The Great Floor Remodel of 2011

We have been fairly busy with home improvement since April. It first started off with turning our boring backyard into something you may want to look at. We had two bushes and that was all. We had to rip out a lot of grass and put new plants in. It is still a work in progress but has come a long way!

We next moved onto the biggest project ever, the floors. It started in the laundry room where we somehow had linoleum. The glue was horrible to scrape BY HAND!



This was the first room G ever tiled. I think it turned out very well. But this picture was before the grout.


We ventured out into the rest of the house after the laundry room. It took an entire weekend to bust out all the old, nasty, ugly tile. It was an orange-ish color. The dust got EVERYWHERE! When you blew your nose, it came out brown from all the dust we were inhaling. That turned out to be not so smart as the dust mixed with the end of school stress got me sick. It was the worst sickness I have had in years. I had to quickly recover since we weren't done yet. As we were ripping out baseboards, the wonderful tile broke off with them.

We lived without the majority of our flooring for some time as we carefully went about laying tile.

The kitchen and breakfast nook turned out wonderfully! Keep in mind we are replacing all the trim with this project as well. And the table won't live in the corner like that forever.

After we finished all of the tile, we had wood guys come in to lay wood. That was the day that the tornadoes were ripping through the area. There was one spotted just west of us and the dog and I were freaking with workmen in the house. Herman and I ended up in the closet. We fell asleep. When we woke up at 10 pm, the wood was laid.


Last weekend we took it easy and had some guys come in and install the crown molding. We had to paint it ourselves first before it was put up. The next day, painters came out to caulk and paint it for looks.


We are still not done yet folks. As I write this, we have the floor guys here again scraping and staining the floors. Then it's on to the new carpet! I can't wait for new carpet that hasn't had the last guy's toe nail clippings in it. The carpet is really why this whole thing came about. Our carpet was the original and stained with holes. After the carpet goes in, it's on with the trim work. It's been over a month of work and we're nearing done. I will have to post more pictures of the finished project.