If all goes to plan we're finally tearing out the old shag carpeting in the den, today!!!!!

[Ocelot II]

16. Shag carpeting is a plague.

My house was built in 1885 and has mostly nice hardwood floors, but whoever owned the place in the '60s or '70s covered the entire upstairs floors and the stairs themselves in nasty orange-ish gold shag carpeting. I have removed almost all of it (one room still needs to go, but that's part of a bigger project). The underlying floors are just painted planks, not finished flooring, but that's OK. I've repainted the stairway and at some point will either repaint the rest of the floors or leave them as is. I was so glad to get rid of that hideous carpeting!