The Living Room Has a Floor!

This weekend we installed the flooring back in the living room!  It had been bare concrete with carpet remnants for the past 6 weeks, but now it is beautiful again.




Our handyman Ramon was key to getting this done in one day.  Daniel took off work to work with him, and the two men knocked it out in about 8 hours.

The type of flooring is Kensington Manor 12mm Rio Grande Valley Oak Laminate, and we got it at Lumber Liquidators a couple months ago when we realized the foundation work would necessitate new flooring in most of the house.  The plumbing work will destroy the tile in all the bathrooms and the kitchen, so we'll have to replace that at some point, too--but... one day at a time.  We are still working on securing the financing to go ahead with the plumbing work, so it's not scheduled yet.



Anyways, it's a relief to have the living room floor done well before Elliot gets here.  And what a huge relief it was to have such great help from Ramon, who has installed many, many more floors than Daniel or I and who had some excellent ideas to help speed up the process and make more efficient use of the flooring.



I was only slightly less pregnant with Lucy when we installed her wood floors in her nursery, and oh my goodness--it was difficult.



The final before-and-after.  What do you think?!