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Hardwood Floors Underneath the UGLY Carpet!

September 24, 2020 by Kimberly Snyder 3 Comments

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What Is Underneath All the Boxes and the Carpet?

boxes ready for the move

The hideous  shag carpet was on the floors in the two main floor bedrooms for years.  It needed to be pulled up years ago.  I finally convinced Dave to help me pull it up in the office when we were getting the house ready to go on the market the Spring of 2019.  I was not successful in getting him to let me pull it up in the Master bedroom, though.

hardwood floors after the carpet is pulled up

Once we got it pulled up, the floor was in pretty good shape.  The padding had stuck to the floor in some places so we had to scrape it off before I could clean the floor.

hardwood floors in bedroom

Before Cleaning

getting ready to clean newly exposed hardwood floors

The above picture shows the spot that was in the worst shape.  After I washed it with a mild oil soap, I took furniture polish and touched it up.

After Cleaning

after cleaning floor with an oil soap

after mopping the floor with an oil soap

Pulling up the carpet and exposing the hardwood floors underneath really made this room look bigger and brighter.  My husband and I used this as our office.  It was my Dad’s bedroom when I was growing up.

I wish we had pulled up the carpet years before we did!

 

Several months later, I discovered a line of products by Rejuvanate.  To see how their product worked on these floors, please check out this post:

 

 

 

 

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  1. Farmhouse Wood Floors Refreshed with Rejuvenate! - From Farmhouse to Florida says:
    January 15, 2021 at 9:26 am

    […] I believe these floors date back to the early 1940s when my paternal Grandfather purchased the farm.  My Mother kept them covered with carpet .  Dave and I finally ripped up the carpet in May 2019 when we were getting the houses ready to go on the market.  You can see read about that experience here: […]

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    December 9, 2021 at 3:38 pm

    […] finally talked Dave into pulling up the carpet in the office.  Oh, how I wish we would have done that years ago!  I couldn’t convince him […]

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  3. Thyme to Let Go - How I Downsized My Family Homestead Part 7 - From Farmhouse to Florida says:
    December 9, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    […] In addition to clearing everything out, there were a number of things that needed to be done in order to get the house ready to go on the market.  This picture of my husband was taken almost two years ago.  I wish we would have removed the carpet long before we did.  The carpet removing process in order to reveal the hardwood floors is detailed here: […]

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Hello! Kimberly (Kim) Snyder and I'm glad you're here. An entrepreneurial spirit, I've owned a flower shop and antiques store, a pizza parlor and now we're in Florida living a new adventure. Join me as we downsize into our new digs and continue the adventures! WRITER & BLOGGER

Kimberly Snyder shares the adventures of moving to Florida and beginning again in a new space as a herbalist, a creative, and a serial entrepreneur

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