To jog your memory, there was colorful shag carpet everywhere when they bought the place—even in the kitchen and bathrooms.

Fans of over-the-top color schemes may have been mourning, but there were practical reasons for its removal.

Alysha Jackson says that many felt that the main bathroom should be left as is, with its scarlet carpet climbing up the tub.

“However, when we did open it up, it was moldy and rotten, and it would not have been viable for very much longer,” she says. “The tub looked really cool, but when you sat in it, it was extremely uncomfortable.”

The tilework, too, she adds, was failing in some places.

Some of the Jacksons’ over 42,000 Instagram followers weren’t happy with their decision to turf the scarlet carpet out of the bathroom.

“A lot of these people unfollowed me already, but in the beginning, we got a lot of comments from people that were so angry that we were touching any part of this home,” Alysha says. “The thing is, sometimes you have to, so you can make sure the home will last. That was the case with this bathroom.”

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Timeline torched

When the Jacksons bought the house in late 2020, they had a timeline for renovations, which quickly went by the wayside.

“We hit so many snags in material delays, and things we found in the house that were completely rotten,” she says. “Our initial estimate of being done this summer got pushed back quite a bit, but once this house is finished, it’s going to last forever and is going to be pretty solid.”

One major problem with the house arose when the couple began to build a deck. Once contractors peeled back the siding, they found that termites had eaten most of the home’s support beams.

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“The only thing really supporting the roof was one metal beam, because the rest of the wood was rotten. It was an unpleasant surprise,” Jackson says. “It’s one of those big moments that you see on the [TV] shows where they find a massive problem. This was ours.”

The home’s support beams are now repaired, the dining room is no longer on the verge of collapse, and a new Trex composite deck is attached to the living space.

“We decided on a gray, creamy color to go with the flooring in the house. For our family, our kids are outside all the time, so we wanted that flow from inside to outside. The deck is completely done, and now we’re moving on to the interior of the house.”

Moving inside

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