Brian and I made a decision a few months ago to bite the bullet and purchase new carpet. Mind you we decided not to replace just a room or two. Oh no. That would be way too easy. We are replacing the entire first floor and one room in the basement. Insane asylum here we come. "What is the big deal" you may ask. Up until last night I would have echoed your 'so what' attitude. However, we had an epiphany, a glimpse of the next several weeks, a vision of future turmoil, last night. These are the things we have found it will be necessary to "take care of" at some point in the near future.
1. Empty the entertainment center of all its contents so it is actually possible to move it out of the living room.
2. Take all of the shoes piled on the floor of my closet and put them in boxes, up off the floor.
3. Clean out the under-the-bed nightmare zone.
4. Empty all the other closets of their floor contents.
5. Find a place for 3 rooms of our best, largest, most expensive furniture in one already quite full basement. (translation: do the impossible)
6. Take apart most of the bedroom furniture so it can be moved from the bedroom.
7. Move unbelievably heavy pieces of furniture around the house and into the basement. (I really hope the good, kind, naive people we asked to help us don't read my blog or they may back out.)
Every so often (and I am purposefully leaving out the details) Brian and I move the sofa so I can vacuum under it. Mostly what I am doing is ensuring that there are no large spiders lurking under my favorite napping spot - but it is an important task nonetheless. I still complain about lifting my one-half of the sofa. It is heavy. I truly believe the furniture men who delivered it are still cursing us. In fact, I am sure of it. Our table is no less than a one ton solid oak hunk of wood. Our entertainment center is atrocious because it is tall and again, made of wood. Every time our address shows up on the furniture store's delivery list I think the delivery staff casts lots to see who the unlucky ducky will be that has to deliver to the really picky people who order the really heavy and cumbersome furniture.
The good news is that I have the greatest excuse in the world not to strain myself in any way, shape or form. (Yes, I put off new carpet until I was pregnant for a reason!!!) I have been informed that I do not have to move any of the furniture. Of course, considering that I work for attorneys I do plan on getting that in writing. I'm going to hold down a lawnchair on the deck sipping some lemonade while my dear husband moves the majority of our belongings around the house.
The new floor duds will be worth it...won't they?
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