We have our floors! It took longer than I expected and the side panels still need to be put back... but the floors are in and *most* of our stuff is back in place.

Friday night Kitty and Caufield came over and we started ripping up old carpet. What we found underneath was stained carpet pads (probably from previous owners dog/cat) and cracks in the cement (Earthquakes, baby!). After getting rid of all that nastiness (the effects of which JakeD is still dealing with) it was time to pop out the floor boards and rip up the carpet tacks. I learned a lot about carpeting and flooring these past few days. For instance, uneven cement is a bitch to lay flooring over. Between earthquakes and sloppy work the floor underneath was bumpy. Still... the guys managed to bite the bullet and did a fantastic job putting the flooring in place.

You can check out the work in progress at my Flickr page. It's still a bit messy because of the extra flooring we have to take back (Yay for less cost!) and I don't want to put everything back until the side panels are back up. I want to extend a HUGE thank you to Caufield and Kittyroze, and with a heartfelt thanks to JakeD for all the hard work they did on these floors. I love em!