I took the kids in to the doctor this week for yet again another sinus infection. The pediatrician reminded me that Louisville is #6 in the nation for allergies, so it's no surprise they have struggled with being sick alot in the midst of their transition home. She encouraged us to get good air filters and rip out any old carpet in the house we could. We asked our landlord what the floors looked like underneath the living room and he said we were welcome to check it out for ourselves.
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The best part of all- we now have room to tuck away the kids toys behind this screen when they're not in use, so now they're not all out in the open. Yippee for free home renovation weekends!
Here's the skanky carpet in our living room before we ripped it up.
It was a dull nasty color and had all sorts of stains on it. The kids toys were tucked away in various places where we could find room. I hated having them all over the place but there wasn't much we could do about the small space.
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Heavens ta Betsy!!! Can you get any skankier than this? Willie and Justin dry heaved on several occassions as they pulled up the carpet. In one place the carpet pad was actually wet despite no recent spills on the carpet. Eeeeeekkkkk.
Here is what was under that skank nastiness- gorgeous hardwood!
We rearranged the furniture a bit, got rid of a TV stand, and wow the room looks so much bigger.
I can't believe we've lived in this house for nearly 2 years and were sitting on buried treasure the whole time and never knew it!
yay! it looks great!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great find!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope their allergies get better.
My little brother had tons of issues when we first moved here. He has gotten better as he has grown up, but apparently it was just too much for his little lungs to adjust to for the first few years.
that's so cool!! I know xylitol-based nasal sprays have eliminated upper-respiratory infections for Eowyn-- I just picked one up at Whole Foods. She HATES it... but stops screaming as soon as we are done, so I don't think it actually burns or hurts her. I use it at the first sign of any cough or sniffle, and it has kept all of her colds from becoming the double-ear-sinus-chest infection they did before. Might help your little ones-- I started at 15 months old and wish I'd known about the spray earlier!
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