Getting Started on the Living Room

I'm finally starting to tackle the living room. I haven't gotten too far yet but I have made a little progress. One coat of primer is now on the trim around the windows! It's the beginning of a long project that will include painting the ceiling and walls, ripping out carpet and having hardwood floor put in, and ripping off the carpet on the stairs and painting them.

I haven't done much homework yet on the cost of having new hardwood floor installed. I'm considering Home Depot, Lowes, National Floors Direct etc. I did call a local company and told them the square footage of the area is about 200 sq ft and that we'd need red oak to match the existing floors on the first floor. He gave me a quote of about $1300. I'm going to check with the other places I mentioned above. Anyone have any feedback to share about hardwood floor installation and about how much you think it might cost for our 200sq ft space??

Hopefully I'll be making some progress this weekend and I'll have some progress pictures to post! My fiance (yes its official, we're engaged as of a couple weeks ago!) won't be much help today since he's filling in for a show tonight as the bassist for a country band he used to play in a couple years ago. He currently plays in a band called Silent Service.

Let the weekend projects begin!