I'm sure you remember the below hole in the wall. It didn't take long for it to become too much to look at every day. After all of the wall patching in the living room, I was not looking forward to more putty but it had to be done so we got to it!

The light switch was on the opposite side of the wall from the back door so we quickly decided that it needed to be moved. Since the wiring was long enough to reach the new location, we just had to cut a new hole and secure the electrical box place. 

The kitchen floors are pine (a softwood) so they were incredibly easy to sand. Most of the top coat and stain came off with the orbital sander and the smaller areas we done by hand. 

The living/dining area was not as easy. In fact, it was horrible. First off all the floors in that area are oak, which is much harder than the pine and takes longer to sand (even with a more coarse sandpaper). That wouldn't have been so bad if we hadn't begun to see streaks in the wood as we began to sand. We came to the conclusion that whoever refinished the floors before us did so with a drum sander, against the grain of the wood. This resulted in parts of the wood being lower than other areas, leaving the stain trapped in those spots.

We had already come this far and were determined to make it work. So we continued well into the night and the next night.

Copper wanted her own dusk mask. 

After 3 days we had sanded all that we could.

We are by no means experts in this area and we learned a lot along the way but if you want your hardwood floors refinished and are up for a challenge, we say go for it!

As you can see, I've started patching the walls. On to the next project, my favourite, painting!