One of the joys of living with an elderly person is that every once in a while something wacky tends to happen. This week dear grandmother was left to her own devices for an afternoon and poor puppy apparently had a tummy ache. Well poor puppy had a tummy ache all over the 1980's gold shag carpet that graced the second floor hallway. Grandmother decided the best thing to do was to not wait for her doting grandchildren and to remove this mess immediately. What better way to do that but with a bottle of cleaner that contains bleach!
Of course this spot of carpet was already up for removal, so we had a good laugh over it. What we did discover is that the walls were clearly moved on the second floor during the apartment conversion. Luckily there is a great salvage place in Minneapolis with bins full of period maple flooring. When we reach the second floor next year, we will be feathering in to patch this hole.
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| Removal of the shag carpeting showing where the bathroom wall had been moved. |
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| Bleach not approved for Gold Shag Carpeting! |
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| As if the shag weren't bad enough, that green stuff is far worse. |
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| Ah maple flooring, it may be stained, it may have weird carpet gunk on it, but it can be restored! |
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