idots should not decorate!

[catnapper]

LOL... my house was much the same. My old neighbor bought a "new" old house. She was told the floors under the wall to wall carpet were in bad shape. Well she pulled up what she called the "Papa Smurf Blue" carpet and found the most elegant inlaid oak flooring! Not only was the fllor geogeous, it was PERFECT. Not one human foot had touched it in 60 years... no pet stains, no human spills, nothing.

Trust me, when working on my own home, I have found many MANY things that made me say WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!? We found GORGEOUS oak steps hidden under baby poop green shag carpeting.

[cyber-sibes]

Isn't is nice to discover you have a little jewel underneath it all? We completely refinished our old house - all 8 layers of wallaper, old crappy linoleum, old crackled varnish....and it turned out beautifully!!!!! It was even featured in a museum show on contemporary bungalow living! Have fun!