Renovate! Take a Walk With Me (Part 1)

As you know from my first post about the house, many things on our "to do" list were, in fact, LAST ON THE LIST.  However, there are many things that are first on the list. Aside from boring stuff like plumber, electrician, chimney sweep, we have the floors. We wanted that nasty carpet gone and the hardwood floors underneath restored.  The floor guy came and said that despite the fact that nothing had been done to the floors in 30 years, they looked pretty good. We let out a sigh of relief and told him to get to it.  Here are the pictures of the tear down and sanding:

The living room as the carpet was being torn back to reveal the floors:

During the process:

The stairs:

The back TV room - so messy!  And I think that is B's shadow taking the picture:

Living room without carpet. Looks better already:

From the dining room:

Back TV room all cleaned up:

And from an angle inside the room:

Upstairs master bedroom sanded:

Crazy red, white and blue room sanded:

Another view of master bedroom:

Other bedroom sanded.  Don't ask me why those curtains are still on there, although I will say they look a lot less awful sans carpet:

Back bedroom with balcony and door with midget lock:

Same room, different angle - from inside:

Master bedroom again, different angle:

Tell me that house does not look 100 % better already?  I love it.  Kudos to B for taking such wonderful pictures. He even made sure the shades were up so the natural light shown in. That is probably more thought than I would have put into it.

I know I still owe you the story of the house, but I am going to make this a quick post today and tackle that subject later.  

And more pictures, of course, to come!