Busy Red Elephant

Because we want to have hardwood floors installed in the entire main level we had to prep the floor. The previous owner had quite a bit of the main level tiled as evidence by the cement board left behind. Needless to say it all had to come up. We were armed with hammers and crowbars and ripped away. It took some time, especially since whomever installed the cement board was clearly being paid by the staple not to mention there were some that were glued with some kind of super hero strength bonding agent. Eventually we had to leave those behind and replace the entire piece of wood underneath. However, now that it's finished I'm really impressed at how good the floors actually look…once we removed all of the staples that were exactly 1/4 inch apart in any given direction. Huzzah!

Partially done hallway ( I hated that damn hallway...you can ask Brett & Will about the tantrum I threw)