This weekend was awesome!  Mom and Dad came out for the weekend and it was a very productive weekend!  We started with this….

Doesn’t look too bad but the cupola area had patched in flooring that was uneven and the floors are just worn and old.

The front hall had almost no finish left on it, just very worn

Dad and Ryan spent Saturday sanding the floors down … they came out great (and completely even)

Sunday we cleaned them up really well (all dust gone) and then Dad and I stained them Jacobean – nice and dark!

Jacobean stain – thinned out

We’re letting them dry a while and tonight we’ll start the poly coats.  3 nights of poly then a few days to let them cure and we’ll be using this room again next week for sure!  I’m so excited, the color came out perfect and once it’s done we’ll get the final white paint on the trim.  The windows in these rooms are all done (2 coats of interior paint completed in the last few weeks).  The last item on the checklist is crown molding – it’s always last for us 🙂

Our downstairs is almost complete – the front hallway is our last ‘room’ that needs a decent amount of work.  The rest of the downstairs just needs some paint here and there (or crown molding) 🙂  Getting there!!!!