Are those carpet squares on the floor? Is that common in the US? I don't think I've ever seen anyone with carpet in any form in the kitchen before.

The black and white checked part is a throw rug. The red and black areas near the counter are padded mats. The putty colored area is the tile floor

Ah tiles. That seems more normal. :)

A friend of mine once had a really bad accident requiring skin grafts because of mats in the kitchen.

It could have had something to do with the hot oil for the chips we were trying to cook in order to calm the midnight munchies too though. It was a long time ago.

I'm not sure it's fair to blame the mats. :)

Maybe not. Luckily for him he was so off his face that he was more amazed at his peeling flesh than how much pain he was in. I was enough off my face not to need to throw up at the sight.

I have carpet in my kitchen. So does my mom. And my mom's mom. And my mom's mom's mom before her.

Not really. Just me. My mom used to. It's a thin kitcheny carpet.

My G-son's place has carpet in the kitchen, sun porch, and outside deck and steps.
We are so adverse to carpet in the kitchen we all said it needed to be replaced.
But then said maybe to wait til all the upstairs construction is finished.

So for the past few weeks, Sam has not cleaned up anything that fell on the kitchen floor.
There are bits of food, construction debris including nails and screws, along with fishing tackle including hooks
Shoes are now mandatory.

Sometimes I wonder about him.
It will take "cut-proof" gloves to pull up that carpet when the time comes.

Elayne Boosler's mother: Your kitchen floor needs cleaned! Look at my floor, you could EAT off it.

Elayne Boosler: You can eat off my floor too, there's plenty to eat down there.

(I paraphrase, don't know the exact joke.)

Carpet on the outside deck? How does that work? Doesn't it get moldy in the rain?

Outdoor carpeting.

What planet do y'all be from? Planet AntiCarpetia? ;)

http://www.lowes.com/cd_Install+Indo...pet_199930654_

I didn't know they made such a thing!

My last experience with outdoor carpeting was when my alcoholic grandfather picked up some discarded beige carpet from the side of the road on his way home from work one day and them carpeted the back yard with it. (So that he wouldn't have to mow the grass anymore.)

:D

LOL.

just saw this at Target the other day:

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That will compliment that cart I got, and hold some food or dishes... not sure which yet. I have a little encyclopedia britanica book case sitting next to my fridge right now. I'll put this in it's place.

There are some really good deals on target's website in the clearance section of the furniture.

I also ordered two of these to go on either side of the tele:
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looks tiny, but they are 6' high, 32.5" wide, 18" deep. I'll put the 2nd monitor for the computer on the right, and a lamp on the left... the front surround speakers on the top shelves, and pictures and stuff on the others.

How do they work, lean against the wall like a ladder?