Finished Floors

That's right! The floors are finally done. I never thought this day would come. It feels so good to be able to put the floors behind us and move on to all the finishing touches. I'm absolutely thrilled with the way the floors turned out.

The Bona Mega really made the floors pop! The picture below shows the difference between sealed and not sealed. I was amazing at the difference the Bona made when we were all done.

Partially sealed floors.

Photo montage of the finished floors!!!

Sealed and completed plywood floors!

Close up of the finished floors.

After the floors we completed we started working on our baseboards. We were able to get them all painted and are hoping to put them up this week. We also managed to install a toilet, first time ever, and it's not leaking which is always good and ripped out the kitchen sink. Goals for the week include getting the baseboard up, counter tops painted, and appliances installed if we're lucky. 

Here are some more photos just for fun!

This photo was taken last October when we first started. Please ignore the McDonalds bag. Sometimes we make poor food decisions when we have not time.

This photo was taken this past weekend. My little DW has come so far!

Slow and Steady...

Nothing ever goes as quickly as I'd like. I was really hoping to have the floors done and ready for pictures by today. Alas, it is not to be. Finishing up the flooring in the kitchen took a little longer than expected on Saturday so we didn't get to stain until Sunday. That being said, we did get a first coat of stain on all of the flooring that is done. It's really dark and I love it! The pictures below are before the excess stain is wiped off. I pretty much looks like black paint when you first apply it. I kind of freaked out a little when I first started applying it.

The plan this week is for one of us to work on the house each night. We're going to swap out nights so that we each get a little down time and then hopefully we can apply the sealer this weekend. We have a ton of stuff going on over the weekend, so it would be really good timing if this all works out. After that we'll put up the trim, move the saws and everything into the side of the house and finish up the small amount of flooring that they sit on now. Then we can move! Wow, it's seems so small when I write it down, but I know that's going to take another couple weeks.

Here are just a few pics of the first coat of stain. I think that it's going to look fantastic when it's all done. Second coat will darken it up and even it out and the top coat will even out the sheen.

I Am a Blogging Liar

I promised photos, like forever ago. I'm a liar as well as a terrible blogger. Such is life.

Status of things....

Floors are coming a long nicely. We probably have over 1/3 of the house done. Here are a few pictures to tide you over. They are taken from my phone so I apologize for the quality. When we are completely done with the floors I may post a tutorial on how we did them. 

I'm really thrilled with how they look so far. Actually, I'm pretty thrilled with how the entire house looks so far. We are staining the floors with Minwax Ebony (pictured below) and then most likely going to seal them with a product called Bona Mega Clear HD.

We bought all new appliances the other week also. The idea of having the washer I've always dreamed of has really motivated me to get all of this stuff done. The walls are painted, the ceilings are done, the kitchen cabinets are 85% complete, and the floors are well on their way. I really will try to get some comprehensive house photos up soon. I was looking at some of the first house photos and I can't believe how different things look. Also, power tools are super fun.