Eat your heart out Bob Villa!

So I did my first BIG remodel this weekend. Technically not this weekend - I started around 5pm on Friday and was finished around 1:30 on Saturday. I had just enough time to feed the kids before they all started passing out....lol

Here is the before with the carpet. Which now I hear no one liked. Well thanks for waiting until the carpet was no longer there TO TELL ME!



No more carpet. For a brief moment I thought I would leave it like this. Come on it could have worked. It's only kids in here....what do they care. A few splinters does a body good.



I needed to go buy a new toy to start this adventure - isn't she pretty?!?!



And we're off....a few minor glitches at the start but after consulting with my people (thanks Jen and Jen's Dad - oh and Shawn to for that call on using the block the proper way, oh and Steve's handiness with the jig saw). It was a slow go at first. I was nervous I mean COME ON I woke up this morning and thought "I'm gonna lay a wood floor all by myself - no sweat"

I am freaking idiot!


Once I got the hang of it (oh and over my fear of slicing my hand off) I could have layed this in my sleep. YES even YOU (whoever you are) can do it too!


Coming to the end. This was the tricky part because if you look closely you will see the back of the room has all those angles. Well that was just more wood to cut ON AN ANGLE. It's a good thing that miter saw knew what the hell to do.


TA-DA!!!!!! Pretty good right!! Sorry this is a bit dark. I forgot to take the end result pictures this afternoon so I just took it now and its a bit dark out. You get it though. Of course, the kids love it now they think they have their own personal race track. Note to self - get rid of computer chair on wheels that is doubling for a surf board - possible head injuries to occur.


So I agree it is a much better improvement over the carpet. More importantly I did this myself and I am proud of the job I did. Next stop the master bath - Oh yea baby!!! I'm buying a wet saw an cutting tiles next! Sweeeeet!




So I figure with all the money I saved on labor I am gonna treat myself to a big bottle of advil and some heavy alcohol to chase it down because MY KNEE'S ARE KILLING ME! A tip to wear knee pads would have been helpful at the beginning of this project