a long overdue project

we hoped to refinish both the living and dining room floors before we moved in to get rid of the horrid finish called pickle. unfortunately, we were only able to accomplish the living room so we've been living with mismatched floors for almost two years. the time finally came to complete the dining room. here's the original pickle:



here's a close-up shot of the original pickle in the dining room next to the refinished living room floors:



and here's the completed floors (baseboards pending):

kitchen epilogue

we rushed to tie up loose ends before thanksgiving, only to wind up with food poisoning forcing us to cancel our big debut. after the holidays we lounged around and enjoyed the kitchen and forgot all about blogging. now we're back (for a few posts anyway) and here are some pictures to close out kitchen-related posts.

here's the lounge with the light we ordered (and managed to install before thanksgiving):



and here are some shots of the final kitchen without tools and construction refuse: