Changes

A year or so ago Allison decided to help mom and dad clean the house by getting a bottle of tilex bleach out and bleach the floors... She ended up bleaching the stairs, Abbigails bedroom, furniture and clothing as well as in the hallways. Well we ended up calling our insurance company to see what we could do and they ended up covering the cost of replacing the flooring throughout the house. Then about six months ago we found out that our kitchen doors were leaking and ended up damaging our wood floors so again we called the insurance company and found out that they would cover the cost of refinishing our wood floor. So with this all in mind we really needed to make the change and replace the flooring. Kyle and I looked into a lot of different options but the one that made the most sense was to rip out all our carpet on the main floor and replace it with wood flooring. We did end up leaving the carpet down in the living room but that to will be getting a face lift within the next year. Kyle and I moved a majority of the smaller items as I just couldn't lift the heavy items at 7 month pregnant. So we had a ton of family and friends come to help Kyle move the rest of the furniture as well as rip out the carpet and pad. It took the flooring guy about two days to lay all the new wood and then another day or so to sand it all before we started to stain it. Once they started staining the floors we had to move out and live in a hotel for about four or five days while the house aired out. Below are some pictures of the whole process...
I didn't get any pictures of the house before we started tearing everything out or during but here's the front entry and the front room with the carpets all torn out.

Another view of the front room, dining room, stairs and hallway.

Our office

The front door with the new floors installed and stained

The office with the new floors and all stained

The front room, dining room and hallway with new floors and stained

Our kitchen already had wood floors that were the same color as the cabinets we had them sanded down and stained to match the rest of the house.

The rest of the kitchen with the new stain coloring.

It was a long process but totally worth it. I absolutely love my new wood floors... Now just to get some area rugs made....