new floors

After coming to the conclusion that we will be stuck in our house for 5 more years (Greg says less than that but I'll believe it when I see it) we decided that it was time to put in some new floors in the kitchen and dining room. Yes, our house is only 5 years old but it has carpet in the dining room. Who builds a house with carpet in the dining room? That's one of the most stupid things I've ever heard of. Meredith has been eating in the kitchen for the last year and it's high time she learned how to eat a a table like a civilized person. Okay, as civilized as a 18 month-old can be. At least we won't have to worry about what she decides to randomly toss on the floor.

After much debate, we decided to do Pergo. Our budget definitely didn't allow for solid wood, I don't really care too much for engineered wood, and the Pergo looks nice and is really sturdy so we decided to go with that. I'm not willing to make a really huge investment into this house and I know the Pergo will look a lot nicer than the floors did before so hopefully that will help our house sell down the road.

These two pictures above are after the carpet in the dining room was ripped out. We haven't gotten to the kitchen floor yet.

The two picture above are what the floor looked like today. We're making progress but I think it's going to take another weekend of work to complete it in the kitchen. It's coming along. Many thanks to Greg for a great job so far!