I just found a picture of the old kitchen floor:
This is a good spot on the floor (and our Nina); over by the refrigerator there were some big spots that looked burned or melted and by the entrance to the hallway and living room there were some huge gouges and tears.
Oh, and I wanted to post a better picture of the finished living room (with our new rug!):
**Yay, we got a new camera!
Over the last weekend Fred, some wonderful helpers, and I got the kitchen and bathroom ready for our new floors to be installed. Then, on Monday the work began, at the early hour of 8 a.m.
Here are some pictures of the work on Friday…Fred and Andy tore up the top layer only of the old kitchen floor.
It looks like Andy was having fun! We really appreciated all his and Maggie’s help (she basically painted 3 walls and the ceiling in the kitchen)!
Fred also took off all the base boards. He and his dad worked on Saturday sanding and restaining them. They look great!
Here’s the finished floor after Monday with the finished base boards back up:
I just realized we don’t have any pictures of the kitchen floor before, but trust me, it was pretty bad!
Next was the bathroom. Fred and Andy didn’t have to take up the old floor in here, but they did have to remove the toilet (it was yucky)!
Here’s a picture of the finished floor (again, we don’t have pictures of the old floor, but it was yellowed and had a few holes):
Originally we were going to go with tile-like laminate flooring in the kitchen, but we decided against it because of all the cuts and corners and potential problem spots that could arise. We went with vinyl flooring and we’re actually pretty happy with both rooms!
Next on our list is re-carpeting the bedrooms and hallways. But, just like with the living room floor, we’ll have to seal the hardwood floors to keep those pesty odors from seeping through anymore.
Looking at the pictures of the kitchen and bathroom, I really think that we’re going to have to do something about the cabinets…they just don’t look right now! Maybe I can talk Fred into refinishing them… 
Oh, and the tile in the kitchen has to go…or maybe I’ll paint it, I think I read about painting over tile somewhere…hmm, I’ll have to research it!
I posted this over at Spacebooger but thought I would share it here too:
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from Confessions of a Superhero
– a documentary of the people who play the roles of Super-Heroes on Hollywood blvd.
Since Sara’s favorite color is green and she posted 99 things you can do to save the planet; I present 99 50 ways to leave your Muppet.
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