A Sneak Peek At The Floors

After another marathon weekend on the house we are looking better than ever. Luke only works a half day on Fridays so he was already home and sanding the floor by the time I got off work.

It took quite a bit of sanding to get the uneven boards level. While Luke worked the drum sander I took care of the edges of the room and the stairway ledge. Once the sanding was finished we built a dog barrier to keep Atlas off the bare floor. Even a big malamute is afraid of a few things so we made a fence out of his nemesis: vacuums.

We stained the floor on Saturday night. The color is special walnut which is a little darker than I had originally planned on but looks very rich and warm.

We put our first coat of poly on the next morning before church. We're using an oil-modified polyurethane so we were able to re-coat every two hours. I sanded the floors between coats with a 240 grit on my electric drywall sander. It's faster than using a sanding pole and left a really smooth finish. I apologize for the lighting; it was late and we don't have all the kitchen lights installed yet so the floor looks weird.

So far we have finished about 225 sq ft out of 800 that needs to be refinished. Luke did find time to sand the finish off the living room floor but we still have to strip two bedrooms and refinish them, the hall and living room this coming weekend.

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Our New House - It Might Just Be Home

I recently announced that we had sold our home in Helena and will be moving to my hometown in July. We did some house-hunting over Easter weekend and I'm please to report success. We are in the process of buying our latest home: I know you can't see it well behind the trees. I'm so excited to have actual trees on the property. The house itself is nestled against the base of a hill which will block our views of the sunset but the east-facing front porch should offer some wonderful sunrises. And here's a sneak peek of our view. I won't be posting any more photos until we've actually closed on the house. Closing is still two months away and a lot could change before then. Still, I look forward to sharing our latest project.

Sold

We sold our house last week. This may come as a surprise since the house wasn't even for sale. We weren't planning to move. Everything in the house was designed with the idea that we would be living here for years. But sometimes God makes it abundantly clear that He has other plans. In the course of just a few days Luke was offered a chance to move to his company branch in my hometown and we met a family looking for a house in our neighborhood. And now our house is under contract. Closing is scheduled for mid-July so I will have a little time to recover from having the baby, but until she arrives I've been packing up all our non-essentials. We have already started looking for our next home; maybe it will be a home we get to enjoy for decades. We'll just have to wait and see.

_________ & After Pictures

I might be homeless, but that doesn't stop me from remodeling. This week I am giving my parents a reprieve from the mess of remodeling and am working for my grandparents in Missoula. They have spoiled me rotten just because I'm the only granddaughter, so it has been really gratifying to be able to do something for them. My grandparents were having a problem with water from the sink and grease from the oven getting on the walls. Tile solved those problems while dressing up the walls. We found some we liked at Lowe's yesterday and by this afternoon it was installed and grouted. I am kicking myself for not taking any before pictures of what I have been doing the past two days. Here is a picture of the kitchen taken about a year ago. Notice the wall behind my cousin. I really like how this turned out. I might just have to use tile like this in my next house.

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