Progress in Living and Dining Rooms!

We are very fortunate that the former owner of our home had installed floor to floor carpeting over all the hardwood floors on the ground floor.  We have oak in our living and dining rooms and pine floors in our downstairs bedrooms and kitchen and  - SCORE!

We pulled up the carpeting this weekend and the floors are in pretty good shape underneath.  Thanks to our friend Justin for bringing his fancy, red pick-up over to haul away the carpets.



We also finished both the dining room and the living room in American Clay.
http://americanclay.wix.com/new/homeownersdiyers#!__homeownersdiyers-learn

It is a beautiful alternative to paint, you put it on with a trowel like plaster and then you let it dry and compress it by adding water again.  The finished look is very textured and gives these rooms a cozy southwestern type atmosphere (thank you Rick).  We chose Mauna Loa Red for the dining room and Tucson Gold for the living room and we are really happy with the choices.