Hardwood Surprise

For some reason I guess I forgot to take pictures of this, but Matt ripped up the laminate floor in the living room this morning in preparation for our new Brazilian cherry floor installation. It was an easy job really, I think it was more tiresome to transport the laminate outside than it was to lift it up.

Though close to the end of this project Matt called me into the room to inspect something. My heart sank, I knew what he was calling me for. I kept thinking to myself "say it isn't so". Yep, in the corners of the room and around the fireplace you could see the ORIGINAL hardwood floors. Oh, how heartbreaking. Someone had screwed the new sub floor right OVER the old hardwoods. For a moment or two I contemplated trying to salvage it and then I realized that we'd have to fill in several screw holes on each plank and it would inevitably look terrible. How could someone do such a thing?

I have an affection for old houses and anything that can be salvaged I will save. Ah, that reminds me, our bedroom closet door is an old 5 panel door with an old brass doorknob. It had been painted about 3 different colors and the doorknob had paint on the knobs, but the old brass plate that fits onto the door itself had layers of paint caked over it. I managed to pry it off the door and after about 4 bouts with paint stripper and a toothbrush I got it all off. This will be going back on next weekend after we paint the closet doors white to match the window trim. I know to many it's just a doorknob, but to me it's a little piece of the past that belongs in this house.

I planted some geraniums in an empty pot that was left behind on the front porch and also put some hanging baskets on the porch this morning. I think they came out kind of cute. Those hooks on the porch were just begging for attention.