New Floors!

On Saturday, Rob put in our new flooring in our living room and dining room (aka: playroom) with help from my dad. When we moved into our house almost 4 years ago, we removed the old carpet which revealed old hardwood floors underneath. We knew that we wanted to have them redone and hoped that we would get to that task after our baby (Ella) was born. We kept putting it off (time, cost, etc) until we finally decided to go for laminate flooring that would be more cost effective and improve the look of the rooms.

My dad, having put in laminate in several rooms of their home, helped Rob with the project, while my mom played with the girls so I could get some needed chores done around the house. The guys did a great job and we LOVE how the new floors look. They are fresh and clean and make the rooms look so much bigger. They are also very easy to clean, which is a problem that I had with the old, worn floors (I am a little addicted to my new Swiffer broom--uh oh!) The original floors are still underneath and have not been nailed into, so we can always use that as a selling point if we decide to move. We are very grateful that we had assistance with putting the floors in and that we were able to afford something so pretty for our house.

the original floors with water and glue stains

the dirty old floors around the baseboard

Engineer Ella's drawing of the rooms

(She helped Rob label the drawing parts on his, too).

Rob's sketch of the room for putting the molding back on correctly

the living room with the original floors

Ella helping the guys by measuring

Rob working hard to figure out the entertainment center wiring

halfway done

getting there...

Ella's picture she made of Pappy all by herself

(love the mustache and hair--haha!)

Molly trying out her feet on the new floors

Ella and I inspecting the boys' work

Madge doing a split

comparing the new (left) and old (right) floors

hardworking Dad

new flooring along baseboard with molding

getting close to the stairs with the new flooring

(never realized how gross the old floors were until the new ones are laying next to them)

almost done (minus molding)

done!

So shiny and clean

completed playroom

(minus reorganizing)

Baba and Ella enjoying a cafe treat in the playroom

Molly staring at the star on her playmat