Ben Reichelt’s Weblog

Erin and I closed on our house last Thursday afternoon, so the
weekend was really busy getting the house ready to move in.  We
painted the living room, dining room, and den.  But the biggest
thing we are doing is pulling up the carpet on the main level and
exposing the hardwood floors and getting them refinished.  My
buddy Newman came down for the weekend to help us out, and my mom brought over her Paintstick, which I HIGHLY recommend. 

The painting was straightforward enough, and pulling the carpet up
wasn’t too bad.  What took the longest time was removing the tack
board that was around the perimeters of the rooms that holds the carpet
in place.  There were also a bunch of staples holding the carpet
padding in.  Later on Sunday afternoon, we took a leap of faith
that there was hardwood floors underneath the linoleum in the kitchen,
and I thought that having hardwood in the kitchen would look really
nice too, we ripped the linoleum out too.  There was two layers of
linoleum, and the bottom layer was absolutely hideous, from the 1960’s
I’m guessing :).  So I think the floors are all set to be finished
by someone who knows how to do it (not me).  More updates (and
pictures) when thats done.