A young couple’s home renovation took a surprising turn when ripping up their carpet saved them thousands of pounds
Owning your own home is a dream many young people save and work tirelessly to achieve. But when you finally get your hands on the keys a whole new problem arises – what are you actually going to do with it? Bricks and mortar are only the bones of a house and making a new interior can be how you can truly make a new place feel like a home.
While everyone can picture what they want their future home to look like in reality, when a budget becomes tighter and tighter, that dream board you created on Pinterest seems to be edging further and further away from reality.
While professional contractors and tradespeople offer an ideal and easy path to finishing a renovation, they can often set you back a pretty penny, which is why a growing number of new homeowners are embracing DIY for simpler tasks and getting the jobs done themselves.
Posting on TikTok Emily Atkins has been showing the ups and downs of renovating your own home and how your house could actually be hiding some hidden secrets.
Having viewed their future home more than a year ago and putting in an offer just a month later, the couple only recently made the official move where they began their big plans for renovations – including an extension and knocking down a few walls for modern open plan living.
But before all that one of their first jobs was to rip up their somewhat dated shaggy green carpet. And just as they began tearing it up from their doorway they found “a renovator’s dream”
In a video that has now been viewed more than 40 million times, underneath the green fabric they revealed a stunning period-style hardwood herring-bone flooring.
In the caption of the video Emily added: “we peeled the carpet back in all other rooms and it was just normal floorboards so we imagined the same for the hallway too – when I’d set up filming for the daily vlog I captured this. So happy.”
In another video she added: “It was a beautiful herring-bone with a border, so we’re going to finish sanding and we just need to go in with a varnish, but it is in a really good quality, we’re really really impressed with it and very lucky.”
Addressing common concerns, Emily also confirmed there were no visible holes along the edges where the carpet had been nailed, stating, “Some people did have concerns about the edges where the carpet was nailed there would be some holes, but there isn’t any we’ve been really lucky.
But in another move for the couple the surprises didn’t end there, as Emily excitedly revealed: “The upstairs we didn’t think would be the same but wow, we are obsessed.”
Fans below the video cannot believe their luck either, one posted: “You’re so lucky. This will have saved you a small fortune. So pleased for you,” while another added: “Why on earth would somebody cover this, we’ve got herringbone karndean throughout downstairs with a black tramline, you’re very lucky to have such a great feature!”