Work In Progress

We have talked for years about ripping out the carpet in the family room, and earlier this month we finally did it. We had joked that it would be better to just have concrete than the gross dirty carpet. Even when we carpet cleaned it would only look good for just a little while. We found a deal on hardwood that we liked so we bought it (12 months no interest, no payments...gotta love that!) We went home and immediately ripped up the carpet. The plan was that the following week would be a four day weekend with the Thanksgiving holiday and we could get the project done.

First mistake, Thanksgiving was not next week, it was in two weeks. Oops. In the meantime we ripped up baseboards, painted walls, made pictures on the concrete with chalk, broke up tile, and realized how cold and loud the room was with no carpet.




Second problem...the wood did not arrive on the scheduled day. The deliveries come on Thursdays, and our order did not get on the truck that week. Next week would be Thanksgiving and the truck would not arrive until Friday afternoon. So now our 4-day project weekend, only has 2 1/2 days. Here is what we accomplished after the weekend.

See all the potential for "glue hazards"?

I will post more as we complete the project. But we have learned that this would have been easier if we would have had more hands...someone to help Eddie, other than his kids who helped by getting in the way, stepping in glue, tracking glue, or his wife, who was trying to cook, or keep the kids from stepping in glue and getting in the way. It was definitely a bigger project than we had thought.