This is supposed to be the post where I declare “The floors are DONE… enthusiastic exclamation point!” But instead I’m here to say “The floors are almost done… sheepish period.” But they’re mostly down and they weren’t actually that hard to do! Seriously, anyone can do this.
Since we last updated you, they’ve gone from this:
To this:
Note: Some of these photos have the cork looking more red/orange than it is in real life. But if you watch the video where we’re installing it (or the one with Clara in it), it’s probably the most true to life (a rich mocha color). We’ll try to take better pics next time!
We thought we could knock out the rest of it in the last few days, but between making all of the cuts to snake around our peninsula/cabinets/doorways and moving appliances out to make way for a few planks of flooring under them (to keep them level without pinning down too much cork), it just took a little longer than we thought. And since this whole blog is in real-time, as much as we wish we could fast forward to the end and share all the glossy after pics (no one wants to call this turkey done more than we do, haha) we just have to keep plugging away and share the pics whenever we get ‘er done. We did stop to take some how-to pics and a video along the way this time though – so we’ve got that to share with you. Shall we begin?
Here’s how the snapping system works on these cork boards. Tongue goes into groove. Boards lay flat together. Everybody’s happy.
When it came to actually putting a board in place, it went something like we show in the video below. If you can’t watch the video (we don’t want to blow your cover at work) we’ve also included the same information via photos below. Watching the video on mute is probably more explanatory though, just to see things in action.
Okay, so now for the photographic, Burger-cameo-free version of that same info. We first slid the tongue into the groove at a slight angle.
That held it very loosely together so that we could then lay it flat and slide it into the groove on the short end of the board.
Obviously that isn’t enough to hold the board in place, so out came the hammer and the tapping block (we got the tapping block in a flooring kit from Home Depot mentioned here). The block allows us to give the board a pretty solid wallop (technical term) without hurting the cork (since it takes the brunt of the hit instead of slamming the cork directly).
Once we had the short end tapped in enough to make the seam disappear, we did the same on the long side of the board. See that slight seam? After a few taps it was history (you can watch it disappear in the video above).
In our experience, when the long side popped into place the board sometimes, well, popped up a little bit on the outside edge. No bueno if your goal is a nice flat floor. So we found that if we put our weight on the board to keep it flat, then hammered it a couple more times it would get the board to lay flat and behave.
See, it’s behaving.
Of course it was a bit different when we got to boards close to the edges because (bummer alert) you don’t have room for your block or hammer.
That’s where the pull bar comes in handy (it was also included in the kit from Home Depot along with the tapping block and spacers mentioned here).
The wide side hooks over the board so that you can tap the other end with your hammer to get that seam to disappear. Oh and see that gap near the baseboard? There’s a recommendation of a 5/16th gap around the perimeter of the room (floating floors need to be able to expand/contract a bit to keep from warping, and the shoe molding will completely cover these slivers of space so they’re undetectable) – so we did have to cut a sliver and stick it in there. But nothing too snug to the wall since we don’t want warping. We used spacers to help us keep our place. More on that here.
Both techniques weren’t that time consuming, actually. It was the cuts that were a big time suck. Well, that and sliding the appliances out so we could run a few planks of flooring under them to keep them level. And since we got a big groove in our hardwood floors at the old house from sliding the refrigerator out, we were SUPER careful about it. Like two-layers-of-cardboard-over-a-scrap-piece-of-cork careful.
So I’m sorry we don’t have “after” pics for you yet (not that they’d be totally done anyways since we still have to reinstall transitions and shoe molding along with seal all the cork for added durability), but I did try to fake it by taking some pictures from angles where you don’t see the unfinished section in the laundry room. Yep, I’m clever like that.
Who knows, maybe we’ll never finish it and just shoot around it for the rest of our time here.
Just kidding. Of course we’ll finish it. Especially since I couldn’t even shoot one cute video of Clara without blowing our cover. Darn you Clara, always being adorable in the most inconvenient places! Note: for some reason every time Clara throws the football on this video the floor appears to makes a crazy loud sound, but in person the floor is really soft and absorptive of sound, so it doesn’t make loud hollow noises when you walk on it or drop things – must just be the sound quality of the Flip camera (it seems to amplify voices to hear them better, so it must have amplified the football sounds too).
Luckily the laundry room should be pretty speedy. Knock on wood…er, cork.
Anyone else in the midst of a project that’s taking longer that expected? Ever laid a cork floor? We have been so happy with it so far (the rich deep color adds so much for the formerly white-on-white room, there are no scratches/dings where Burger runs around from his nails, no dents where we drop things, it’s very soft and easy on the back/knees, and it should be even more durable once we seal it after it’s all in). We’ll definitely keep you posted! Oh and we did learn that if you’re redoing a kitchen from scratch you should install your cabinets first and then add the floating cork floors around them (like we did in this case as well) since a floating floor shouldn’t have big heavy cabinetry resting on it (remember, it needs to be able to expand and contract a bit to keep from warping – more on that here). So we just thought we’d toss that tip out if it was helpful to anyone.
Allyn says
I think sheepish period is right up there with pregnant pause as one of my favorite sayings.
I love that Clara is helping John pull the fridge out. Little girls can do big things.
Love the floors!
Jenn says
These floors are so warm and interesting! I love the way they warm up the space and give a fun dichotomy to clean modern thing you have going on.
I think they are my favorite part of your kitchen.
Penny says
Aw yeah. Those cork floors are a game changer! Everything looks twice as gorgeous now!
Christine says
It looks great! You sure shouldn’t be sheepish— you guys got a TON done in the last couple of days. I like how the floor has a little bit of variation in it to contrast with the “plain” surfaces. Doesn’t look orange to me. I think maybe the camera picks up on the lighter spots.
Ashley S. says
They look fantastic!!! Im just loving the dark floors with the white cabinets so so phresh :)
About 2 months ago we put down Golden Teak “handscraped” laminate floors (from LumberLiquidators) throughout the downstairs, and boy was that a project!! they look great and everything but we got DIY’ed out. Just last week we put up the base boards and we are still working on cutting all the 1/4 rounds… then comes the paint!! who knows, maybe we will be finished by summer, haha!
Jamie says
Wow, that cork just makes the kitchen!! I absolutely love the contrast of the mocha against the white of the cabinets. I want to show my husband these pictures because I’m thinking that kind of flooring could work great in parts of our house! I love that its all green materials, too. Lookin’ good, guys! And Clara is SO adorable to watch. She has grown up so much! I remember reading Sherry’s pregnancy posts and now Clara is walking and talking! amazing.
Lissette says
My never ending project is in finding a new home. LOL. I almost got one that was more than 80 years old, but the projects had to be done asap for Hm owners insurance and they were a bit too pricey. You would have loved it. I even envisioned myself writing for you guys about the many, many projects.
Maybe next time.
Monica says
We did laminate floors in our downstairs this past summer (same click in format as your cork). We were super duper cautious of the need for the floor to expand–so much so that we left too much room in some areas! YIKES Also, the floor slid about an 8th of an inch away from the wall as we worked because our house is a little slanted. The molding around the sides didn’t cover our mistakes so we ended up having to cut extra slivers and glue them into place!! UGH! All in all, the floors look beautiful, but I still get angry every time I look at the edges!
Katrina says
Yep, the cork was a game changer. It looks great!
Deanna @ TheChangingHouse says
Those floors would look fabulous in our house. We are installing laminate in our basement, but if you would’ve posted this 2 weeks earlier, we would’ve chosen cork floors instead of the laminate. Great. Too late. Thanks a lot, guys!!!!!! hahaha
YoungHouseLove says
Aw man, sorry Deanna!
xo,
s
Val says
I’m considering a floating cork floor for a kitchen remodel that is happening no time soon, but since you mentioned the not-installing-under-cabinetry thing, what about appliances?
Thanks and congrats–it is a stunning before and after!
YoungHouseLove says
We just used two planks under each appliance to lift them up so they’re all the same height and even (aka: not tipping back if their front legs are on cork but their back legs aren’t). That way the flooring isn’t pinned down too much and can still flex/breath. But pinning them under a whole wall (or two!) of cabinets wouldn’t be recommended! Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Liz says
Love it… And can’t wait to see more progress :) good color choice – it really balances everything out. Sheri, hate to be this girl, but 2 typos (you can delete my comment if you want!)… Both in the third paragraph. Second word, change “though” to “thought” and in the fourth line down, remove “a” before the word “longer”. Totally understand, no judgement here, but I’d want to know :)
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Liz! All fixed!
xo,
s
Liz says
Well, if we ever meet, please be sure to tell me if I have a piece of cilantro in my teeth (which I probably would) :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, will do! Ditto for me!
xo,
s
Britt T says
It looks like the framed art over on the right side of the wall by the fireplace has changed. What is it? PS – love the way the kitchen is coming together!!!
YoungHouseLove says
It has? Oh yes, they’re just hung on the wrong sides! That frame used to be above the chair in the corner and the P was on that side but from book stuff everything is all messed up and I just realized it. Haha. That’s a poster from allposters.com (of some shelves with kitchen stuff on them like lemons and olives and olive oil). It used to hang in our first house’s dining room.
xo,
s
heather says
I had a dream you guys finished your floors, and then took a vacation to Maine. I saw you guys in my town hiking a mountain (yep) and I invited you guys to come see the new calf at the farm (that doesn’t actually exist) and hang out while we winched logs out of the woods and cut them up on the sawmill to use in building our house / furniture for the house (we own neither a winch or a sawmill – yet, it’s been discussed a ton).
You were both like “uhh yeah…great…” and totally didn’t come. John was totally not impressed with the idea of logging and sawing lumber haha.
Uhg. Awkward even in my dream.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw man, why would we turn down a sweet invitation like that?! And Clara would have loved the new calf that doesn’t exist! Haha.
xo,
s
heather says
Haha, well, if we did see you in real life those things likely would be true by that point – and the dream offer stands in real life. Though I can’t guarantee if I brought you up to the farm and it was hay season that the farmer wouldn’t sequester John to helping throw hay onto the trailers, and then unload it in the barn. Lord knows last year I went up just to take photos of it and I got put on a tractor with a hay trailer, it’s just expected haha. There’s no way I should have thought I could get sneaky and just take photos.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, it’s a date!
xo,
s
Benji says
The gap in your example above looks like more than 5/16ths… did you have to cut slivers to go along the edges?
YoungHouseLove says
Yup, we did have to cut a sliver to slide in there, but of course used a spacer to keep the right distance from the wall so it didn’t get too snug.
xo,
s
Anna says
That floor is gorgeous!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Anna!
xo,
s
Katy says
Wow! I truly cannot believe this is the same dark kitchen that you moved into! You two have done a fabulous job! My husband and I are planning on installing laminiate flooring ourselves this summer, so this post is a great confidence booster for me!
Kim @ Yellow Brick Home says
My mind has been blown by the pull bar!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, isn’t it helpful?
xo,
s
mandy says
Can i just say how much of an inspiration you two are? We are first time homeowners + 1 on the way (and 2 mini schnauzers!) and are trying to update our kitchen as well…. it’s all first time DIY and learning about EVERYTHING and your site is such an inspiration! We decided to put in cork floors in our kitchen and after seeing your pics today, it gives us the extra oomph to push thru the project at 5 1/2 months preg! AWESOME JOB!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, you’re so sweet Mandy! Good luck with everything! And congrats on the bun in the oven!
xo,
s
Laurel says
Holy smokes! Can you hear the chorus of angels singing?! It looks INCREDIBLE!! Way to go you guys!!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Laurel!
xo,
s
Sarah says
The cork looks fabulous! Did the peninsula get a minor update too? I didn’t see brackets!
YoungHouseLove says
They’re actually still there, but they’re painted white so maybe that’s why they’re hard to see from far away? It’s still on our agenda to add some molding/trim to the back of the peninsula to hide them once and for all though!
xo,
s
Sarah says
I went back and I can see them, but this computer screen makes them look almost non-existent! I know you’re not finished with the floors, but now that they’re down, have you given any more thought to what you’ll do with the stools?
YoungHouseLove says
We haven’t even brought them back into the room yet (still have to finish the floors, seal, them, add shoe molding and thresholds, then load in the furniture after that) but we’ll keep you posted!
xo,
s
KC says
This is totally a mom’s way of looking at it…but the thing I love most about those floors is the color that will allow dirt to be hidden a little while longer. Less sweeping :) Our first home had cream floors in the kitchen and EVERY dirty spot showed up!
Mom-comments aside…I love it!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- yes! I love the fact that they have so much movement to hide the dust and dirt!
xo,
s
michelle says
We’re working on installing marmoleum planks as we speak. well, not really – we started Sunday night and I was too sore the next two days to continue crouching down, bending over, and running back and forth from basement to kitchen to cut pieces! Planning to work on more tonight!
With our marmoluem planks, which look like they have just about the same groove/tongue, we found we had to click together all the short sides in a row and then do the groove along the whole length of the room in one shot. (This was the procedure recommended, but it was really HARD with the longest length row!) If we tried adding one plank at a time to a row, we could never get that last 1/16 of an inch tapped in so they’d sit together seamlessly. Glad to hear the one at a time procedure works for you (wish it did for us!)!
YoungHouseLove says
Ooh, great tip for anyone installing marmoleum!
xo,
s
Brenda says
Wow! It really does make a huge difference with the cupboards, they stand out way more. I love it!!
Clara is too cute by the way! Her little voice is adorable. I miss the days when cuteness came out of my daughter’s mouth, now it’s just sass haha
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, I’m sure we’ll get our fair share of that when she’s a tween/teen!
xo
s
Gavin S. says
Oh my gosh. Clara is going to be so good at walking on high heels someday. Watch out–you might have a supermodel on your hands.
Speaking of heels, what do they do to cork floors? Have you tried it, S?
YoungHouseLove says
We’ve heard they’re not recommended on them, but since we’re a shoes off household it should be ok. Will report back if anything disastrous happens of course!
xo,
s
Diana @ Boy + Girl says
WOW! Your floor looks great! It grounds the rest of the room nicely.
Ashley@AttemptsAtDomestication says
Love the floors! They definitely warm the room up a lot! And at the risk of sounding like a creeper, certain videos/pictures of Clara look just like me at that age! Especially the lack of hair (and the fact it’s super blonde) and then today with the tip toes. I always walked on my tip toes as a kid!
Cat says
looking awesome! I’m just curious, what kind of padded/slick ‘something’ are you going to put under the feet of the stools to keep them from scratching the floor? and do you think they will leave little circular indents in the soft cork after you sit in them awhile? I’m taking notes for future kitchen reno options :)
YoungHouseLove says
They have rubber bottoms on them already, which we hear should do the trick. Will keep you posted though!
xo,
s
Barbara says
Dear John and Sherry:
I will send you both first class plane tickets to come and renovate my house. You are faster and more precise than most contractors. And way more imaginative. Don’t mind the dogs and Burger is welcome. Oh, Clara too. I have a list. It will probably only take you a few months.
Just kidding. I am in awe of what you guys can do.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Barbara! You’re so sweet.
xo,
s
partyofsix says
When I was 38 wks pregnant with our first, we were installing pergo floors in the kitchen in a last ditch effort to get things finished after a full remodel before the baby came, and of course it took longer than expected. I won’t say that moving the fridge for my husband brought on labor, but needless to say the next morning I was running out the door for the hospital while I gave strict orders to my husband not to come until the floor was finished or until I was at least a 6–he finished the floor and arrived just as I was getting an epidural. It was so nice to get back home to a fully functional kitchen again!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- that’s amazing!
xo,
s
Meg says
Thanks for the update/video/pictures! We’ve postponed installation of new cork flooring in our kitchen for a few weeks due to planned/unplanned events getting in the way. Boxes are sitting in the basement mocking me while I change laundry loads.
We tore up two layers of laminate flooring in our galley kitchen when we moved into our home 2.5 years ago. So tired of living w/ dingy floors – especially when our 90+ lb dog drips water all over the old glue and gets stuck to our socks. Guess the delay has worked out in the end b/c we can use your tips to help us when we finally tackle installation. I think I am going to cry tears of joy when they are done!
Best,
Megan
PS: My husband and I saw y’all at the grocery store on Sunday. We both did a double-take. Ended up in line next to you at checkout. I refrained from throwing up jazz hands at you to show off the paint on my hands. Yup – I’m a weirdo.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw man, we would have loved to meet you!
xo,
s
Emily @ NewlyWife says
Are we ever stuck in a project taking longer than expected… Man. We wanted to take down our bathroom vanity mirrors, held in by clips, to glue them back up and put a frame around the edge. One wall was so warped that we were sanding it down for a good five hours. Plus, a fine white dust got EVERYWHERE. :( Oh well. It’s almost done and will be my Pinterest Challenge project. So it will be finished by Wednesday!!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! Sounds rough but I’m sure it’ll look amazing!
xo,
s
Haley says
Hello! I LOVE the floor and wondered if you have given the brand/color or finish. We are about to put new floors in our kitchen and I would love to check out the cork options. Also, we are about to paint our fireplace – and I wondered if you used black heat resistant paint or just regular black paint for the inside of your fireplace. And if you did use heat resistant paint – were you able to get that in low VOC? So many questions! Sorry! Thanks a bunch!! Haley
YoungHouseLove says
Our fireplace is a non working one so we just used regular paint. And our floors are by Lisbon Cork in the Gorto color. Hope it helps!
xo,
s
eva says
In design school we learned to take the time you would think it would take to complete a project and multiply it by 4. Then you are probably closer to the actual completion time. So I feel your pain. It’s looking good though. Hopefully you’ll have it done in no time. :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, that’s probably true! We thought we’d be done with the kitchen by the end of January. Oops.
xo,
s
Margaret says
wow! this looks amazing. i’ve been eyeing cork floors for a while in my kitchen (the flooring i have now is is terrible shape). it might be a front-runner now. thanks for the information guys!
MeShelly says
Wow great looking floors, and yes my garage epoxy flooring project its taking me 2mos to complete…just down to painting trim, for some reason is taking me a month to complete..go figure..next project would be wood floors for upstairs your how-to-videos are great!
Carriegel says
I just had cork floors (dark brown) installed in my kitchen. In doing my research I had read that because of water issues cork tiles were preferable to a floating floor in a kitchen or bathroom. We ended up having tiles installed with four coats of finish applied. I’m curious why you choose a floating floor.
I also had a lot of skeptical responses when I told people I was having cork installed in my kitchen. Now that it’s in everyone loves it.
YoungHouseLove says
Your cork sounds lovely! We just found a floating floor for a good price and since it comes presealed and will be sealed again by us once it’s in both the manufacturer and the installer we talked to said it’s a great candidate for a kitchen! We also loved that it came in long planks!
xo,
s
Rad Designing says
Haha! I love love in the Clara video that she just walks in circles on her tiptoes 12 times. So cute!
Caitlin @ Desert Domicile says
Oooh, they’re looking so good and they warm up the space so much! Now that they’re down and almost finished, do you have any plans to re-do your stools?
I’m in the middle of building a house which seems to be taking forever but only because the whole house building or house buying process started in October haha It should be completely built mid-June though so YAY for that :)
YoungHouseLove says
We’re not sure yet, but we’ll keep you posted after we finish the floors and bring them back in!
xo,
s
Jen says
They look great!
Not sure if this was already mentioned, but there is another benefit to cork floors. My step-sister has them in her house and they look beautiful. One day my niece, Clara, fell and hit her head on the floor. It still hurt and she was upset, but the cork absorbed some of the imapact! It certainly softenend the bump, which could have hurt much more!
Here’s hoping that your Clara doesn’t test this out!
YoungHouseLove says
Here’s hoping! But so good to know!
xo,
s
Laci Waner says
I’ve typed and erased this comment several times. I don’t even know what to say or how I want to say it. Bottom line is 1. Please, please, pretty, please watch this video, 2. I completely understand if for whatever reason it doesn’t have a place on youghouselove but maybe younghouselife?? 3. You guys have such a huge forum for change, and I can’t help but think the blogosphere is an untapped conduit of that change. 4. Clara and my Kylen and Addyx are growing up in the same world and will be interwined in the same future. This is a chance to directly and immediately impact that future. 5. I know you guys like to keep it light, and I hope this is not considered spam (I don’t really know the definition of spam…maybe I should look that up…). 6. Just watch, absorb, research, and then decide.
As always, LOVE the heck out of you guys and all that you do! ps. (and on a less serious note) my husband has been in Richmond for business the last couple days, and he called me the other day and said, “isn’t this where those people you don’t know but you read about all the time, talk about all the time [of note, I don’t talk about you guys ALL the time], and wish you knew live?” To which I replied huff-i-ly, “…maybe…” ;-)
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, we have retweeted that to spread the word and it’s also all over our Facebook page! A few other commenters have left it here too! Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Lesley L says
Looks great! We have been wanting to replace our kitchen floors and this tutorial will help greatly. I am really curious and hoping you do a post on sealing the floor. Good job!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, we’ll post about that for sure!
xo,
s
Kate says
The floors are looking great!
As for things taking forever… the farmhouse bed I’m building! I was zooming along in February, but then I got pregant a lot sooner than we expected (yay!) so I didn’t get much done the next week, which was then followed by the untimely end of the pregnancy (boo!), a work trip, and my husband’s having a stomach bug. All in all I’m about two weeks behind where I thought I’d be, but I’m trying to catch up. I want to make sure another pregnancy doesn’t come up and put things on hold again! (A girl can hope, right?)
YoungHouseLove says
Oh Kate, I’m so sorry for your loss! Here’s hoping everything you’re hoping for happens before you know it!
xo,
s
betty in munich says
Oooooh looks great. I love how the dark makes the white pop as they say! And two unrelated to the floor comments: 1) How does Burger know to Photobomb every time! 2) How can you wear your diamond when doing such heavy manual labor? I can’t even bear to wash the dishes with my ring on….it has been almost 4 years now, do you just at some point get used to it and no longer fear “breaking” it. Of course logically one knows that a diamond can’t break but somehow it’s a mental block for me. I don’t wear it while doing general light housework, much less installing floors (which of course I never have done!) Anyways, great job on the kitchen looks AMAZING!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, Burger has perfect timing! As for our rings, John and I just always wear them. His hasn’t been of his finger since we got married almost five years ago actually! And mine only came off when I got too puffy/prego for it to fit (that was a sad sad day). I know we should take them off when swimming in the ocean and doing messy things like gardening but I think we’re just afraid if we take them off we’ll lose them! My dad lost his ring when he took it off once, so maybe that’s where the fear stems? Haha.
xo,
s
Heather says
They look great! I cant wait to see how you guys tackle the edges. We just installed laminate flooring and have no idea what to do around the edges. We kept the baseboards on (i know, but they were in such good shape!) thinking that we could lay quarter inch round along the edge (we saw someone do it on you tube) but we cannot secure it. Not enough room for nails, wood glue is not sticking….we will keep trying though. We should have waited to see how you guys proceeded. We never thought about cutting the trim. Lesson learned for the next 2 rooms!
Liz Chaisson Thompson says
ALL my projects take longer than they should! I think it’s the nature of the beast. These pesky things like life, work, family, keep getting in the way!
Your floor is looking terrific. It’s going to be absolutely beautiful when it’s finished.
Susan Akers says
Been waiting for the paint under the bar! Looks great! Floor is fantastic. We want to go with the cork flooring and this gives us an idea of what is involved. Thanks for the step by step. Si se puede!
Katie says
Oh man,
the night we attempted to lay our cork floor we almost had to get a divorce. I was laying on the subfloor crying saying that all the design choices we’d made in our totall DIY kitchen renovation were a total mistake and everything looked shabby and that we were never going to figure out how to get the floor together.
At 3 am we went to bed.
The next morning my husband had a professional floor installer out and he had it done it 6 hours.
It is NOT as easy or quick to put together as they make it seem.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw man, I totally feel your pain! When you watch those shows where the floors go down in ten minutes it’s definitely misleading!
xo,
s
heather says
It’s definitely nothing like TV. The company we work for built a habitat for humanity house and my husband and I went out and helped one day. I spent 7 hours laying & nailing hardwood floor in a small space and it wasn’t even done by the time we left (granted one or two hours was nailing down subfloor in another room). It made my back hurt so much.
And you know what?
It’s the one thing I’ve begged my husband to let me do in our new house. I apparently super enjoy laying and nailing hardwood floor. If you ever want to get stress out banging on the nailer with a mallet for hours on end will get it out and drain any energy you have. Besides that, I just kind of love it. He is happy to oblige, he has laid flooring plenty of times and is happy to supervise me doing it (and him making the cuts haha).
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- I love it! You go girl!
xo,
s
Katherine Victoria says
Seeing Burger run around the new floors made me wonder….does he seem to notice when you guys something i.e. new flooring or completely rearrange a room?
YoungHouseLove says
He does sometimes pause when something is different (or when it’s loud and in progress) but I think he and Clara are so used to it they just think an always changing house is the norm! Haha.
xo,
s
Julia says
I don’t know, I’m kind of digging the stair-step effect with a bit of underlayment peeking out-I’m thinking maybe you shoudl leave it like it is! ;)
But seriously, I am so excited to see the finished product. I am trying desperately to convince my hubs that we are totally capable of a DIY install of an engineered-hardwood floor, but so far he is convinced we should pay a lot of $$$ to have it installed for us. Boo hiss!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- I know right? It’s a trend. Unfinished floors are the new black.
xo,
s