Adventures in Industrial Sanding

The kitchen floor has now been stripped down to the original wood. But since it was coated in glue and paper from an old tiling job that had been down for who knows how many decades (or centuries!) there was no question we needed to do some heavy duty sanding. 

Before

So we rented this guy:

And as you can see, the floor looks a hundred times better!

As you would expect, there was a terrible amount of dust so we did a lot to try and cut down the filth in the cabinets and the rest of the house.

The only issue was that the sander doesn't reach all the way into the corners and along the perimeter so we bought a belt sander to do the edges.
And since we had the sander for the weekend, we went ahead and did the entryway as well. It had a very dated orangey finish to it that is going to be stained darker to match all the other wood floors.

The Dining Room

The dining room now has a couple fresh coats of paint. The color is Pier by Behr. The woodwork is Falling Snow by Behr. We were also fortunate enough to get that terrible carpet up this weekend. And by the grace of God it looks like a really decent, handsome wood floor.

(The pup can't stand to be left at home while we're over here working! But he is sad we took up the carpet.)