I have been so excited to update our home with new floors (anything but carpet!). After doing my research and talking to people who in my mind are experts, we decided to go with Laminate flooring. The reasons we chose to forgo on the hardwoods are because hardwoods can scratch easier and they are more expensive. In the long run we hope to use our house as a rental, and spending thousands on hardwood floors probably isn't the best investment for us. We also found that the quality of Laminate floors is actually pretty good. I am no expert, but sometimes I can't even tell the difference!!!
Anyway, onwards to our flooring adventure. To save money we ripped out everything ourselves (we being my Husband and his Dad) and had the floors ready to go. This took hours. We did decide however, that paying someone to install was well worth it. Lucky for us, Home Depot was having a special where installation was only $400 no matter how many square feet you are getting installed. Wonderful!
Since we had to remove all of the trim to get the flooring installed, we decided to repaint. I did not realize what a chore this would be, but the results were totally worth it!
Before: Although we did have carpet, it is ripped out in this picture.
Trim painting project:
Had to sand it all before painting...sad story.
Trim Before:
Trim After: Huge difference!
This was a family project - we all did our part.
After:
I am relieved to be able to cross this project off my list! We also made a few more changes this weekend that I am very excited to share (that will be coming soon!).
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