Entry Way Floor

The entryway to the house had the nice view of the wooden staircase going up, but when you looked down, there was super-ugly fake wood linoleum on the floor. We decided that since we were going to have to sand down the dining room, we might as well do the entry at the same time.


Who thought this looked good?!


Jeff attacking the floor, and HORRAY, the hardwood underneath is in GREAT shape (with no protective tar!)


MORE layers! 3 different types of linoleum on top of eachother- a fake wood, white squares, and then a fake stone looking one.


A door! The carpet and linoleum both prevented the hidden pocket door that separated the entryway and the dining room from eachother. It was SUCH a great feeling to be able to pull open a door which hadn't been opened in decades! As we hoped, it was in great shape just like the other one in the house


This cup contains hundreds of 1 inch staples. I spent FOUR hours last night pulling these out with pliers, one at a time. They were recessed almost all of the way into the floor, and took a ton of elbow grease to pull out (not like carpet staples, which pop out relatively easily compared to these). By 2 AM when I finished, the floor was staple free (and safe for little feet to walk on), and I couldn't stand up by myself, or make my hand into a fist (hence the reason why I'm blogging tonight, instead of working on the house).

It was a nice encouragement to pull up something and see that it was in good shape underneath. After the discouragement of the dining room walls, it is nice to see the entry way floors :-). We'll sand and stain them at the same time as the dining room :-).

(on a side note, there is still paneling in the entryway, as well as the drop ceiling. We removed the ceiling tiles, and found that rather than fish wiring behind the walls, they just decided to punch holes in the wall and run it in FRONT. Stupid corner-cutters!). So, there's still work to be done there... :-P