The first big inside house project we decided to tackle was to install wood floors in the living room/hallway area. When we bought the house, new carpets had just been put in. You may ask "why would you tear out perfectly good carpet"? The reason is as simple as this: we have a dog. Carpet is great for the bedrooms, but the living area gets a lot of traffic and with all the snow/rain/mud we get carpet just wasn't going to cut it.
We did a lot of research on the best/most cost effective flooring for this area, and decided bamboo flooring would be the best bang for our buck. We chose this shade and style:
Which were going to be put in this room:
But we can't just cut to the "after" picture right away - you gotta see the whole process! Pictured here, Jacob fixing some areas of the sub-floors.
My brother (Josh), sister in law (Anna), Mom, and Dad all arrived to help with the big project. Pictured here, a little Saturday morning skype break with one of the nieces.
Anna, Mom, and I made a morning run to Lowes to pick up some supplies and came home to the first few pieces being put down!
As the day progressed, the boys worked on the floors while the girls acted as support crew. Lunch, anyone? Tempeh/veggie/quinoa soup + grilled cheese!
In the afternoon, we all alternated between floor work and peeking in on the March Madness that was going on in our makeshift living room/master bedroom.
Before we knew it, the floors were almost done!
We decided to remove the dated baseboard heaters off the living room wall, here I am doing a little touch up paint before the baseboards went back in. I look tired.
And.... Fast foward a few hours! Notice the new rug as well. Love it!
A closer look at the finished hallway.
And one final before/after...
It was a tiring weekend, but we are so excited about our new floors. They make the room look so much brighter. We can't thank our out-of-town crew enough for all the help! This project would have taken much longer than a weekend project had we tried to do it by ourselves. Plus, it was so fun having everyone in town! Next big project? Hopefully some things outside once it warms up a bit. For now, I leave you with this scene from our house, taken about 3 hours ago from our back door.
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