We were on the floor!

All of those days we spent wrecking our knees and scrubbing the floors during our Cinderella days finally paid off this past weekend.

We got the upstairs red oak floors fully prepared for coatings of polyurethane and applied 3 coats over 3 days with sanding and tack cloth cleaning in between. We used Minwax Fast Drying Clear and the floors look lovely. It was suprisingly easy and and didn't take very long at all. And what a sense of accomplishment we felt!

It was nice to finally do something that was fun to do and gave us a great feeling of achievement. We also felt good about our decision to keep the original flooring...while the floors are not perfect, the wood has lots of character and gives the rooms a nice warm glow. We even like that you can, if you know where to look, see the patch that the former owners put in the floor space that used to be occupied by a wood stove (pre-central heating).

Next, we are prepping for trim priming and painting and completion of painting the remaining rooms (bathroom and kitchen) and a few touch-ups. Oh, and it was my birthday on Sunday - so I got the day off! Thanks Jamie!