We have flooring!

It's Sunday morning, Jeremy is hard at work in the other room, and I am taking a minute to update everyone on our progress.

Last week the big news was the subfloor. Todd finished up with the new stuff (here is a picture of Jeremy and Todd conferring about bamboo on the new subfloor- it is solid and definitely the right decision) on Friday, and the race to do bamboo was on. The race became a bit more frantic when we heard the price for a floor nailer rental - $50 a day! Yipes! Todd got a deal on a weekend rate, so Jeremy's top priority suddenly became the floors.

Jeremy and I both took the day on Friday for house stuff. We met with Todd to talk about how to start the bamboo, then we headed off to make a decision on counters. (yes, we did. Mahogany granite, anyone?) We returned home for bamboo laying, a dump run, and more bamboo laying. Here is a picture of the new floor (already with dog paw prints on it) - and, no, the fridge isn't staying there.

The other floor project is the old oak. Where the bathroom and hall closet were, there is no oak. The flooring expert we asked said that it wasn't worth the labor to tooth in to the remaining stuff - we disagreed. So Jeremy spent Saturday morning patiently removing old oak planks in order to work the new stuff in carefully, and as of Saturday night he was halfway through doing the new oak. We should be able to return the rental nailer tomorrow with no problems!

So many decisions made this week . . . we ordered a sink and faucet, picked up the soap dispenser, ordered the instahot faucet, picked a counter, are closer to a decision on lighting, and are looking forward to having some cabinets installed in the next 2 weeks. Timeline looks pretty good, too. Gas tank is being dropped Thursday, granite templating on Dec 28, granite install on January 11.

This week should see drywall and cabinets, and maybe even framing for the new mudroom and bathroom. Jeremy will work on gas line running, and maybe switch to water plumbing (or more lighting in the kitchen). Then we get a week off to West Virginia - ask for snow!