Have you ever had your wood floors refinished while living in the house?
I am living this experiment at the moment!!! Why? I didn't really think it would be that bad. After all, they would be done pretty quickly. Right?
Boy was I wrong!
First, we had to empty upstairs. That meant countless stairs as we carried everything to the basement. Then came the dilemma; what to do with the furniture upstairs? There was no way to move everything to the basement. After some creative designing, most of the furniture fit in the bathroom!! I was amazed. It pays to have good people working for you.
Second, we also had to figure out where to place our living room furniture. Garage would have been the obvious place except we don't have one! Kitchen was the next obvious place. The amazing fact is that even though there is a lot of stuff in the kitchen, there is still room to cook and eat while sitting on a stool.
The noise, however, is totally a different story. I can stand to be inside the house just long enough to make and eat a meal, and maybe check my e-mail. Today I was also feeling the dust reaching my throat. It is great that we have extraordinary neighbors who give their extra bedroom for us to use! Why would I want to love anywhere else?
Local library is a safe haven at this time. I sat there for hours yesterday finishing my online item writing course assignments for this week. Today I am using a local coffee shop as my escape. I love living in a community where there are people to help, assist and make difficult days just a little bit better!
What is your community like?
Yikes...it looks like we will be doing this and a kitchen remodel in Jan. I guess it is really important to get a plan in place...maybe the garage will work for us. I bet your floors are beautiful Jaana! xo
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ReplyDeleteI sat at my in-laws house to watch over the house while they were doing hardwood floors in her kitchen (she had to go to the dentist and run errands)...anyway, I was only there for a few hours and it was enough to drive me crazy-the pounding, sanding-oh...no thanks! Bless you for doing what you're doing and I understand why you would seek solace in other locations.
OOOOOH NO Jaana! I bet there is no respite from the dust. It must feel dreadful, like you have been displaced as well.
ReplyDeleteI hope the whole ordeal proves worth it for the results. You will be cleaning dust for months, I'm afraid. Good thing you have a helpful community to fall back on.
ReplyDeleteTemporary discomfort...and now you have gorgeous floors. Lucky you to have this community, Jaana.
ReplyDeleteOur floors were all finished before moving anything in which made it a lot easier. The end result will be wonderful and you'll look back on it and be thankful that you had the floors finished. Hang in there and enjoy the floors once they are finished.
ReplyDeleteHorrors to live through,but you will love the results. You are blessed to have good people to help you through this ordeal.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lot to undertake. You tell it well. The results will be worth it.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have lots of support and safe places in your community! My community is really similar: very sweet, very peaceful, very supportive. (Of course, we're lucky enough to live 10 min. away from my parents, so I'm sure we'd end up in their house if we had to be out of ours -- an added bonus!)
ReplyDeleteI bet i will look really nice when it is done!
ReplyDeleteI like how you go from the discomfort of the floor work to appreciating your community.
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