New floors

We'll start with our last week:

Sorry we haven't updated in a while. We have been engrossed in a new home renovation project. After almost 10 years of wear and tear, we finally pulled up our old yucky carpets. After a summer of saving for this project (and a generous donation from my parents) we went to Home Depot, picked out a new hardwood floor, some tools and finishing materials and this week, Casey started putting them down himself. It was slow at first as Casey learned how to be more efficient. Today, we've got 3/4ths of the front room done. I am amazed at how handy Casey is. He is usually the kind of guy that just wants to "hire" the job out. But, when we realized that the installation would cost us about as much as the floors themselves, he got on the internet and watched hours of tutorials on how to lay down a hardwood floor. It is taking longer this way but it's November and our business is always slow this time of year so he has the time. I just have to learn to live with the sawdust that now fills my house! We are re-doing the living room, family room, kitchen and hallways. It's a HUGE project but will be so lovely when finished!



Casey called it quits last night at about 10:00 p.m. so the neighbors could sleep. He's got a little under half the room done in these pictures. We hope to finish the whole front room tonight which means I need to go paint some baseboards! More pictures soon, I promise!