New Living Room Floor

Back in November, we finally dealt with our living room floor and ripped up the stained berber carpet and had a professional install white oak hardwood floor. Here's a look at the condition of the floor underneath the carpet.

Before - in the process of ripping up the carpet.

After we got rid of all the carpet, the flooring guys delivered the unfinished wood a couple days before they were going to actually install and finish it.

Before - subfloor with unfinished wood that was delivered.

They installed the wood, and put two coats of the stain on in one day. Then they came back the second day to put a final coat on the floor. Total cost was $1240 for our 260sq ft space. I got a few more estimates from other companies and they were just about double what this guy charged us. Here's how it turned out!

After

We went with the white oak because we wanted to try to match the other hardwood floor we have in the dining room and fireplace room. Since we already had a perfectly fine subfloor, we just had them put the new hardwood floor over it. The only downside to that was that the fireplace room floor is now a slight step down from the living room floor. The flooring guy did a great job of beveling the edge so that the height difference wouldn't be as obvious.

After - beveled edge next to old hardwood floor.