Rugged

This is a picture of a young couple problem solving. And proving the two-story foyers can be very practical tools for flattening rugs.

We'd finally (finally!) found a rug for the kitchen table. The trouble with rugs is that retailers seem to think they need to save on storage space and roll these puppies up tight. So the rug came to us with rolling waves that needed to be flattened out. A quick internet search recommended that we warm a damp towel in the dryer, lay a dry towel on the rug, the damp towel over it, and then put something flat and heavy on top of that.

We sort of did that. Mike looked at the rug, looked at the balcony, and thought it was time to play tug of war. I was on top at first, but Mike nearly pulled me over the balcony. So we flipped, with Mike on top, me on the bottom, and it became a game. I'd tug to see if I could pull him over the banister (no, I really would never do that), and Mike would see if he could lift me off my feet. He succeeded once.

It seemed to help a bit, but now we enlisted some objects.

First, we flipped the table, but of course that wasn't going to be enough.

It became a game of how much heavy stuff could we pile in the middle of our kitchen. I knew those Norton Anthologies from college were going to be useful later in life! Our kitchen stayed like this for over a week. It's amazing how easily you can ignore a big mess in the heart of the house.

But now everything is back in order and we're pretty pleased. However, we're still vexed with the light placement. If you center the table with the space, it's drastically off-center from the light. And if you center it with the light, it's off-center from the space. Hence the angled picture. ;-)

Oh yes, and we raised the curtains so they're no longer touching the floor. And because we are traditionalists and don't want to freak everyone out ... we didn't get to scrubbing the main floor trim. We can't hit all of our to-do list, can we? Oh yes, and we still haven't managed to pick up a bed frame and box spring for the master. We went estate sale hunting yesterday, which does write off most of the day.