Carpet, Linoleum and Plywood - Oh My!

When we finally closed on our house last week, one of the first things we tackled was the Master Bedroom flooring.  The previous owners had several dogs who spent a little too much time in there, so the lovely carpet tiles in the room had to go.  Casey and I had hoped to find beautiful hardwoods underneath the carpet, but alas...

Three layers - none of which I wanted...

The somewhat good news was that neither the carpet or equally lovely blue linoleum were really glued down, so they came up quickly.  We still detected the faint smell of dog, so the next pic is of the subfloor coated with a layer of Kilz.

We could leave it like this, right?

 And yes, that is a hole in the left side of the pic.  We're still not sure exactly where it came from, as it looked partially cut and partially broken, but it is now patched.  During the process of cutting out the damage, we did manage to find the original hardwoods - in poor condition under the plywood.  Someday you will read a post about how we rip everything in there up and re-do the original floors.  But that will be a few years...

The nail was stronger than my hammer.

Casey was here.

 We decided to go with a really dark, chocolate brown, leaving the trim the existing white.  The molding has about 17 layers of paint on it, obscuring the detail in the routing and leaving what should be sharp corners incredibly rounded, so someday I'm hoping to take it all down and strip it.  But again... That's another post for another time.

If these were normal ceilings, we wouldn't need a ladder.  As it is, they are ten feet tall, so a little extra help is required.

Speaking of ladders... I am now accepting donations to replace this scary, rickety ladder.

Chocolate!

 We've gotten a little further since I took this picture, but it gives you a good idea of what it'll look like when finished.  The wood laminate flooring for this room should come in this weekend!