Thursday, March 19, 2009

Almost done...with this project, at least

Oh My! Steve Donaldson, (Coach D's Dad, for those of you that know Robbie) and his crew are doing an amazing job on our floors. As of now, all the floors are laid downstairs. They are coming back to finish the stairs and our upstairs and finish the quarter-round that goes around the base boards. The transformation is exciting and unbelievable. We are so thankful to the Lord for this wonderful gift!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

GOT DUST???

Our tile floors got ripped out, yesterday and it was super loud and super dusty. It sounded like a jack hammer in my kitchen. The mania started around 8:15 and crazy enough, Davis slept through it until 10! Good for him, someone around here needs to get some shut-eye. Jerry helped the two guys demolish my kitchen , 1/2 bath, laundry room and entry until 4:30. I was with the tykes at Mom and Dad's. I came over around 5 and the entire downstairs looked like someone had dropped a bomb of baby powder. Dust was everywhere, on the walls, inside cabinets, on all the dishes...etc. I had to wash everything inside of the kitchen cabinets, this morning. The toilet had to be removed, so now we have a big hole in the floor to keep the kids out of. Floors go down tomorrow and we are so excited. We went ahead and just decided to have them put hardwood in the upstairs hall, as well. Here are a few photos, notice the cloud of dust around the worker.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Not long now!

So, we have been working like dogs for the past month to get our downstairs ceilings scraped of the popcorn texture and smoothed before our hardwood floors go in Monday. I think we've been up until at least midnight everynight for the past 3 weeks. And when you've got kids toddling in at 7 am asking for breakfast and to turn on Clifford, that's exhausting. My eyes only sting until 9...like two burnt holes in a burlap sack. We've only have to finish the sunroom and the laundry room and then it will be all smooth. The tile is being ripped out this Saturday and I cannot wait, it is yucky, white tile and what used to be white grout. Here is a picture of the completed dining room ceiling, of the icky tile and a photo of how excited Davis is to get rid of it!