Step up

This might not be the most exciting post, 

but it has been a long time coming..

This is what we bought, 

This is what we lived with for 2 years, 

And now, this is what we have!

The top of the stairs looks like the gates to heaven, 

and right about now that is how it feels. 

Like a gigantic sigh of new soft sweet relief.

That green beauty wasn't just on the stairs,

 it was in all three bedrooms and the hallway too!

Removing it was on the top of our to-do list from day one.

It just kept getting pushed back, 

two years later we still can't believe we waited so long.

With a baby on the way the reality sunk in...

while our faces might be a good 5 ft above dirty dusty carpet level

our small child should not have to crawl around on that!

You might notice that we also put in engineered hardwood in the dining room area,

that happened about a year ago.

The carpet was right up to our front door and far worse than the upstairs stuff.

With the amount of dirt getting tracked in it just made sense to tackle that area first.

We knew we wanted to stick to carpet on the upper level for a few reasons;

We find it warmer, this is personal preference but we both agreed that carpet in a bedroom is just that extra bit cosier than a hard option.

Cost was a big deciding factor, carpet was a third of what it would have cost to put in the hardwood, not to mention that there are 9 stairs in total and stairs are always extra.

Maintenance. Again this is personal preference, but I find carpet easier to up keep. 

To vacuum as needed and spot treat when its necessary is far more appealing to me than the constant dusting that hardwood takes. 

 I'm told my children will stain it, this is true, this is life.

With a white dog my dining room has to be dusted every other day, 

the floors are beautiful but they require a lot of work to look that way.

 Life is too short my friends.

If you like close up shots of carpet, 

here you go.

Textured pile, I'm told it is made in Canada from recycled pop bottles.

I'm convinced it is made of clouds and unicorn hair.