Almost done . . . with carpet

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but with the carpet taking center stage there's not a whole lot to show or talk about. When you carpet an entire house, the logistics of moving furniture from one area to the other and getting the carpet installation finished can take a while. Especially when you combine all new baseboard trim and painting. But . . . we're almost wrapped up with it and then it's on to the cabinet installation next week. We have confirmation from the manufacturer that they will have the truck on site Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. Can't wait to see those cabinets! Until then, I thought you might like to see the current state of the home. This first shot is of the Red Room as it's getting the window sills drywalled up and waiting for the new carpet tile:In this next photo you can see how the baseboard is installed in reference to the carpet tile. The installers use the carpet tile to verify the gap required between the baseboard and the subfloor.

And here's a picture of the repairs at the window sills. They used to have some wood sills and they weren't holding up too well. With the more modern direction we'll be taking the design, going to what's called a "4-way wrap" is ideal. A "4-way wrap" is simply saying that all for sides of the window opening will have the drywall wrap around and terminate into the window framing member. Here you can see the drywaller has completed the mud for the left one and will be doing the one on the right next.And finally, . . . I just have to share this with you. On the drive back to the office I was minding my own business when I passed something that practically slapped me across the face. At first I just kept on driving passed thinking it just couldn't be - but then I just had to stop the car and turn around. When I did, I went back and got out of my car to get an up close look. Here's what I saw:

What the heck?! What is that, Snufalufagus or something?! Yeah, it looked like someone killed Captain Caveman and installed him on their living room floor. I mean, I get the fact that shag carpet was "cool" for a while there, but this is insane. And this is 2008 so you know it wasn't from the 60's or 70's. Well, I guess I don't know that - wow. Anyway, I know that was probably a total waste of some of your time but I couldn't help it. I just thought it was funny how I was coming back from our carpet install and saw this old carpet on the side of the road. Way too coincidental and way too funny . . . well, at least it was to me.