Several hours later (it's amazing how the color on the wall changes when the natural light fades), the exposed floor is full of staples and the room is edged with carpet strips.
Here's what I get to tackle next. Nasty adhesive! Apparently, at one time someone stuck tiles all over the nice maple floor. Fortunately I won't have to use any chemicals to get it up, just a lot of hard work. Mom said she'll come out and help me too.
You can see a little spot just about in the middle of the photo that I already started scraping. The wood looks pretty good too, I haven't found any major scratches or damaged wood yet.
Next: Clean the floor, finish the trim (some of the baseboard was under the carpet and has to be sanded since carpet was/is sticking to it) and then refinish the wood. Oh, and then curtains!
2 comments:
oh my, what a lot of work. that's great there are no major dings & dents though. have you looked into renting a floor sander? might be worth the expense for that big an area, if the scraping turns out to be too back-intensive.
I've been a property manager and I am oh so familiar with what it looks like when you pull up old carpeting! But it does look like you have a lovely floor underneath and it'll be worth the effort to restore!
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