The story of a vacation home that was updated by the use of new carpts. How quality carpets can make an old house look brand new. Different ways the owners saved money on installing carpets.
We have a vacation home on a lovely lake. Recently. some friends bought a home near us on the same lake. Unfortunately. this home had not been very well cared for. When the parents. the original owners of the home died. the children and their families rotated vacations and weekends in the house. With no one family in clear charge of the house. maintenance tasks were neglected and the home started to look slipshod.
One of the first items on my friend's agenda after buying the house was to replace the floor coverings in the home. She was interested in putting some quality carpets in this home to really improve its appearance. As it happened. my friend was able to take possession of the home about a month before she had to leave her old home. This gave her the necessary time to get some things done before she actually had to live there. As soon as I went to see my friend's new house. I could understand what she meant about needing good quality new carpets. The living room floor was covered with wall to wall carpeting that had seen better days: years of neglect and wear and tear by a parade of families had left its toll on this carpet. though it may have been good carpeting at one time. It was completely discolored and stained by use. My friend had already visited a local carpet store and brought some samples home. She had agreed with the carpet store manager that she would pick a few that she liked and then he would come out an do the measurement and she could make her final choice.
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