This post isn’t about stealing any ideas or providing a tutorial on every detail of a fun, new project. It’s about carpet and what a difference carpet of the fresh variety can make. I can’t even believe I’m about to post these before photos because they are so completely embarrassing but I’m so pleased with the results that I just must share.

THE STAIRS

When we moved into our home almost exactly a year ago, we planned to purchase new carpet for the stairs and our master bedroom as a month 2 expense. Month 1 was devoted to paint, carpentry, plumbing, tile work, a new deck … you know, all of the stuff that comes after moving into a house that an elderly lady has been living in for over a decade. But when month 2 came around, my husband lost his job. So, we moved into conservation mode and just sucked it up. Here’s what we’ve been living with for a year in on our staircase:

Anytime we entertained, we felt compelled to tell the story of the timing of the losing of the job and yadda yadda. So needless to say, we are both thrilled about this:

Do you love it? We do! It’s called French Wreath and it’s 100% wool. Atlanta and Nashville friends, you can get it at Myers Carpet.  The manufacturer is Godfrey Hirst and I’m sure you can get it lots of places. Which I would recommend. Lovely, soft stuff. Makes a great area rug too.

THE MASTER BEDROOM

Just after we closed on our house, we invited a fantastic crew of workers from Atlanta to come live in our master bedroom and work on things, namely, aforementioned paint, carpentry, plumbing, tile work, and a new deck. They were short on work due to the economy and we were happy to have them up. We told them not to worry about the carpet in the master bedroom – paint on it, track in gunk, whatever! It won’t matter since we were planning to replace it the following month. And then conservation mode hit. So this is what we’ve been living with:

See what I mean? Embarrassing. But hey, that’s life and we dealt with it. Check out the replacement. Nothing fancy … but clean and fresh. Glory be!

Ohhhhh for love of fresh carpet. I’ve never loved carpet so much.  Yay!