I can now cross one item off my New Year Resolution list. http://ky-an.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year.html. Even though I suggest we hire someone to do the job, Hieu insists on doing it himself. He took the money that he saved on hiring someone and invest on better quality wood.
Initially we were going to put in real wood but after some testing, we realize it will not hold up with our kids. One dropped toy or spoon will mean a ding on the floor. After extensive testing, we decide pergo was the way to go. We chose a high quality pergo wood that has a very thick layer of wood at the top. The next step is picking the color. Our kitchen is light with light maple cabinets but we don’t want a light color on the floor. I want a dark color so we finally picked a beautiful expresso color.
It took Hieu 3 full days off work, 1 of those his enlisted my brother-in-law’s help, and about a week of time here and there to complete the trims and caulk. He did a beautiful job and is very proud, as he should be. The kids love it because they can now bounce balls and play with their cars on the floor. It’s much cleaner but it’s a pain because the color is so dark, you see every spec of dirt and every grimey footprint or handprint. I have to clean the floor every 2 days but these dirt would’ve just stayed in the carpet before just because we couldn’t see it! Ewwww!
Carpet pulled and ready to go. Let’s just say our carpet was very “colorful” when they pulled it out.
Moisture layer down, now onto the wood.
The end of the first day. The kids were so thrilled and jumped all around!
All done!!
