Found floor and new pics of Dutch

[Y2KArcticSS]

Over the weekend, me and wifey decided to tear up the old crappy carpet and put in the new stuff we've had sitting in the shed for a month. To our surprise, there was perfectly awesome thick hardwood flooring underneath We came to an almost instant agreement to not cover up this beautiful original flooring with carpet again. We felt it was a mistake the first time (ugly sky blue carpet over wood floor, are you kidding???). It was sickening to see all the staples for the mats and the nails for the tack boards, but we pulled them all out one by one. The floor isn't perfect, but it's a Sears Tower worth of stairsteps better than what it was, and in our opinion better than any carpet. Here are some pics.

Oh, and Dutch is our dog. He loved the new floor so he's in every pic and I got lazy and decided to lay with him













This is just the beginning of a host of things we have planned and/or have to do to the house. It's a work in progress

[Y2KPewterSS]

Thats awesome, you should have posted some pics of the previous carpet as well


Does your wife get jealous of your relationship with Dutch?

[BADASS2000SS]

Damn Terry, Dutch is on big mother fucker! How much does that bad boy weigh? Floor is looking good, I am sure a lot better than carpet! Hell, cement floors is better than carpet!

[1MileCrash]

great looking floor. looks like old growth wood as well. we had the same thing. old carpet and when we tore it up we found old growth oak from when the house was built some 70 or 80 years ago. we sanded it, lacquered it, and never looked back.

[issues]

u gotta do something about those walls

[jaslivers]

nice floor terry, im a little put off by the gay poses

[Y2KArcticSS]

Thats awesome, you should have posted some pics of the previous carpet as well


Does your wife get jealous of your relationship with Dutch?

Not worth the pics...it was terrible looking anyway, but there was a reason we picked this weekend to do the carpet, thanks to Dutch getting sick last week...we'll leave it at that. And no, she understands the bond between a man and his dog

Damn Terry, Dutch is on big mother fucker! How much does that bad boy weigh? Floor is looking good, I am sure a lot better than carpet! Hell, cement floors is better than carpet!

Yes he is. He should still be right around 165, though his eating habits of late might suggest a little more, maybe 170.

Thanks, yeah I'm a huge fan of wood floors, so it was pretty exciting for me. I would have settled with wood laminate even

great looking floor. looks like old growth wood as well. we had the same thing. old carpet and when we tore it up we found old growth oak from when the house was built some 70 or 80 years ago. we sanded it, lacquered it, and never looked back.

This floor definately came with the house originally. Not sure what kind it is, probably oak is what grows the most around here, and I'm sure at the time the house was built, most materials came locally. And we fully plan on sanding it and putting down some lacquer

u gotta do something about those walls

Yeah, well... we got wall problems in other rooms to deal with first...like our bedroom...it had 4 layers of wallpaper....every layer looked like an old lady's moo moo exploded onto the walls...and there were holes in the sheetrock underneath...so we have work to do in there first. We're fine with the living room walls for now, they're intact so that's all that matters at the moment.

nice floor terry, im a little put off by the gay poses

Actually, the room was totally dark, so I had no idea when she was taking the pics until the preflash, so some pretty awkward pics of me were taken. I was so tired, my eyes were probably half shut in every pic too.

[SMWS6TA]

great looking floor. looks like old growth wood as well. we had the same thing. old carpet and when we tore it up we found old growth oak from when the house was built some 70 or 80 years ago. we sanded it, lacquered it, and never looked back.

+1...i was going to suggest this too....sanded it, lacquered it, and never looked back

[third_shift|studios]

LOL, that paneling reminds me of Denis Leary's stand-up bit

[Y2KArcticSS]

+1...i was going to suggest this too....sanded it, lacquered it, and never looked back

If we had the materials and weren't already tired as hell, it would already be done. But we were not expecting at all to do anything but replace carpet. Maybe next weekend Depends on what else we need to do. I think wifey is wanting to finish painting the kitchen first.

[Y2KArcticSS]

LOL, that paneling reminds me of Denis Leary's stand-up bit

You'll have to link that one up for me, haven't seen it

My house should just have an afro for a roof...everything else in the house is from the 70's, so why not?

[BADASS2000SS]

I would shoot the dog and live under a bridge just as long as I had whats in your avatar! I love her all the way from S. Florida!

And please thank her again for me, she is great!