Good Riddance to the Carpet!

I loved having the icky carpet out of my office so much that a few days later when Mr. SP spilled a large container of liquid onto the hallway floor outside the bathroom (I knew that wetness was damaging the floor) I decided to make him help me tear up the carpet in the upstairs hallway and down the stairwell!  Dr. Peds got home from a conference and helped with the hard part:  tearing out staples and the lath with the carpet tack.

Hooray!  Now we have beautiful wood floors in the hallway and the stairs.  OK, not everyone in the family is as excited about this as I am, and they do need some refinishing, but for now, I’m just so happy not to have that yucky carpet.  Beige carpet is just not a good fit for this large family where no listens to my rules.

My favorite part is where the wood of the stairs meets the wood of the hardwood flooring on the landing, and the curve of the bottom step onto the floor in the foyer.