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In the 1980s I moved to a beach house in Santa Cruz, CA. The carpets seemed really ugly, but I loved the location and was pretty sure I could tolerate the black speckled design. That was until after I completed the move and lay down on the rug for a nap, only to discover that the tiny dots in the white shag were fleas! The previous owners had moved out, along with Perky the dog, and the fleas were ravenous!
A visit from pest control soon had the rug tamed, but it was still a disturbing sight. There are worse things than an ugly carpet, I suppose. You decide:
Redrum Revisited
The San Jose, CA, Crowne Plaza Hotel has carpet straight out of a popular Stephen King story. Heeeeeeeeeeeere’s Johnny!
We’ll Always Have Paris
The carpeting inside Paris’ “Fnac at La Defense” looks like the dormitory floor at Timothy Leary University. Drop a contact lens and you may never come back.
Barfoleum
This is the one carpet in today’s review that would prosper from a flea infestation.
Conference Hotel for Seasick Anonymous
Imagine hosting a wedding or business meeting in this place? (Precise location withheld to protect the anonymity of the Boston Renaissance Hotel.)
Attending the Hair Ball
Christopher Cat, according to the Dainty Digs blog, was having such a dismal time navigating the carpeting that the Kelly household performed a makeover to save his remaining lives.
Stairway to Heaving
Public Service Announcement: You can safely remove carpeting from stairways without endangering the woodwork. For help, visit Southern Hospitality.
3 Responses to “Carpet Diem”
Now you’re talking, uh, writing! Woodrow, you’ve nailed yet another topic. Collegiate environments abound with tales of tasteless tufts of rayon. My favorites were the burnt-orange with lime-green stripes in the dorms, and the ivory white shag carpet for the 2-bedroom, 2-story condo me and 3 other guys shared back in the 70’s. Conducive to great bouts of rolling-on-the-floor laughter (and other events among those in the free-love spirit), the long white shag was also susceptible to permanent discoloration and stains from various liquids, solids and (alas) even ashes.
In particular, the bottle bong water which lasted 2 years, fell silently in the corner one hazy night, resulting in not only permanent inky blackness, but also a non-melodious air which clearly defined our castle as a den of dung. Kissed that rent deposit goodbye, for sure…..
Old carpet is not only ugly, it is unhealthy. Between the chemicals and the dust mites, I’d rather have wood floors!
Would that carpet at the university look straight to you after you have been drinking? Kind of fitting for carpet like that to be at a university. That poor cat is just as confused and disgusted by such ugly tile as the person taking the picture.