January 16, 2006

When our Ikea closet organizers arrived, I could see we had a problem. The nasty construction-grade carpet. Rather than having to remove the shelving systems to change the carpet later, I went ahead and did it now.

I basically ripped up the carpet, padding and tack strip and then cleaned the concrete pad. Then I laid tile by applying a cement like adhesive, pressed the tile down and placed tile spacers. After a day, I came back with cut tile for the corners and doors. Then the next day I put in the grout.

By day three, I was aching all over and living in isle 13 at Lowes. After the grout sealer went down, we finished building the closet organizers and put away all the clothes laying around looking for their home.