Sanding Day

Floor guys are here today to sand all the floors in the whole downstairs. It almost feels like we're moving! A totally empty house can be so refreshing. We'll be leaving all the oak natural again, but in the kitchen we want to stain the new pine. We're aiming for the richness of antique pumpkin pine floors found in old farmhouses throughout the Northeast.

Here's the floor before sanding, with the room finally empty of all previous kitchen stuff - now relegated to the Dumpster.



And the floor after sanding:



The sample stain board:





We shall see what tomorrow brings!