Refinishing the floors

This was a nightmare to say the least. I don't have time to go into the whole evolution of the floor refinishing, but will give a brief. First was removing the layer of vinyl flooring on top. Of the 4 rooms, 3 had only one layer. The kitchen, as can be seen in the following photo had two layers. The bottom layer was actually a cool old tile, but beyond it's beauty. Second was removing the underlayer of some kind of fiberboard that was profusely nailed into the beautiful heart pine. Hundreds and hundreds of nails had to be removed. What a job that was!



The dark perimeter was the result of years of a linoleum "rug" that was typical of those days and this area.



The work was well worth it. We actually refinised only two rooms this time. The two undone rooms, we simply put on dark mahogany stain that's holding up well and looks beautiful. It was a matter of room - only so much room to put furniture while you refinish.

Eventually I will refinish the office. But, I think I'll leave the bedroom dark. It's the one room that had only one layer of heart pine and it's rougher than the other floors and steps down a bit. It will never match and the mahogany looks very pretty. Of course, I could change my mind later.