To remind you, just a few short days ago this is what they looked like:
And today...(I'm trembling with excitement)
For those of you wanting a more dramatic before and after glance this next part is for you. These are before and after shots of the kitchen, which was the worst of the floors. The hardwoods you see were buried under 6 (s-i-x!) layers of other flooring including a layer of newspapers from 1972. We thought it would just be sub floor when it was all pulled up and planned on putting new hardwoods in anyway. I was super excited to know that the hardwoods were already there, albeit in horrible shape. They had 1000's of staples in them which a worker had to pull one by one with plyers.
Before:
And from another angle...before:
And now (minus the island since we can't put furniture on the floors yet):
They also patched all the holes from where walls used to be. Take a look...you can barely even tell where the old wall used to be now. (bottom right next to the molding - this is a shot from the foyer to the living room)
They still have another coat of poly (that's polyurethane for all you who don't speak reno language) and they were putting down all the stained quarter round yesterday (that's the molding piece that goes down around the edges). Today they should put down the cork floors in the den as well.
I may have actually hugged the new floors despite the "let's hurry up and get this job done 'cause she's crazy" looks from the flooring guys.
Anyone else have any dramatic renovation stories or pictures they'd like to share? I'd L-O-V-E to see some!
(Pssst! You may be wondering "when are they moving in again?" Ummm that would be Friday. I've been assured that we will have appliances, floors finished, oh say a kitchen counter and sink...you know those minor things that you like to have before you move in that make life easier.)
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