What Is Underneath All the Boxes and the Carpet?
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.
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.
Before Cleaning
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
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:
[…] 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: […]