Floor Redone

The flooring guys returned yesterday and finished the floor upstairs. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

Before, the wood floor of our hallway landing was covered in multiple coats of old paint, the most recent of which was a dull tan colour:


Friday afternoon, the guys brought in a big belt sander and spent about three hours sanding off all that paint. As you can see in this picture, underneath the tan was a reddish-brown colour:


In the end, nearly everything came off, revealing the original boards beneath - which we thought were pine, but are more likely just fir (which makes sense, in an older Nova Scotia house). Three coats of oil varnish and a buffing later, they came up a treat:


Not bad, eh? Certainly 100% better than before! I'm really glad we had this job done - that floor paint has bugged me ever since we first bought this house.