The Work Begins!

Today we began the arduous process of replacing the kitchen floor. The need for this arose in December when we found the sink had leaked under the cabinet and under the laminate flooring causing it to warp. Of course, Pergo no longer makes this particular floor, so we were in a dilemma as to what to do. A friend in my local homeschool support group also has this floor in her house and had a box of leftovers, however it wasn't enough to replace the warped boards. After much agonizing we decided to replace it with a slate-looking laminate. This way we won't have two wood looks up against each other.

The one blessing to this is that we are replacing the utility room floor with the same stuff as the areas run together. Right now I have a vinyl floor in my utility room that I have hated almost from the time we moved in. It just did not wear well at all!

Greg spent several hours Sunday afternoon tearing up the old laminate. He hopes to begin putting down the new Tuesday evening.

Here is the bare concrete floor in the kitchen. At first Carys refused to walk on it and cried and cried. "This is going to be a long few weeks," we thought.



When we built our house 5 years ago, before we put any flooring down, I used a permanent marker to write verses of Scripture, carefully chosen, on the floor of each room. It was kind of neat to reveal two of these verses as we tore up the floor. This is the verse in the kitchen.



And this is the verse in the breakfast nook.



It was fun to reconsider why I had chosen those particular verses. I think the dining room has "Taste and see that the Lord is good." I figured I'd be doing most of my work in the kitchen (I was right!). And I guess I figured that we'd spend the most time talking around the table in the nook. Looking back over the past 5 years, I think these were pretty good choices!

I'll post pictures when the new floor is down.