People who are too cheap to refinish old stairs. Source: I bought a house that had carpet on the stairs, and when we pulled up the carpet we discovered a worn out eyesore that cost thousands to update. In our case the previous owners were a cash strapped family of two young kids with a third on the way, but the white paint and industrial grey carpet screams “landlord special” to me.
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HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Who the hell puts carpet on their stairs? What year is this? 1973?
CountVon@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Interesting. My parents’ apartment had carpeted stairs when they bought it (when I was around 3). About a decade later they completely renovated the kitchen and naturally the renovations creeped into other parts of the home. One of the builders showed them that underneath the carpet were beautiful stone steps. They instantly decided to take out the carpet, and the stairs are bare to this day. Here’s a photo I took just now (obviously from the bottom looking up):
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Better grip where it counts.
Vespair@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Carpet is softer and more enjoyable to walk on than hard floors. I will never understand this weird anti-carpet trend we’ve gotten into in the past decade, except that it’s the same thing as grass lawn emulating the wide expanse of the wealthy.
moakley@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s nothing wrong with carpeted stairs.
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Well dear friend, let’s agree to disagree. I wish you a pleasant end of the day!
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 month ago
May your steps be as uncushioned as you prefer. Love is love.