out with the old in with the new

This weekend we removed most of the carpet in our house. I wish I had taken some before/after pics, but I'll just have to explain it to you... my wife is 'nesting' right now so naturally we are prepping our home for the new arrival. The dingy dark brown carpet that had been trekked on by thousands of precious feet was ready to meet its resting place at the city dump and the (equally-used/ready-for-refurbishing) hardwood floors beneath were itching to be dawned...

After you remove the carpet which is held down by 'tack strips' you gotta get rid of the insulation below it attached to the floor with staples. Then, of course, you can remove the staples and strips.

so the hardwood floors are new to us... though they are far from new to the house... they'll need a good sanding and refinishing. we'll see how much that run$ us. Besides the proverbial '+/- factors' it's always nice to 'turn-over-a-leaf' and it's refreshing to have another go at decorating..

and this is enough to say "it's worth it."