Let the floors shine!

Under the smelly shag carpeting and disintegrated carpet padding, we knew there was a wood floor with layers of old linoleum - some times covering the entire room, other times in the center as a "carpet" with the edges faux painted to look like oak.  But how pleasantly surprised we were to discover that the original flooring was nice old pine with very tight grain and joints and no knots.  So nice that the plumber suggested that we even leave them exposed in the 2nd bathroom, which we did.

First on the agenda for the floor refinishers was removing what seemed like thousands of staples and filling in the abandoned electrical outlet holes.  Then the sanding began:

first in the dining room

and, then up the stairs

Once it was all sanded down, the first coat of varnish was applied, bringing out the color of the wood.  Here's how it looked as the living room floor dried:

And, then when it was all done!  Tah, dah:

the living room:  great first impression!

the dining room with kitchen beyond

the front bedroom (see the shadow of the linoleum "carpet"?)

the rear bedroom with 2nd bathroom beyond