What a discovery the last few days have been. Pulling up old carpet that has seen numerous pets and better days! The aroma was not pleasant. On day one we discovered linoleum under the carpet in the dinning room, much to our dismay and a few curses toward the previous owners (sorry). Day two we hit the coveted fir wood floors. We knew we were in luck when we’d not only found the wood we had hoped for, but also found 2 strong 18 year old country boys to do the fairly disgusting task of ripping up the carpet which smelled worse with every tear. Believe me this was money well spent!
The floors already look so much better and the house feels classier to say nothing of cleaner! We love what little we’ve done so far….
The wood floors were what we’d hoped to have found beneath the carpet.
We knew that whatever we might find under the bathroom carpet could be very scary. The carpet was blue and nylon and , well let’s just say “not my style”. So I was more than happy to dig into this part, just to start the process of evicting the wretched stuff. Again we had carpet, linoleum and some sort of thin plywood. Under all of this was one of the most original insulating properties… newspaper. Only this newspaper was printed in 1926! Now we know when the bathroom was put in. The kids and I had a hoot gingerly removing what we could of this mini time capsule.
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Love the “radio rm.” in the floor plans, really dates the place!
Wow, what a treasure in more ways than one! I love the way you are peeling away the layers and finding the original things about this house. That is the way to go! I am sure you will save these precious reminders of how the house was built. Love the blog… keep em coming!