New floors!!!

The Carlson family began its home-owning experience back in 2003. We were so excited to get to be able to build our house (with the help of Pioneer Homes). One of the steps in that process was going to a design center and getting to pick out all the carpet, tile, counter tops, etc ... If only we had known then what we know now - lol.



We tried to choose wisely.



Emphasis on tried.



We, on purpose, chose the lowest grade 5 year carpet. Not so much a bad idea except in 2009 our 5 year carpet was now 6 years old. So after 6 years, a dog, and 3 children it was time to get new carpet. And, heck, if we are gonna get new carpet then we might as well go ahead and get rid of the nasty tile all over the entry-way and kitchen, right? (k, so the tile itself wasn't nasty, but our grout was horrible). So after lots of shopping around and decision making, we pulled the trigger on hard-woods downstairs and also replaced the carpet everywhere else.



No one told us getting all this done was going to feel like moving out of our house and moving back in, all in three days time - lol. Well, the dust has finally settled, mostly everything is back in its right spot, and we feel like we have a brand new house (and hopefully one that's worth more now that it was 6 years ago). Here's some before and after pics. You can click on them to get bigger versions of them: