The Finished Floors

Yay!!! The floors are all done!

Here were my top 3 color picks- these are all Minwax stains. Our contractor advised us not to pick a specialty brand or color because if we ever need to match things up later it might be hard to do. Right when he put them down I knew provincial was out. It was way too red for me. You can't tell here because he sampled on different boards but the 50/50 mix still was really warm and red. The winner was dark walnut!


Now for some before and after pictures.

Before

After

 Before

After- sort of.  In this room I took the picture before they put the second coat of poly on. They had to fix a staining issue so it got finished later than the rest of the floors.

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 After

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After

Next project as you can see is installing baseboards and door frames. I'm excited though with how they turned out! They are so smooth and beautiful.

Wood floors installed!

Wahoo! The wood is all installed. Since it will be sanded and finished on site, we decided it was a job for the pros. We got four bids for getting the install/sand/finish of new floors on the main level plus sand/finish of existing floors. We are glad we got lots of quotes because we feel really confident we got the best price and so far have been pleased with the quality of work as well.

The new floors were laced in with the old so when its all refinished, it will look like it was done all at the same time (forgot to take a picture of this). We have solid red oak already in the entry and kitchen and just matched it. The plan is to go darker on the stain. But for right now, we are in the waiting phase because the wood has to get acclimated to the house for several weeks before they finish it off. Now for the before and afters.

 

 We are deciding on new trim in this pic too. 4 inch is on the left 3 inch on the right. We are going with 3 inch since it looks better with the 8ft ceilings.

I was so happy yesterday, I laid on the floor to do some wood angels. It was a good idea until I remembered raw wood can give you splinters :) 

Guess what's happening today....!

We ripped up the carpet and wood floors are getting installed! Yay! Pictures of the progress and details coming tomorrow!!