Quality Carpets

We have friends that recently purchased a home not far away from our lake home.  Their home is also located on the lake and is in need of some tender loving care. The house is a year round family home that had been used by several members of one family once the parents had died. The family members rotated weekends using the house as a weekend getaway. With having multiple people in and out of the home some of the regular maintenance, which goes with owning property, was left undone. My friend told me the first thing she needed to do was to locate some quality carpets. 

... time and hard weekend use had worn and discolored it ...

They were able to take ownership of the lake house one month prior to moving out of their other home. This gave them time to work on the house before moving their things in. The first time I walked into the house I understood what my friend meant about finding quality carpets.  The living room area had wall to wall carpeting that may have been quality carpets when it was purchased, but time and hard weekend use had worn and discolored it. My friend had brought several  carpet samples from a local dealer. The dealer had told her to narrow down her choices from the carpet samples that she was interested in and he would then come out to measure the areas.

... were concerned about the amount of money that the quality carpets were going to cost them ...

The need for quality carpets extended into the bedroom areas also. The only carpeting that was is good shape was in the master bedroom, and it was such an ugly color that it needed replacing also. Our friends were concerned about the amount of money that the quality carpets were going to cost them. Especially when they were thinking of putting in quality carpets into 3 bedrooms as well as the living room. We all agreed that even though this meant for a large expense initially, it would be much easier for the carpet layers to install the carpets prior to having furniture moved in. One of the ways they could save money was to remove the existing carpet themselves. When the guys started removing the carpet and padding they found that there were hardwood floors in the living room area. The hardwood was in nice shape, it just needed cleaning and a coat of sealer. There was one dark spot that must have been caused by water damage, but it was located where it could be covered by a piece of furniture. Our friends were pleased that not only did they not have to purchase quality carpets for this room, but that they had beautiful wood floors to add to the beauty of the room. 

My friend and I went shopping for quality carpets that were to be used as area rugs in place of wall to wall carpeting. This was much less expensive and they could be changed when a different color scheme is wanted.

The lake home is starting to look much better. The carpets in the bedrooms make them feel and look cleaner. I think our friends will be very pleased with how their efforts are turning their fixer upper into a nice home.