I hardly know where to begin. 
Here is what I want you to know, though.
I swear, we are not crazy people!
I completely understand that if you have followed what we have been up to the past few weeks in the kitchen, that you have enough evidence to prove otherwise.
And now that we have begun ripping up the carpet in the den, you could say it is a cut and dry case.
But I swear, we are not crazy people.
We have been doing this kind of stuff our whole married life. Now we just get to share the chaos with thousands of people all over the world!
Fun, huh?!
In my defense, I did not tell my husband to start working on the den. He decided it would be best to get these two rooms finished before the holidays.
We had planned on putting hardwood floors down in these two rooms AFTER we were finished with the addition to our home.
However, since I had already opened up a can of worms in the kitchen, and everything in the house is already upside down, my husband decided it would be best to go ahead and get it done!
Of course, I agreed!
So we cleared all of the furniture out of the den.
You can see in the above picture there is a wall that we will be tearing completely down soon. Right behind that wall is the staircase to the upstairs in our new addition. I wanted to be able to see the pretty staircase from the den, so we are getting rid of that wall.
Cy has been working so quickly on the floors, he is just a blur at times…
I absolutely LOVE this next picture. I posted it on my blog and my facebook page yesterday and asked you what you thought Cy was thinking in that picture.
You guys cracked me up!
Here are a few:
"That’s the last time I believe her when she says, But I promise….just a little paint!" {Shannon}
"Oh Lord I love this woman, but she’s gonna kill me yet." {Deborah}
"All I asked for was a foot massage. She never mentioned how much it was going to cost!" {Gina}
"Do you want me to work, or do you want me to pose?" {Edwina}
“How did I get here?” {Joy}
"Oh, crap. My picture’s going on the blog." {Loribeth}
I have a feeling he was thinking ALL of those things and MORE!
After we rolled up the carpet we found two things.
1. A linoleum entryway… (Just screamin’ the 70’s!!!)
2. A bump in the subflooring between the kitchen and den.
So Cy had to cut a large section of the subflooring out, fix the floor joists underneath, and add some new subflooring.
The boys were eating pop tarts in the bedroom while Cy was cutting a hole in the floor.
He went to Lowe’s to get some more materials, and Eli came running through the kitchen into the den and fell right into the hole! Not kidding!
He was fine. Just a little scared.
We moved that shop vac in front of the doorway to stop any future runners.
Cy got home and repaired the hole and now the subfloor is completely level.
We already have some wood flooring down, and I am hoping to share that with you soon!
We were hoping to have the floors installed, sanded, stained, and polyurethaned before Thanksgiving, but we’re not so sure that will happen.
Oh well!
We have sooooo much to be thankful for! I am counting my blessings!
Do you think it was smart to go ahead and finish the den floors, or would you have waited until after the holidays?
