I have wanted to get new carpet in our house since we moved in almost 4 years ago. Well I don't know why now but we started looking around, checking prices and such. The last place we wanted to buy it was home depot or lowes where you would assume they would be more expensive because they are more convenient. Most of the places we looked it was around $1000-$1200 for us to do the livingroom and hallway. We made our way to home depot and found a carpet that we really liked for only $800. We thought that was great! Then we remembered we had points saved up on our credit card which we could use for home depot gift cards. So after the gift cards we wound up only spending $300!!! They installed the carpet a few weeks later and we LOVE it!! Even Jesse said it was worth the money, and thats saying something!
Btw, I am embarrassed how disgusting our old carpet was after moving the furniture...you can even see where we had a rug in the middle of the living room, but I had to show everyone how desperately we needed new carpet so don't judge me on how gross it is!
Before...
Old padding...
I also re-textured the walls in the hallway and replaced all the baseboards and molding which was a lot of work!! Especially for a pregnant woman!! Jesse helped a little...lol
After...
Before...
After ripping the carpet out...
After!!
Ain't it purrty? :)
3 comments:
It looks great!!!
It looks great! What a big job!! I'm glad to know about Home Depot, because we need new carpet... badly. So glad you posted this tip!
It is pretty, Karly! I hope you didn’t hurt your baby though, when you said you were the one who replaced the baseboards. =( On another note, either letting a professional do the carpet installation or you would rather DIY, the floor should be prepared prior to the installation. Do the basic cleaning and repainting of the baseboards two days before the installation to allow enough time for everything to dry completely.
Lyda Tavorn
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