I thought I'd take this day off to share one of the very first things we did with the house, back in the winter of 2008 - refinishing the wood floors. And by that, I mean we hired someone to do it for us. We're pretty into doing-it-ourselves, but this was one job that we just weren't prepared to take on.
The house's floors are the original 1897 heartwood pine, but over the years, they'd been stained dark brown on the first floor, and were mostly painted on the second floor. Our house can be pretty dark inside because it's a row house in the middle of a block, so we figured that restoring the floors to their natural lighter color could make a big difference in brightening things up.
And it made a huge difference. These are before and after photos of our guest bedroom and master bedroom (don't worry, these are old pictures - we've done a lot of work since these were taken).
The guest bedroom...
And our master bedroom...
The feeling of the whole house completely changed with this one relatively simple project. We've moved a few walls around since then, so we'll have to have those spots of the floor sanded down and polished in the future. But for now, we couldn't be happier with the new life breathed into some old wood!
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