Carpet

“They installed this carpet in the 80s.” That’s basically what my mom says nearly every time my sisters and I talk about “the carpet.” She remembers it was in the 80s because that’s the decade she met my dad, so that’s the era of her life when she first came to the cabin. We all have something like that, I think. Something tangible that we use to mark the passing of time. We change faster than the cabin does. For my mom, the carpet marks the spot of time when she joined the family. For me, the carpet has always been there.  Sometimes yellow, sometimes blue, but always green, it’s the stage on which my Papa taught me the importance of vacuuming in straight lines. He’s gone now, but I won’t stop vacuuming how he taught me. Carrying our countless loads of sand and burrs, the carpet is also a symbol of the importance of carrying on.  We love the carpet." Carpet is a semi-solid evergreen shade that captures the true blue undertones of the carpet. The Cabin Collection is dyed especially for