Finished wood Floor

First, many THANK YOU'S to all these friends and family who have helped and or contributed to this project, and our home: Jim and Barbara, John and Gayle, Joanne and Barry, Jan and Hilary, Derek and Sara, thank you all so much!


This is our floor after the first application of oil. It is solid oak tongue and groove that was installed by Brent with help from Jim and Barbara B. Then Brent sanded it several times with both a rented sander and a hand sander til it was nice and smooth. Next it was given two coats of shellac (which I have found is a natural/somewhat treated product!). Then sanded back down to the wood (shellac was for filling the grain), and finally coated in treated flax, or linseed oil as it is called. This picture was after the first oil application. We did 3 in total, Brent applied it with cloths, and I came behind (an hour later) rubbing up the excess oil.

TA-DA!!
We now have a lounge-able living room!! Whoopie! :):):):):)
Move-in day was last Wednesday, the 12th.

Presenting, our new dining area! I think it all looks rather smashing on yon nice wood floor :):)
* don't look too close or you will notice we still haven't done the trim so it looks dreadful down there!! ;p* teehehehe

Ooooo I think it looks so nice! Soon we will have blinds, and we are also working on curtains and an area rug. Oh my this is FUN!! :):)

This is the view from the front door, the side of the living room that you have not really seen is not particularly pretty because we have matching gray love seats, and only one really fits, so currently they are sort of squashed in and the boys are having a ball climbing on them :)