![]() They did and this is how the floors looked in the “walking” path around the bed. ![]() When the guys were here installing the hardwood flooring in the guest room, I asked them if they would help me remove the rug from under the bed. □ I took quite a few photos of the rug to share with you but I was unable to find them on my computer today. The distressing part was that it was sticking to the hardwood flooring. The latex or rubber backing of the rug was falling apart. When I lifted the rug to vacuum, I got quite the shock. It wasn’t painful to walk on, just not very soft underfoot. It’s a seagrass rug and I loved the look of the rug, though it was never especially comfortable to walk on. Here’s a close-up of it from a previous post written back in 2008. I found the rug in either Bed, Bath and Beyond or Linens and Things–it’s been so long, I can’t remember which store now. Here’s a photo from several years ago with a better view of the rug. You may have noticed that rug in previous pictures that I’ve posted of this room. ![]() I had been wanting to do that for ages and I truly love how it turned out.Ībout a month before I added hardwood flooring in the guest room, I was vacuuming in my bedroom and I lifted up the seagrass rug (as I often do) to vacuum underneath the edge. I tell ya, home ownership is not for weenies! Recently, I had hardwood flooring installed in my guest room. When updating or making improvements to your home, do you ever feel like you take three steps forward, only to take two steps back? You get a few things done and start to feel like you’re making some headway, while unbeknownst to you little gremlins are at work messing something else up.
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