Days 84-86 - Floored

Our adventures in flooring continue ... the kids spent the rest of the week "camping" in the basement. Carys loves it and thinks it's the greatest thing. The new floors on the second floor were done and cured by Thursday morning - so nice and shiny!! We all snuck up to look at them before they put down the red rosin paper to protect the floors while they finish the painting and plumbing and electrical work.

Meanwhile, the guys continued to work on installing the wood flooring on the first floor. They blended it all in where the wall used to divide the living room from the old first floor bedroom - this area is now part living room, part hallway.

Ready for sanding and coating

Tim and I had our same "bedroom" in the dining room up until Saturday morning, when we had to clear out of there so they could sand the dining room floors along with the other first floor rooms on Saturday. Oh, that was fun - packing that up. We had left the hutch and sideboard alone during the project, with all those highly breakable glassware and dishes inside. But now it had to get carefully packed and/or relocated. After a late Friday night and an early Saturday morning - plus some extra muscle from Carlos and Lusvi to move furniture - the place was ready to go for first floor finishing.

Won't be cooking this weekend!

Also on Saturday morning, the granite guys showed up to install the granite counter top for the vanity. Very exciting! Been so curious to see this come in!

One sink in, one to go ...

By noon on Saturday, we skipped on out of there - time to escape the smell of the polyurethane and the logistical issues of not being able to actually walk to any of the bathrooms or fit in the kitchen, not to mention not having a great spot to sleep. Ah, the little things. So, another getaway - this time to the Hamptons (er ... ah ... the Hampton Inn, that is). Nice comfy spot to watch the Red Sox beat the Tigers in Game 6 to win the American League Championship! And guess who is a proud member of the "I stayed up for the whole thing" club??

"Take a picture of the bags under my eyes, Mom!"