You may be from the 80s if...

YOU HAVE A SLOTTED STAIRCASE! Yes, we have slotted stairs. While our place is smack dab in the historical and beautiful Victorian Village; our 1980s home some how weaseled it's way into the mix. At first, we were quite skeptical of these slotted stairs. Will the nieces and nephews fall through the stairs? Should we try to close them up?

We decided no. They have some character and couldn't be too dangerous, right? So far, no injuries.

They had some nasty carpet on them at first, we stripped the grossness and had bare hardwood steps for awhile. We contemplated hardwood flooring, but realized it would be very hard to do AND would be a little costly. Ta-da! We decided on carpet. Arctic Snow (a California Berber...thank you DA and TA for your inspiration). The one. And THANK GOODNESS for Adam's wrestling buddy Nick. He's amazing at his craft!

He had never wrapped stairs like ours before, but did a fantastic job! Not easy to do, probably wasn't easy in the 80s either.

We let the Arctic Snow in our master bedroom as well. Good padding is the secret to comfy on your toesies type carpet.

I always wondered how they took care of the seam in the room.... an iron! I mean, carpet does not come in big, cut to size pieces for your room.... maybe I thought that one day.

Check out this super sweet ladder that you can place on steps and not fall down! Carpet was a must for the basement stairs as well. One other fabulous thing about Arctic Snow is that it does not show dirt or footprints either. Don't worry, I'll vacuum!!!

Thank you Nick! He knocked this out in like a day total!