The Floors!

To recap the history of this little saga of our floors:

• Matt and I planned to lay laminate floors in our living and dining room - there was cheap carpet on top of (what we thought were damaged) hardwood floors. 
• One Saturday afternoon we took a peek and found a jackpot. 
• A few weeks later, Matt refinished the floors, we were so excited but then realized we got screwed.
• Also in the middle of all that, Matt moved a doorway entrance and revamped our fireplace. And I painted the ceiling, and then the entire room a new color. Oh and Matt put in all new door and window frames and painted them.
• Then redid the floors again this past week (because we got screwed - seriously, read that post). 

So here is the before and after in pictures (warning - it's long!) 

Before

Before

Before - the flash really catches how ugly the carpet was!

 

 Night before the first sanding - you can see the paint swatch colors on the walls.

Stain finished, 1st coat of poly on

Second coat of poly - Matt bought high gloss by accident so had to go back and redo it.

After! Or so we thought...

Another shot

Of course, we found out that Matt was sold the wrong poly, so this ENTIRE process was repeated again! So here is the almost finished room...

Aren't they gorgeous?!

As you can tell, I painted the living room blue. Carolina Blue to be exact.

We have some more things to do in here - hang some pictures, buy a dining room table... but the floors are done!

So there you have it - the saga of our floors! I love them and feel very lucky to have a husband who was willing to refinish them not once, but twice.

Tomorrow's post is the fireplace before/after.