I can't sleep with the excitement (this was what happened when I first had the idea too). My stair carpet was getting threadbare, the landing frayed, and even though I really really liked the colour it was time to replace it. I think it's perhaps the only thing that remained of the house as we bought it 18 years ago. I'm still not convinced by the new colour on the landing, but they didn't have an orange and in the end I have had to let go of the hope that it would be like it was. That's not how life works. Maybe it will grow on me. It certainly feels soft so that's good.
What has delighted me tho, is the stairs, which have turned out just as I envisaged. On one of my many trips back and forth to the carpet shop, carrying different samples for approval from everyone, I was shown the only orange carpet in the shop. And was told I couldn't have it as the manufacturer had gone out of business. I enquired what would happen to the many beautiful sample squares and was told they'd be thrown out. I went home and plotted, returning the next day with a request to take some of them.
I then had a chat with the carpet fitter who agreed to turn my idea into reality as long as I removed the backing sticker that would hinder the bending. That actually took hours and hours of my time. But look at the end result! I'm so pleased :)
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