Project #1: Refinishing Our Floors. I Hope I Look This Good When I'm 87!

For our very first project, we tackled our 87 year old oak floors. To their credit, they weren't too bad considering their age. Sort of. Most of the rooms were a little warn out, and pretty orangey, but overall, not so bad.

And then there was the guest room.

Yikes!!  We're pretty sure that the guest room was covered by carpet the last time the floors were refinished.  (Either that or it was used to house wild animals.)  In either case, our floors needed a serious face lift!

After much debate over the perfect color, I finally convinced my hubby-to-be to go with Minwax Special Walnut wood stain with high-gloss polyurethane.  We couldn't be happier with the result.  The floors are absolutely gorgeous now! 

Although I picked the color, Al found the fabulous contractors who did a beautiful job and were very reasonably priced. If anyone needs a referral in NYC, let me know. 

Although this is what the floors looked like at just 8AM, by the time I stopped by after work the place looked like a war zone. 

The painters have moved in (and kindly covered every inch of our beautiful new floors with paper), so it's going to be awhile before we see that gorgeous wood again!  Well done gentlemen...  I hope someone can make me look this good when I'm 87!