Carpet's up!

well, i finally bit the bullet and took up the carpet in the office!

it was easier than i thought!

this space annoys and worries me simultaneously.  the fishtank sat there and leaked on that spot, which was the catalyst for this entire renovation.  upon pulling up the carpet, i noticed that the sub floor is darker where the fishtank sat.  and worse?  it still smells musty in here.  i had figured that once i ditched the carpet and underlay that the office smell would improve.  it hasnt.  now i worry and wonder if i have to rip up this portion of subfloor which is approx 39 inches wide and 230 long and put a new piece in...fuck me.  maybe i can just take out this piece, cut off the offending part and replace it, instead of replacing the entire piece?  i wonder if that would work?  it most certainly would take the smell of mildew away.  at least i hope.  fuck renos.  sometimes doing something unearths a plethora of problems that i'm really not really ready to deal with.  the only bonus is that i feel quite empowered by this project and if i can complete it without asking for assistance, then it will feel like a major sense of accomplishment.

i put down three boards and a small piece of baseboard over top just to see what the final project would look like.  i was having great pains of angst over the color choice of the laminate because it's not quite right.  instead of being separate boards (which in my estimation would be easier to lay and less of a headache in terms of cutting), the panels are approx 8 inches wide and 54 inches long.  i think it would be much easier to lay individual boards than trying to fix these long pieces together.  and in terms of cutting?  well, let's just say that individual boards present less of a headache than, say, cutting incorrectly into a larger board. 

here's what i'm going for in the future:

i have realised that i will need to do some "patchwork" painting...meaning that i'll have to extend the paint line just about 1/2 an inch further down the wall.  no problem.  that i can do.

simultaneously, this is what the flooring will look like against the cream colored walls:

please pardon the photo quality.  i will provide a finished product picture once it's all said and done that (hopefully) does it some proper justice.

what's next?  well, touchups of the paint fuckups.  then likely painting the closet because i realised that it's looking a little drab in the midst of all this fresh paint.  (aside, i think the paint i've chosen is NOT water friendly in terms of washing it...FFS.)  oh, so then i have to go and purchase the foam underlay stuff, tape it down, and THEN i can begin measuring twice and cutting once and hopefully it will be a seamless project.

please, please, please: no measuring once and cutting twice.  fingers crossed.