We're Back, Floors and All!

I can't believe it's been a month since my last post. We are back in and have been for a little while. What was supposed to take 6 days ended up taking 10! The floors were in such bad shape that it took an extra two days of stripping and an extra 4 days of drying time! We moved back in on May 3 but were unable to use the downstairs for another 5 days! We had our refrigerator outside and a plank to walk from the stairs to the front door. We'd wake up in the morning trek outside then around the house to the fridge for milk and back up the stairs so the girls could have breakfast in their room. Then we'd wisk them off to school. The rest of the meals were spent at my parents house. Thank God they live around the corner!

Keep in mind we had to move all of the furniture from the first floor into the mud room for the floor job so it took us a while to "unpack" and get everything back to normal again. We still have a few unopened boxes upstairs but for the most part we are unpacked.

Check out the before and after pics

BEFORE ------

AFTER ---

These don't even do them justice. You should have seen these floors! You could actually see the dirt waxed into the surface. It totally made the first floor brighter. In the kitchen it looks like someone covered everything with a honey hue but we are thinking we will paint the cabinets white and install some grey concrete countertops to brighten up the place and put a contemporary yet still country spin on the room.

That's all for now. We've been busy with dance reviews and kindergarten graduation. Savannah's bday party is in two weeks and Willem is finishing off a playground/treehouse for her present. We'll post pics of that and the party when it is all done. For now here are a couple of shots we took outside the house and of the past couple of weeks.