When will built our house my wife fell prey to the clean, fresh look of cream colored carpet. I insisted she was crazy but it fell upon deaf ears. I even tutored her on the color wheel, (cream and brown with children and pets make a darker brown, not to mention the LACK of green in the yards). It was a victorious day for me when she finally looked at the carpets and agreed that she had lost her mind. (duh!)
She wants to clean the carpets, rip them up and store them in the attic until the kids are gone. Theoretically, this sounds easy enough, but somthing tells me that this wont be as easy as it seems. I don’t know why I am having reservations about it, but it seems that they will have a hard time getting it to fit in say 8 years.
I could be wrong. (but don’t tell my wife that)
comments please
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Not sure of the change in fit, but I would wonder what 8 years of attic heat would do to the fibers. Have you got an attic door that you can get a big roll of carpet through, or will there be many seams to piece it together. What can it hurt to try, you already own it. Now have we decided on the replacement yet?
Dan
they are 10 x12 rooms..should go in one peice Color? Since we have red clay all around us..I am thinking burnt umber
Do you, or perhaps better, your wife have any idea how much that carpet weighs?
Moving it for temporary storage means it will need two moves in total.
Maybe I got more money than sense, but I would tell my wife, " Honey, just go to the carpet store and pick out what you want now. We'll give the old stuff to someone who can use it better than us."
Whatever you do, DO NOT EVER rub her nose in this mistake ever again. You'll need the points for when you screw up someday. [G]