Flooooooors!

They are in progress!!!  The guys came Monday to finish patching all the holes.  We've had to move several H/AC vents due to the fact that we completely re-did the floor plan on the house, and a few other things, so there were quite a few boards that needed to be taken up and replaced.

This is no easy feat. These floors were solidly put together over 100 years ago and had no intentions of coming apart easily.  Also, Scott had to do some good hunting to find other flooring that matched that we could replace whole areas of boards with.  Anyway!  That's all finished now, as of yesterday!

Then, they started on the sanding!  They have the noisiest, dustiest machine with the coarsest sandpaper I've ever seen.  

It's a father-son business run by two good 'ol boys who are quite wild and wonderful - such a hoot to just sit and watch and listen to.  Dad runs the big sander, while son crawls around him and hammers in or pulls out nails that are too high so there's nothing to stub your toe on.

I think they plan on finishing the sanding today and then they do several coats of polyurethane and refinish the floors, making them fresh and beautiful - and quite smelly.  They plan on being done by Friday and then we crank the AC up to take all the moisture out and let the house just sit for quite a few days while the horrible smells that will give you a migraine like no other work their way out and the finish dries and sets up.  We should be in by Thanksgiving! *fingers crossed*

ALSO!  We have running water in our kitchen now after Scott and I spent a few hours on plumbing yesterday.  It's pretty exciting folks!