Well, we just went through two weeks of insanity to get new floors throughout most of the house. A gal I know said she thought getting new floors was worse than moving...I think she may be right.
The whole project began when a slow leak from our dishwasher created a huge hump in the kitchen linoleum. We weren't too upset since we wanted to replace the floors, but we had no idea what we were in for. Upstairs we put in engineered hardwood (less expensive than "real" hardwood) in the kitchen, dining room, living room and hallway. We put new carpet on the stairs, wood on the stair landing, wood inside the garage door downstairs and new carpet in the playroom downstairs. The house was rented out for about 7-8 years before it was sold to us, so the carpets were fairly gross. We did not replace the carpet in any bedrooms. We ran out of money. :-) I will include some downstairs pictures in a few days when we've put things back together more.
The whole project began when a slow leak from our dishwasher created a huge hump in the kitchen linoleum. We weren't too upset since we wanted to replace the floors, but we had no idea what we were in for. Upstairs we put in engineered hardwood (less expensive than "real" hardwood) in the kitchen, dining room, living room and hallway. We put new carpet on the stairs, wood on the stair landing, wood inside the garage door downstairs and new carpet in the playroom downstairs. The house was rented out for about 7-8 years before it was sold to us, so the carpets were fairly gross. We did not replace the carpet in any bedrooms. We ran out of money. :-) I will include some downstairs pictures in a few days when we've put things back together more.
New hallway (upstairs, leading to bedrooms)
New dining room
Old dining room (no one with young children wants carpet in their dining room, especially since it's our only eating area)
New living room
Old living room (pre-moving in)
New kitchen floors
More new kitchen floors
Old kitchen floors
6 comments:
Funny. That looks like a mini version of Mom and Dad's house. :)
The new flooring looks great! As new homeowners, we know exactly what you're going through right now. I'm sending a check to a landscaper tomorrow. I only wish that our wish list for the house wasn't so long!
We trust life is great in the northwest!
You guys did a great job. It looks like a nice improvement. Even more impressive is that you did it with 2 kids and one on the way!
The floors really look great! (I'm wiping the drool off of the keyboard right now! :)
Shannon
How exciting!! We can't wait to be able to do things like that once we get a home!!!!
Puts the flooring in CRW to shame...
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