Travis and I have been wanting to put hard wood floors in our downstairs for awhile. We have been looking at wood at Costco and getting really excited about possibly being able to afford doing the project.
Two weeks ago when my friend Kristin came to OR for our baby shower I started talking to her about if her dad would be interested in helping us do our flooring project. She talked to him that weekend..and he was interested!
The next week we emailed and called to make details. We also went to Costco to get our bamboo wood flooring. We bought 23 boxes!
Our car was full and so was my parents car.
The wood had to be inside to get acclimated to our house. It was fun having 23 boxes of wood next to our kitchen table for a few days.
Last Tuesday, Jon (Kristin's dad) drove from CA. He got to our house Tuesday evening and we started tear out. Travis taking the toilet and some flooring too.
Jon was so excited to start the job he couldn't wait until Wednesday morning to pull back some of the carpet.
Jon suggested we try to sell our carpet and pad on craigslist instead of paying to take it to the dump. Good idea... we sold it for $50 dollars! We were able to sell our laminate too!
Wednesday morning by 8:30ish the carpet was all gone. Jon was working fast.
Jon taking off the baseboards in our half bath.
Wow, tear out was messy.
Before I left for work on Wednesday all the tear out was done. No more carpet or laminate floors.
Our garage was pretty full this past week.
The bamboo flooring still in its boxes.
Jon was still deciding were he would start laying the wood.
Sophie had no idea what was happening in her house. She didn't like having to walk on the floor without flooring.
Jon started by the fireplace. These were his first two boards laid.
This was his progress by Thursday evening. I didn't take any more pictures of Friday because I had a meeting at school on Friday am, then I went to my neighbors house to watch her little boy so she could run a few errands, and then I went to work.
Here are a couple photos now that the house is mostly back in order. We love our new floors!
This picture was at Cape Disappointment.
Here is a view of the Cape Disappointment light house.
Steep cliff down to a nice sandy beach area.
The family minus Travis the photographer.
Beautiful
Cape Disappointment!
A nice close up of the light house.
We enjoyed watching the waves in the ocean.
We thought this looked like a great senior picture setting.
This picture was taken at Fort Columbia. We were resting and being silly... like normal!
Momma had fun feeding the seagulls bread.
When Travis got home he started cutting the wood into the pieces we would need.
I worked on making sure all the weeds were taken out before we put the planter box on top. Once the wood was cut Travis and I worked together to build the sides.
This picture of my shadow was the only one I got of me during this project. I am okay with that since we hadn't showered and were looking grungy.
The layout is beginning.
The pieces are being connected.
Our box is built and we are beginning to put in dirt.
Travis spilled dirt in our newly laid rock.
We now have a planter box along the back fence, rock (which was there before because it is part of our drainage system, but we added a new layer of rock this weekend), and then hazelnut shells.
Another close up of all our hard work.
The final culminating shot. I love how it looks. However, both Travis and I are feeling a little sore today from the project. We can't wait to start planting stuff soon.
We installed the baby video monitor that my sister and brother-in-law got for us. We are pretty sure we could seem him in almost all areas of the crib. Now we just hopes he actually sleeps in the crib (at least at some point once he has attached to us).
We filled the closest with lots of clothes... although I am getting worried he will out grow some and the seasons will change and these clothes will be too warm.
We filled his dresser with pj's, diapers, and wipes!
We filled his dresser with lots of pants!
We filled his closet with lots of toys.
The most recent thing I bought were these Crayola color wash cloths. I am so excited to use these during bath time. (People say buying stuff for you son helps ease the pain of not having him home yet- I am trying it, but it hasn't helped a ton.)
Our car was full and so was my parents car.
The wood had to be inside to get acclimated to our house. It was fun having 23 boxes of wood next to our kitchen table for a few days.
Last Tuesday, Jon (Kristin's dad) drove from CA. He got to our house Tuesday evening and we started tear out. Travis taking the toilet and some flooring too.
Jon was so excited to start the job he couldn't wait until Wednesday morning to pull back some of the carpet.
Jon suggested we try to sell our carpet and pad on craigslist instead of paying to take it to the dump. Good idea... we sold it for $50 dollars! We were able to sell our laminate too!
Wednesday morning by 8:30ish the carpet was all gone. Jon was working fast.
Jon taking off the baseboards in our half bath.
Wow, tear out was messy.
Before I left for work on Wednesday all the tear out was done. No more carpet or laminate floors.
Our garage was pretty full this past week.
The bamboo flooring still in its boxes.
Jon was still deciding were he would start laying the wood.
Sophie had no idea what was happening in her house. She didn't like having to walk on the floor without flooring.
Jon started by the fireplace. These were his first two boards laid.
This was his progress by Thursday evening. I didn't take any more pictures of Friday because I had a meeting at school on Friday am, then I went to my neighbors house to watch her little boy so she could run a few errands, and then I went to work.
Here are a couple photos now that the house is mostly back in order. We love our new floors!
