Birthday/Housewarming

We had a small gathering for the family here at the house as a sort of housewarming/birthday party. 

The dining room:

The beautiful art deco furniture is part of a 3-piece dining set. It has been in the family since the 1930s and goes perfectly in the dining room.

The floor was finished just in time!

The kitchen:

Almost done with the kitchen. All appliances are in and most cabinet doors are back on.

Just needs some cabinet handles and the back splash tiling finished.

The yard:

The birthday girl

Holy Floor Seams

Several weeks ago we took up the majority of the carpet in the dining room and declared it in good shape. This weekend we took up the rest of the carpet and found a whole lot of unexpected floor seams and hacked up, pieced together wood. We're not exactly sure what the matching chunks out of either side of the bay window used to be. But the seam is uneven enough that we're going to have to have another go around with the industrial sander, which we were all hoping to avoid.