We’re halfway through having new carpets laid in our 3 bedroom modern townhouse and I came home after the first day’s work yesterday (half the house completed) to find I hate the carpet.
Now it’s laid it looks much lighter grey/silvery than I anticipated, and I can’t stand it. It doesn’t go with any of our walls, furniture etc, and I’m gutted.
Some background – it’s a long term rental (rented privately from an acquaintance) that we have lived in for 11 years, and absolutely love. The plan agreed with the landlord is that at some point we will buy it from him (he is happy to sell anytime, we have a rental property that we will sell hopefully within the next year or two, to allow us purchase this home).
The landlord is paying for the recarpeting (it was long overdue, carpets being removed are the original beige ones and over 15 years old) as well as having just paid for the entire house to be redecorated.
The work has been stressful as the house has been in chaos for weeks, we were let down by a couple of carpet fitters at short notice and have had various problems finding someone to do at the right price etc. My Partner works away a lot so everything was on my shoulders, including all choices on colours etc. We recently carpeted our own rental property in a darkish grey, and I love it. My partner really wanted something lighter coloured in our home so after much agonising and having to keep picking different ones as the supplier changed due to problems etc, I picked a grey that I thought was a good compromise – kind of mid grey that my Partner would think light enough, but I would be OK with.
Turns out I’m not! I feel absolutely gutted that after all the stress I’ve been through to get here, plus the excitement of living in a completely revamped, fresh home for the first time, that I just hate hate hate the carpet. I cried last night, I cried as soon as I woke up and saw it this morning. I can’t imagine looking at it every day without feeling sad that I made the wrong choice. The other half of the house is being done today and I dread going home to see it later. My partner has been away this week so hasn’t seen it yet, but knows how upset I am.
Believe me, I know that this is a first world problem, and I’m trying to keep it in perspective and be grateful that it’s tidier, fresher than the old one etc, and we haven't paid for it ourselves but just can’t help feeling so sad that I got this wrong.
Has anyone else hated a carpet to begin with, but learnt to live with it / accept it and no longer think about it? My rational side is telling me that in a few weeks I won’t even think about the carpet colour (hopefully). Can anyone cheer me up?!