Floors DONE!

Thursday evening John cleaned everything up and tarped all the cabinets in the kitchen and pantry to get ready for the floors being finished.  

Joe and I got ourselves packed and Friday morning once the girls were at school we left the house for the day.  I did some Christmas shopping and Joe headed to work.  The first day of finishing the floors was done in like 3 hours!  VERY QUICKLY b/c there were 6 guys here working and as soon as they got here, they went right to work!    We opted to do a water based polyurethane, so the smell was VERY minimal.  By 3pm you could barely smell anything.  A very faint smell.  While the floors were getting finished inside, John was working on the front door outside. 

Joe and I ended up coming home to sleep that night and the girl's stayed at my parents.  So by 9pm there was no smell at all...and the floors looked AMAZING!  I am so glad we decided not to stain them and keep the natural wood color.  I am very happy with the outcome! 

Saturday morning the floor guys were back bright and early (7:50am) and Joe and I flew out of bed and got ready to head out for the day (figuring it would take the whole morning to finish the floors) to do some shopping.   When we returned 2.5 hours later they were gone and my floors looked even more beautiful than they did Friday.   

About 3 hours after they left , John said we could walk on them with socks! The girls came home and had a field day on the new floors. Now that they aren't gated into any rooms...they literally did laps around the new house. They were like caged animals who were finally let out! It makes it more fun (for them) that our house is a big loop now.

Tomorrow we are moving into our kitchen and pantry.  Everything is coming up from the basement and washed....and all of our food, dishes, pots and pans will be tucked into their new home!  I can't wait!!!!!!



~Gianna~