Second times a charm!

Before

During

First Time

second times the charm...

Over spring break we went through the tough process of ripping up old stick tile floor and subfloor. Then laying down 1 1/2 inch unfinished hardwood floor in our kitchen. After that we had to sand it and add poly to it. It was the longest 4 days ever!

Peter was the hammer guy and nailer guy. I was the puzzle girl, I layed each piece of wood before he got there and tried to fit it exactly so that we didn't have to cut the wood. It became a little game trying to fit the wood.

It's interesting to see how these projects bring Peter and I together. The accoplishment of finishing something and improving something that we did together. Each of us were important in the process.

Well, now it's time for a break... no more projects for awhile! After our 4 days of hard work over spring break we (mainly Peter) decided that water based poly didn't match the rest of the of the floor in our house enough and oil poly would be better. So this past Thursday night we sanded the floor again, and put down poly again... this time 12 hour drying time between each coat, 3 coats total.

Finally on Saturday night the house was done.

Furniture back, saw dust cleaned up through out the house...

now it's time for a rest

or maybe a vacation.