new old stock vintage carpeting

[kirbyvertibles]

Shaylee and I heard of a carpet store that's been open for many years in Oklahoma that has new old stock carpet from the 70s. Well both of us being nuts for that kind of stuff and since my new 600 square foot vacuum room is halfway done we got excited. Shaylee drives by this place everyday on her way to nursing school so she stopped in and talked to the older gentleman. He said yes he has a wearhouse full of it that just didn't sell. He said it's many huge rolls of all types of carpeting from shag to sculpture. He really doesn't wanna sell it because it's all on the bottom but he said if we were insistent on buying it we would pay new prices for his labor. He said about 12.00 a square yard.... well that's no different than new carpet today. I'd have no problem paying that. Anyhow we are going to go down together Friday afternoon and see if we can make arrangements to see this wearhouse. Oh can you imagine vintage vacuums on new avacado green thick shag or burnt orange sculpture

 

[suckolux]

Sounds like fun!

 

[electrolux137]

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WOW!! What a great find! But a REALLY great find would be a warehouse full of the patterned carpets and area rugs used in the 1950s when carpeting became plentiful and inexpensive after WWII.

http://https//www.google.com/search...99b3JAhUS6GMKHTY_B3YQsAQILA&biw=1671&bih=1136

 

[electrolux137]

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My Aunt Dabney, the aunt with the Scary Kirby, had large area carpeting very similar to this (below) in the living room of their 1956 split-level home (see second photo which was their house), although the coloring was different -- in their carpeting, the maroon areas in the sample below were gray and dark blue so the patterned effect was more subtle.

Typical of many southern homes of that era, carpeting extended all around the room with about a 2-foot border along the walls where the hardwood floor below was exposed.

Some time in the early 1960s, around the time they got a new turquoise Electrolux Model G, they had the carpeting replaced with ankle-thick powder-blue wall-to-wall carpeting.

 

[vacuumlad1650]

Charles, i remember my Grandmother had your Aunt's carpet in her Sitting room and Parlor (2 separate rooms...7000 sq. ft. house). I cleaned it many a-time! The split Level looked like a pleasant place to live! I took some pictures at the house today, of our snow

 

[kloveland]

I know I'm crazy... I like the sculptured carpet from the 80's. I would re carpet my house in white sculptured if I could. I would gladly rip up the cheap builders grade carpet that the former owner put in from Lowes.

 

[human]

That split level looks almost like the house I grew up in. We moved out of it in 1980 and my dad kept it as a rental until 2014. About 20 years ago, I bought a townhouse that had been built in 1978 and owned since new by the realtor's mother's best friend, still had the original three-tone brown sculptured pile carpet in near-perfect condition. I loved it because it never showed if I ever spilled anything on it.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

I remember my grandmother had an off white short pile carpet in her living room that Mom said she got in the mid 50s. She used her white L with PN1 on that. I always loved that carpet. Even though it was very short it also had a bit of sculpture to it.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Kenny,
the sculpture carpets are my favorite! I'm with you there. I'd like to find one room of shag and one room of sculpture. Since you are close i'll let you know what he has,maybe you can come up and see it.

 

[suckolux]

I loved the antique gold Dupont 501?? Nylon that we did over the hard wood floors in 64, it was a very new modern home, loved the pale yellow Frigidaire appliances.Memories.Wore out, completely the floor nozzle of the Compact C4 on that, like the swivel fell apart. Borrowed the aunts pretty tan Kirby a few times to pick it up a bit, and Host powdered shampoo twice a year, loved that smell.

 

[delaneymeegan]

PICTURES please. You all are talking some cool stuff.....


 


 

 

[kirbyvertibles]

We went to the store and I'm saying it was a bust. Yes he had a few older styles but what I saw was modern carpet. He does not want to deal with the wearhouse but he said eventually he will see what's in there and he thinks there might be some shag (I love how the story seemed to change from oh I have that to oh I might, let me see) what I observed was a classic hoarder. There's still a shred of hope but I doubt it. He tried to tell me berber I's vintage if I wanted to see what he had in his show room. Um no thanks
Anyhow he said some day call him back and see if he made it out to the wearhouse. I guess I can call after the first of the year.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

He did however have one huge roll that could have been vintage. It was a roll of wool kitchen type of carpet. It was kind of a celery green swirl pattern with off white accents. It was hard to see if it was vintage or not. It was on the bottom of the pile and I couldn't unroll any of it to get a good look of take a pic. He wanted $12.99 a yard for it. He wanted that much for his labor of driving the forklift to unbury it

 

[delaneymeegan]

 


 


awwwwhhhhhhh 

 


I'd keep on him and specifically let him know you're interested in the older styles IN THE WAREHOUSE.


Maybe walk in back from the outside and see if there are any windows to look in to see if this stash really exists. 

 

[kirbyvertibles]

I would be conveniently the old stock is on the other side of town..... He did call me today and said he thought he might have something I want. When I get back from vacation I will look

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Typo. I would but lol