For some reason we thought it would be a good idea to see what was underneath that very ugly 1970s kitchen floor we had.  Since we there were no real cabinets to be removed and we were about to install a new dishwasher, we thought let’s have a look.  Our hope was to find the original hardwood floors from when the house was built in 1928 (this is what we saw when we torn up the floor in the pantry).  That is what we found until we got about half way across the kitchen floor where we found a big piece of plywood and some other flooring that had very old termite damage.  So we had to go to plan B.  The problem was we didn’t really have a plan B.

Plan B turned out to be getting a quote on new hardwood floors instead a quote to have the ones in there refinished like we were hoping.  It was actually less than we were expecting so we did it.

So for the last two and a half weeks our kitchen has been a building zone, seven actual days of work.  It took two days to pull up the floor (poor Ken about broke his back doing this),

two days to put down the new wood and finish around the doors and steps,

and three days to sand and put the finish down.

Now we have a beautiful new kitchen floor.  Tonight, when it is dry, we can put everything back into the kitchen and we can have our dining room and the rest of the house back.  I am so ready to have a bit of organization again.

Meanwhile Sadie is growing and becoming more alert and funny by the day.

Stick ‘em up.