Working on the House

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AFTER:

We started working on the house the weekend the weather warmed up a bit and we have gotten quite a bit done upstairs. We decided that the upstairs is going to be the master bedroom area instead of kid rooms. There is a chance we may not be able to get heat/AC up there without a lot of hassle, so we would rather not have kids running around space heaters and AC units. I still haven't figured out why anyone would want to cover up such beautiful hardwood floors with that ugly yellow shag carpet. I am so glad it's gone!

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AFTER:

We decided that, since we were pulling carpet, we would pull it all out. The landing area also had hardwood floors under really ugly carpet, but for some reason only half of it is the hardwood. We'll refinish all of it, but just throw a nice rug over the part that isn't actually hardwood. Joe's desk is going in that corner anyway :)

We also ripped all the carpet off the stairs. They are the same hardwood as the rest of the house. They will be a bit more of a pain to refinish, but it will be worth it!