Dining Room

I'm a few weeks late on this post, but better late than never right? It all started one Saturday night when we had some friends over for dinner... They(as in the husband) were in the middle of re-finishing their hardwood floors in their house. He and Josh were talking about it, Josh tells him how we always wanted to have hardwood in the dining room, he asks if we knew what was under our carpet, and next thing I know he is removing the air vent cover and lifting up the carpet to look!! Sure enough there was wood. That of course got all the wheels moving in Josh's brain, and the next day after church Josh was tearing up the carpet. Before I was super nervous, worried that it wasn't going to look good or wouldn't be possible so I wanted Josh to just roll the carpet back that way we could put it back down if it didn't work out...Then I see this... The carpet cut up into sections!

I get that it made it easier for him to roll up and haul out, now there is REALLY no going back! Underneath was this lovely, green shag carpet!

Underneath the carpet was this black, foam-like carpet glue that was stuck to the wood. We got this solution that had to be scrubbed on, let soak for about 10 minutes, then scraped off. After getting all that off, it was time for sanding! We could hardly believe our eyes! All the hardwork, finally paid off to see this beautiful wood!

Time to stain! The color of the stain on the can didn't look this dark, but we are happy with the way it looks anyways!

Final step:clear coat

Finished product--DONE!!

I am so glad Josh took the plunge and did this project! It makes the room look a thousand times better, makes me not so worried about whatever gets dropped during meals, and makes clean up so much easier!! And Bridget loves driving cars on it too!