I'm Floored

Since I showed off some of the walls as part of my explorations in search of a suitable spot to photograph my bead hangers, it reminded me again of the floors in this house. We have been here nearly a year so it makes less of an impression of me.  But when I stop and look at them all again I just have to laugh. It was a fashion trend that I sure hope NEVER makes a comeback.

I shall take you on another tour of my home, only this time we will look down.

Are you ready?  You may need your sunnies (don't say I didn't warn you)

Our flooring tour starts at the front door. When welcomed into our home (and looking down) the first flooring one sees is this busy check vinyl which flows through to the lounge room where the flooring is divided by a double strip of cover stripping in aluminium and mission brown painted timber.

Once in the lounge room, one will see this very faded grey toned carpet with bits of pinky-red here and there. To the first time visitor it looks like a glass of red cordial has been spilled and stained the carpet... until you take a second look and realise that this same stain is at regular intervals across the grey carpet.

 In the picture above my toe is pointing to one of the faded pinky-red marks. It does show up better in real life, but you get the idea.
From the lounger there are five doors to other rooms. We only use four of these doors and have a hutch across one of the door ways.

The main bedroom comes off the lough room and the carpet changes to a teal colour.  The grey and teal carpets are separated by another mission brown painted cover strip which is about 10cm wide. I really love to frame my grey tones with brown, don't you?
The photo below doesn't do justice to the true vibrancy of the teal carpet as it looks quite muted (and almost acceptable) in the pic.

 You may also note that it is very worn and yes that is a fold in it as the carpet is also loose. My foot is there mainly for perspective.

Walking back through the lounge and into the kitchen (still hanging ones head) we see yet another change of vinyl. This time a fake tile pattern in bone and brown tones.  The brown cover strip would be appropriate for this change (almost) but no it is instead a grey plastic cover strip about 3cm wide, I figure it was an attempt to tone with the grey carpet.

 Are you laughing yet?   or groaning?

there is more.... much more.

From the kitchen we go out to the back entry (keep it clean teens) or as we call it the Tradesman's entrance. Really it is the way we mostly come and go from the house and most folks who know us just come straight to the back door. So this neglected space is the first sight to our home by many of our friends.
Again it is the same vinyl that greeted us at the front door and is the only repeated pattern in the entire house.

This room flows into the bathroom. I am guessing that the bathroom was renovated in about the late 80's,  judging by the flooring. The shower seen in the right of the pic leaks at the corner.

 When we step back out of the bath room we enter teen 3's bedroom. The thick carpet here is a golden mustard colour. Remember the walls of this room are pink floral with stripes. !! But she is a teen and decorates the floor with clothing, school bags, books etc. I am wondering if that is an attempt to hide the hideous carpet.

 And yes the cover strip is aluminium and next to it is an old strip of packing tape covering a join in the vinyl and yes there is another join right next to that which is lifting... where is that wide mission brown timber I hear you ask?  Here is the first place where it just might be useful.

Moving along... the best is yet to come.
We walk back through the kitchen and out the other side to the little room that hubby calls "the resource centre" (tongue planted firmly in cheek). It used to be part of the sleep-out before one end was closed in for a bedroom, but is now a very small room of less than 2m square. It houses a bookshelf, a small computer desk with the printer and an end table with papers on it.  It couldn't in all good conscience be called a library with just one bookshelf... and there are multiple resources in the room... hence the resource centre.

Now look down.

 Are you laughing?
I am sooooo thankful that this is a small room. Again the photo just doesn't show how truly LOUD this vinyl is in life.

Another aluminium cover strip and we are in the long, skinny, sleep-out-come-bed-room where teen 2 hangs out. Her floor covering is mild by comparison to its neighbour and is likely the newest in the house.

And because I know you haven't enjoyed that green vinyl enough here is another pic showing where it joins the kitchen. Again we have two cover strips with the thin aluminium strip dwarfed by the wide mission brown timber one.  The bookshelf is right next to it and is 90cm wide. I am guessing the small room is about 170cm wide.

So there we have it.
A house featuring EIGHT different floor coverings over nine spaces. There is no hall and all rooms flow from one into another.

... I am thinking that I will have to treat you to a further joy... the curtains. You really have to see the delightful combinations to believe it... The room with the green vinyl also has multi-tone blue geometric curtains. Would I lie to you?