Day 0. A fairly cheap, certainly dirty carpet that we've suffered along with for two and a half years. It collects Tara hair like mad.
After our handymen ripped up the carpet and scraped off the decaying carpet pad, we were left with a rough, dark hardwood. No damage was evident, but i just hoped that a good sanding would show the wood was the same as in the rest of the house.
And voilà. Later that afternoon the floor was sanded to a beautiful light, unfinished texture.
Then the slow process of finishing begun. First up, our handymen applied a coat of stain to the wood. On their first try, they picked a stain that matched almost seamlessly with the flooring the rest of the house.
One coat of varnish ...
... and two. We've spent the last five days smelling polyurethane fumes throughout the house, but our sleeping chamber has been magically transformed into a classy room. Now just to paint the walls ...
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