Getting There

Just a quick update on the renovation. The wood floor is down, closets and trim are painted, and the trim is back up. The floor installation started on Sunday and finished exactly a week later, working about eight hours per day. Judging by how many nails I had left over (there were 1,000 per box), it took 2900 swings of the hammer to get the job done. I'll be taking some pictures this weekend once we get the place in a better state (read: organized) and will post them next week.

The kitchen originally had some super-cheap, bottom shelf vinyl, and we were going to replace it with a nicer-colored, thicker vinyl. At the last minute, we decided to skip the vinyl and go with wood. Because there was carpet originally, there was 1/4" underlayment to match the height of the carpet. So, in order for the wood pattern to remain consistent and not have some awkward-looking transition, I had to remove the underlayment and lay down a 3/4" section of plywood under the stove. These pictures are of me ripping up the underlayment and vinyl. That was a job-and-a-half. Click to enlarge.

More pictures are coming up next week. They'll be in focus, too. This particular digital camera can't seem to handle anything other than sunlight, so the shutter speed is too slow. Tripod time.