Thursday, May 7, 2009

Construction zone


Our house has been a construction zone for the past few days. First we had new carpet laid on the stairway to the second floor and in a bedroom. That meant all the furniture from the bedroom had to be moved into the other tiny rooms upstairs. It was inconvenient, but the results look great.
We liked that so much we decided to lay a new hardwood floor in the living/dining/office areas.
This photo shows Alan standing on the boards he and Lee laid in an evening before the start of the first full day of serious nailing and gluing.
It took a week to slowly remove all the plants and furniture from the room, jamming them into every available extra inch of space on three floors. My desk is in the kitchen in two parts, computer wires half connected, printers in separate rooms.
The work should be done tomorrow. Before the furniture goes back I'll document the beautiful, pristine oak floor.
Anybody want some extra plants? Finding everything and putting it all back is expected to continue indefinitely.

2 comments:

Sally said...

I can't wait to see it in person. I don't think I've even seen your new carpet yet. It looks good though. Alan was nice to help.

Stargirl said...

What kind of wood did you choose? It's a nice color!