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 3 weeks ago
Who the hell puts carpet on their stairs? What year is this? 1973?
CountVon@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Better grip where it counts.
Vespair@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
There’s nothing wrong with carpeted stairs.
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Well dear friend, let’s agree to disagree. I wish you a pleasant end of the day!
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
May your steps be as uncushioned as you prefer. Love is love.