No Mo' Ugly Flo'

It's done! It's done! It's done!  (can you tell I'm excited!?)  No more awful white carpet!! 

The installation started on Monday, finished on Friday.  It was a somewhat hellish week in-between, as we lived amidst sawdust and displaced furniture.  My cheapskate self decided it was worth saving the $250 they were going to charge to move our furniture, so we (we = mostly Jordan) just moved it ourselves.  Great idea.  Not exhausting at all, and not in the least bit inconvenient to have the entire contents of one's home piled into the living room...

The kitchen, dining room, and upper landing were done in a scraped hardwood laminate.  We had a little "surprise" under the ugly white linoleum that was in the kitchen:  ugly harvest gold lineoleum.  Hilarious.  I had to take a pic, just for posterity.

Eww. (before)

 

And after (that's better!)

The sunken living room, upper stairs, hallway, & 3 bedrooms were done in a flecked, soft, neutral, dark "brown-ish" carpet.

Living room... before (I can't believe how little that baby is!!)

Living room (from the opposite angle) after.



standing in the dining room



facing the dining room/living room




And the end result is gorgeous, if I do say so myself!  Very happy with the installers, and the outcome is beautifully low-maintenance!  I love:
1) not having to vaccuum under the dining room table after each meal (yup, the dining room was previously CARPETED).
2) not having to *attempt* to sweep the super high-gloss, show-everything stark-white kitchen linoleum.
3) not having to follow the children and/or the dog around with the spot cleaner
4) not having to get the carpets shampoo'ed every 6 weeks
5) not having to look at that stained, ugly, old-lady, again-with-the-white carpet!

Noah's room (for "before" pic, see my post from a couple weeks ago)

Asha's room - after.

Our room - after (cleanest this place has been since we moved in!)
And now, I'm headed right there... off to bed!  Goodnight!