Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Homestead flooring

In a couple of weeks the guys from Lowe's will be coming to rip out the carpet in our main rooms and install Pergo in its place.  I can't even begin to convey how excited I am.  Parts of our carpet were used as litter boxes by the former owner's cats, so we are thrilled indeed to finally be able to get rid of the stinky carpet, seal the concrete underneath it, and put some wood flooring under our feet.

There's also an energy conservation issue at stake here.  Wood floors require sweeping, and wall-to-wall carpet requires an electric vacuum. One uses energy in the form of human calories, and the other in electrical kilowatts. Honestly, since we've lived here, vacuuming has become my least favorite task.  It takes forever, and seems to suck up both lint AND time.  Plus places like dining rooms are no place for carpet -- wood flooring will be easier to remove spills from and our chairs will move more easily on wood than carpet. 

Just one more way we're turning this house into our homestead.

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