…why did you wait so long to do a thing?
We’re having the back bedroom & kitchen floors refinished in the upstairs apartment this week.
It’s only taken 37 years!
I couldn’t be happier! They sanded & applied the first coat of finish yesterday, and there will be a couple more coats of finish today & tomorrow. They advertised “dust-free” sanding and it’s absolutely true!
You may recall that this space was listed on Airbnb for the past five years; this year, it’s been in flux. There were some bookings, then a family friend & her small family were in need of an in-between place to live for a few months, then Maddy & Viv were here…
While in this state of flux, I decided to scale back & revamp — including finally having the floors refinished in these two rooms. This was the earliest appointment I could get, and it was worth the wait! The floors look so much nicer & will be so much easier to care for, especially in the kitchen.
Instead of two bedrooms, I’m scaling back to one; moving the living room into the more spacious (and better lit) “second bedroom,” and creating more of an entry/office area in the small (cozy) space that was the living room. Eventually, I’d like to get some type of sleeper sofa in the living room (for options), but I’m not rushing in.
The plan is to get that all whipped back into shape, update all the photos, and get it back up on Airbnb by the beginning of October.
Fun fact: Years ago, when we occupied the entire house, the upstairs kitchen (minus appliances) was my Craft Room! It was the best with all that storage & a sink!
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What a great ‘lift’!! I know just what you mean. We waited 17 years to put lights in our closets.(!!)
That WOULD be an enviable making space. I wonder if it was hard to give up?
Wow… what a makeover Vicki! They look amazing and they are not even done! Wow! Wow! Wow!! We need to do our floors, but we are waiting until post puppy potty training, lol! But you are inspiring me!
I’m glad to hear that other people wait for years/decades to do a thing! We were in a hurry to get moved into our house, and once we had rugs down and furniture in, we didn’t want to move everything to refinish the floors. But seeing how great yours look and hearing that dust-free sanding is real, I may break down and do it (someday). Congratulations on those beautiful floors!
The floors look fantastic – and very similar to the color we chose for our new hardwood floors. I think your revamping of the space sounds terrific and I hope you’ll share photos with us when it’s ready.
Oh, Vicki! Who really cares how/why it took so long to do it . . . because all that matters is you did it NOW and it looks FABULOUS! (I drag my feet on house-y projects all the time. Often for years. And it’s usually because I just don’t want to deal with the hassle of prepping the space for change . . . ) (Sigh.) What a great space — no matter how you decide to use it. XO