Continuation of the Longest Project EVER!!!!

Yes, our hardwood floors are still not finished. (sigh) In fact, the project has gotten bigger! We have decided to redo the carpet in half of our living room so that we can get it all done in one shot. So, there will still be carpet in the sitting room area, so it can be nice and cozy in there. But where our table is, it is going to be hardwood floors! Which, is a wonderful thing, because then, if someone spills at dinner, it won't fester in the spongy carpet. I'm so glad we're getting this done before our kiddos finally decide to come. Could you imagine all the stains that would be on the carpet? Not to mention all of the moldy, disgusting germs that would form in the carpet without us even knowing! Our table is in the living room area because the kitchen doesn't have room for a little breakfast nook, let alone a full-sized table!

Lance did most of the work pulling up the carpet. He's the strong one around here, so he gets stuck with the tough-guy jobs.



I mostly helped with cleaning up the floor when the carpet was rolled-up. The pad disintegrated under the carpet because it was so old, so I used the shop vac to get it up.



The floor in the living room is much different than the floor in the kitchen. It looked more like laminate, but laminate wasn't around in the 70's, when the carpet was put on over top of the hard floor. So, after some research, we figured out that it is engineered hard wood instead of regular hard wood. This means that it is a lot thinner, so you can't sand near as much. We're thinking that it will still hold the stain if we sand just a tiny bit to rough it up. Well, we're crossing our fingers, at least. There are also a few spots that we need to patch up in the floor, but that shouldn't be too hard.



One more parting picture! Lots of carpet makes lots of garbage! Ha ha!



Wish us luck to get this all done before fall!