The Nursery: Chapter 1

Before

After

We officially started the nursery yesterday by moving everything out and ripping out the carpet. Keith and Mandy inspired us to try our hand at laminate hardwood flooring. I didn't enjoy removing tack strips and glue from the 12 year old carpet padding. It was surprisingly easier than I thought though with the help of Karl. The hardest part of the project so far was finding someone to answer our questions about the flooring. Between the know-nothing people at Home Depot and the uppity salesman at an independent flooring store who wouldn't help us because we weren't doing enough square footage for his time, we had a rotten time of it. We finally found an awesome deal on some good quality stuff with excellent service at of all places the place I said I wouldn't go...Big Bob's Flooring Outlet. 

The Princess's wardrobe had to be temporarily relocated

Karl provided the engineering support and Tina and the Kitties directed

And I had lots of fun playing demolition man...always my favorite part.

So the floor is now bare and the wood is acclimatizing in the room. Other than a small crack in the foundation slab that needs to be sealed we are ready to start. Which is good because Tina has me scheduled to put the crib together next weekend. She has been very patient. I have been holding out. Our friends had their baby Friday and we got to see him today. He was 4 weeks early so I guess I'd better get things done soon. We only have 3 weeks until we are at that point. At least I might be able to get out of putting up Christmas lights for another year!