In June I decided I couldn't stand the light-colored carpet anymore (in our dining and living rooms), so one day when Jason came home from work this is what he found:
(Well, actually he did help me move some furniture first!)And this is what we had underneath:
We spent the summer adapting to the much harder and noisier/squeaky floors and made sure we liked them. We knew they had been under carpet for at least 30 years and that the wood was a very thin/narrow maple that they don't make anymore, so I wasn't totally sure what they would look like, but anything was better than white carpet in the dining room!
Finally this week, the time came for them to be re-done and yay - we love them and they aren't nearly as "squeaky" now, so double yay!
Our "new" refinished floors:
Sanding (viewed through plastic)
Sealing (2 coats)
Finishing (2 coats)
Before
After
Now, we add a small piece of trim to tidy up the edges and move furniture back in - hopefully we never have to move the piano or hutch again!
4 comments:
Wow, they look amazing! I've always loved watching shows on HGTV when the people realize they have hardwoods under their carpet...so exciting! :)
What a big difference it makes to the room! It looks great.
Looks good! What a great discovery under your carpet!
Your floors look awesome! what fun...and now that you don't have a crawler it is good timing. Nathaniel had bruises all down his legs during the crawling months. now the races can be faster with more potential injury:). bring it on.
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