Hobbit House Maintenance

Due to the fact that I leave the back porch life on at night, and have Christmas lights on the back patio, I close the door between my office and the livingroom at night when I sleep. Because the carpet in this place is new, it is kind of puffy and big still. In the spot where the door would meet the carpet, the carpet was starting to pull up from the threshold. Shutting the door was always a very tight fit, but doable.

Even though there is nothing in this little old house that is perfect, I am still not able to leave damaged things, and the carpet was starting to really bother me. On top of that, I didn't want it to get worse over time. I wasn't completely sure how I was going to fix it but I was willing to give it a try.

So I pulled up the threshold, lifted the carpet, cut the padding back, moved the carpet strips back, and then made a trip to the DIY store to see what my options were. I purchased a new threshold and a 12x12 piece of parque colored linoleum so that I could try to fill any gap that might have been left in the process. After looking at the work I had done and laying the carpet back down to see how it all fit, I realized I wouldn't need the stuff from the DIY store.

I trimmed the ends of the old threshold to fit better and then reinstalled it an inch back from where it was. Overall, it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be, but I am thankful for that. I didn't have to do any creative construction to get it back into working order.