Hardwood Floors

When we bought our house about 2 1/2 years ago there had been no updating in all it's 10 years. Now that it's going onto it's 13th year we thought it was time to make some much needed changes. We have already done some painting on the inside as well as painting the deck and the trim on the outside of the house. We also put in shower doors in the main bathrooms. Now on to the floors. We have replaced the carpet in the LR and DR with Hickory hardwood. Because we have oak trim through out the house and we didn't want to go to all the trouble of changing it we had to find some wood that would work with it and we did! It looks even better than we imagined it would. Our next project will be tiling the rest of the main floor. Chris will be starting that soon.

Now on to some pictures...

                         Rolling up the tired carpet in the LR.

We hung plastic in the entrances to the rooms so we could keep most of the saw dust in one place. This is the DR.  See the curve at the top of the flooring? That was the original shape of the carpet. We took that out and now just have a straight line. Much better.

Chris is finishing up. At this point we weren't sure we had enough boards left. It would have been a very long drive back down to Montana for 2 extra boards!

                I am nailing the very last nail into the very last board!

                                            LR before

                                        LR after
                    (see the tile in the bottom right? That is the tile we will be putting down shortly)

            

This is the DR. We don't use it as a proper DR though. We call it our reading/music room. The second guitar needs to be hung and the bookshelves need to be put back in. But you get the idea!



We are so happy with the results. In the future we may add an area rug or two but for now we love it just the way it is!