Life in the Wight House

Monday, November 10, 2008

New Flooring

As we get ready to sell the house for our big move, we have some projects that need to get done. One of which was replacing this horrible tile flooring. This flooring was brand new when we moved in. It is the very thin cheap peal and stick linoleum. The corners have peeled away and chipped off. Part of the problem is also the fact that the floor itself is uneven. Welcome to an old house. Here is a picture of the old floor:
A few weeks back Jared bought a bunch of rolls of nice new linoleum sheets that were on clearance. We got enough sheets to cover the kitchen, office space, & laundry room. (The tile in the bathroom isn't so bad and we were going to leave it.) However, the sheets we got were all a little different in pattern but very similar in color. Jared was sure that it would look ok, I still wasn't too convinced. But we were trying to save money as well as get new flooring that the house desperately needed.
The project kept getting put off and the new linoleum sat in the garage for a few weeks. Finally the week of Halloween Jared, with the help of a friend, got the project started. It took him all night to rip the off the floors.
He then decided that he didn't have enough linoleum and went back to find another roll that matched one of the rolls we already had. While at the flooring store, he decided to change his plans and buy a large sheet, regular price, so that everything could match! Hello, why didn't we do that in the first place???? So now we have four rolls of linoleum sitting in the garage unused, and we can't return them. And we spent way more money then we had planned on. But the flooring does look great. I love it and am very pleased with the way it turned out.
RJ of course had to help. He wants to be a builder when he grows up so he can build stuff just like daddy. He was excited to help roll out the floor and clean up extra glue spots. He took his job seriously.

The new floor, doesn't it look great!!??

Seriously, does anyone need linoleum? We have enough for a small kitchen or bathroom.

1 comment:

TEAM HATHAWAY said...

YAH!! It looks real nice-good work! I guess this moving thing is pretty serious. I keep thinking that ya'll will change your minds.