The original floors are 4-inch-wide boards (photo by Katherine Slingluff)

So much has happened since my final blog―interior portray, exterior portray, drywall, flooring, cabinets―so I need my blog to catch up with the house, since things are moving so fast! It is amazing how drywall can manufacture a room seem so total.

It all happened so fast: The sheetrock went up, covering up the studs and foam insulation, next primed, thereupon a coat of paint. And next, voila! The rooms just popped out. The structure of the house is now in my memory―covered up.

next the flooring was installed―the icing on the cake!

I’m going to refinish my historic pine floors. The floors in the parlor/dining room of the circa 1892 part of the house are 4-inch planks and the flooring in the 1930’s addition is 2-inch strips. I

In the new addition part of the house, we installed engineered flooring, made of reclaimed heart-pine wood floors, which was previously installed in other houses and structures. that amazing fabric eliminates the need for sanding and refinishing, saving instance and money. Real heart pine flooring is recycled into new flooring and added as a thin top layer on a wood base. Nail holes from the old floor are a part of that reclaimed engineered flooring, giving it character to fit with the old house. I’m very happy with the floors;  they bring lesson and character to the house. They are yet another beautiful accent to the house.</p>