd, 2010 - Carpet Day

Having tried to sell the house on my own, and having showed the house to a number of realtors, I realized that the existing carpet was really not up to snuff!

When Tanzie and Gord went through the house last Sunday, the only flaw they pointed out was the carpeting upstairs which really was it's expiry date!  There were stains that just wouldn't come out and in all honesty, if I were looking at the house as a buyer, the first thought I would have was I wonder how much it would cost to replace it!  That can seriously lower any offer if you have to take something like that into account.

So, Monday (Nov 29th) I bit the bullet and went to see my friend and neighbour Allan Rug Co. Ltd..  They are located at 105 Miranda Avenue, a few doors down from Cock A Doodle Quilts.  On Tuesday, Peter came to measure and on Thursday the installers arrived.

As you can see the old carpet was a peach colour.  (Dirty peach colour!)  Showed high traffic and lots of pet stains........especially in the hallway......

My bedroom was pretty passable but once you are changing the colour you might as well do it all......right!

The second bedroom had a nasty pet stain from a visiting pet.  I had a friend who used to stay with me when she wanted to stay in the city and at one time she used to bring her dog.....unfortunately he was an older dog and prone to accidents, one of which we could never clean up.  It just made sense to do both bedrooms and the hallway.......

 The installers arrived at 9:30 A.M. and by 9:45 A.M. they were already installing the carpet in my room......They were gone by 11:30 A.M. and left the work space spotless. 

This is my room at about 10:00 A.M., carpet installed........ 

This is the guest room (Libby's Room) after all the furniture was put back in place......looks fabulous!  Simon seems to be very happy with it! 

 This is the hallway.........taken from my room.....

...and from the kitchen....... 

...and my room, it really looks good......The guys at Allan Rug were amazing and you can check out their website at http://www.allanrug.com/.  They have a fabulous selection of floor coverings and the absolute best installers.  When I did my basement 4 years ago, I got my carpeting there and they were fabulous then too.......their prices are very competitive and they really do a wonderful job. 

It's almost an oatmeal colour, very neutral, not really me but certainly goes with everything so I could definitely live with it if I had to.......we did find out that there's hardwood in my room which is always a bonus, but the cost to have it done would have been way too much on my budget, which is $0.00.  This was really the only way to go!...and it avoids the possibility of having to negotiate around it!  I certainly think it will pay for itself.

By the way, that quilt on my bed is the Marti Michell Jamestown Meets Ramblin' Rose, the Block of The Month two years ago at the store.  Linda Robertson quilted it for me and did a fabulous job.  I love it and made some pillow cases (actually Nancy made them for me) and a throw pillow from a block that didn't work out so well for the quilt.....

That's it for now, the realtors Open House is tomorrow so here's hoping....

Have a great day!

Jo-Ann