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CARL: I think we should do the floors before we work on the curtains and walls. SUE: Why? It doesn"t make sense. If we do the floors first, and then paint the walls, we will get paint all over our new floor. CARL: Hmm. Maybe you"re right. But I can"t stand all this green carpet in here. And besides, I know how to paint. I will just cover everything with drop cloth. I won"t get anything on the floor. SUE: Are you sure? CARL: Yes, I"m sure. I"ve done a lot of house painting in my life. And my mother was very picky. If I got even a tiny drop of paint on her furniture, she would get furious. So I learned to be very careful. SUE: Alright. Then maybe we can do the floor first. These wood floors under this carpet are beautiful. And me too--I can"t wait to get all this old carpet out of here. But how can we get it out? Do we have to hire someone? CARL: Absolutely not. We can remove the carpet ourselves. Carpet is held down with carpet nails. You just need to pull it hard and it comes up. SUE: Great. Then, after we remove the carpet, we need to restain all the wood floors. Right? CARL: Yes. But we should hire someone for that. That will probably be expensive. And it has to be done right. SUE: And then, after the floors are done, we can start to move our furniture in. CARL: Sure. If we can get an appointment with someone to do the floors, we should probably be able to have the furniture in here after a week or so. I can get all the carpet out this weekend. SUE: So, after the floors are done, and after the furniture is in, we need to redo the curtains and paint all the walls and ceilings. CARL: I"m the painter. You can be in charge of going to curtain shops to choose curtains. That will probably be pretty expensive too. Having good curtains made isn"t cheap. SUE: You mean we can"t just buy curtains already made? CARL: Absolutely not. The windows must be measured, and then the curtains need to be made professionally. So that will take awhile. Maybe a month or so. SUE: While th