What a weekend!

We tackled the massive task of installing our wooden flooring in our living and dining room this weekend and it was by far the biggest and most time consuming home DIY job we've done. We started ripping out the carpets on Saturday morning which sounds simple enough but you have to get out all the nails and all the rest before cleaning the floor and getting it ready. My in-laws arrived late morning and got started straight away, my mother in-law even got stuck in. It took us the whole weekend and the results are even better than we could have ever imagined but I think if I knew before hand what a huge job it would be I wouldn't have done it ourselves. All the moving of the furniture, the mess from the cutting of the boards, the exhaustion and the muscle stiffness was too much! Every muscle in my body was sore this morning, even my fingers!

Before ripping out our lovely yet impractical cream carpets


During (N & her Dad)


The finished product