DIY & Home Improvement

We sure did! We bought out first house in 1974 - a long sprawling ranch on a beautiful half-acre lot loaded with native hardwood trees. I can't remember how old the house was but I'm quite sure it was built in the 60's. Tiny kitchen by today's standards and yet I turned out so many dinners for dinner parties and holidays and 20 people. I shake my head at the women today who have these massive, hugely expensive kitchens and mostly they eat take out, go to restaurants, order pizza delivered, etc.

Back to carpeting, the house had all hardwood floors but they were all covered with carpeting. Even the master bathroom had carpet! I thought it was great at first but now I think, ewww... carpeting in the bathroom?

I grew up in a very large family (seven kids and two parents) in a rental house that was about 900 square feet - not all of which was heated. When I married and we bought that first house I truly thought I'd died and went to heaven. I had no idea how to buy a house or what to look for since my parents never owned a house, but I didn't care or worry about any of it. I just wanted to own a home and raise a family there. The house cost us $45,000. The basement was huge with five separate rooms. It was great for kids and we put indoor/outdoor carpeting in the family room area which had paneling. Paneling was about as ubiquitous as carpeting in the 70's.