Kitchen before and after...

BEFORE gym spar finish...

AFTER gym spar finish...

Some views of the "finished" kitchen floor...

We are currently trying to decide "if" and "where" we need rugs. We think definitely in front of the sink...

One in front of the stove? Or should it go between the island and the fridge? So many decisions! And what about size??? We are going to be experimenting with different rugs we already have.

So into the dining area we go...

We did a little each day. Some boards went smoothly. Some didn't! There was one board that got set aside for a "time out". Still not sure if it was Rick or the board that needed that "time out"...LOL

Eventually it began taking shape...We had to empty out and move the china cabinet. The table was moved back and forth several times.

The house is a real mess...more of those pics later!

Here is where we are now. I went ahead and gym sparred behind the china cabinet and in front of the deck door. We wanted to try to put things back as soon as possible.

Let's get back to the floor...

We moved right along into the kitchen. We managed as little disruption as possible.

Dealing with the fridge was easy, we just moved it out and floored under it. The stove was a bit harder, as a space hadn't been left for the floor to slip under the stove feet. We wedged up the stove and angled the boards underneath. Rick was very pleased with the results.

So the kitchen was finished. But, instead of finishing the boards right away (gym spar), we decided to move right along into the dining area. And keep the progress going.

The results...

It's a long driveway and lots of snow. This was taken in between 2 storms and we were due to have more snow later that day.

Rick wanted to get a head start just in case we really got hammered by the next storm.

The BEAST...

THE BEAST! That's what we call our snow plow. It's an old (1979) Dodge Ram pickup.

It starts every time and the plow works miracles keeping our driveway plowed. We purchased it from Richard (our builder). It was just sitting unused on his Farm.

It may not look all that pretty anymore, but to us it's a beautiful machine.

We love this thing! Thanks Richard, without "The Beast" we may have spent a great deal of the winter snowed in!

We did it in sections...

Rick laid a section. We feared the dogs paws would mar the wood, so he'd sand that section right away and then I'd put on a gym spar finish. In this pic the section to the left is finished, the right side is still bare wood.

This pic is a pretty good representation of the difference in looks between finished and unfinished. We had to plan things so we'd have a pathway into the room with the computer! Not being able to access the computer was not an option...even for 24 hours!