More on the floor

So far, the new hardwood floor gets the award for "best-smelling stage of the renovation." The toasty scent of cured oak is a big improvement over drywall mud, and also from the smell of framing materials.

It looks wonderful. I think we made the right choice putting in new wood instead of refinishing the old in the kitchen. The floor guy, from Glascock, also told me the old kitchen floor was a lesser grade of wood than the living and dining room floors.

I'm anxious to see it all in place, but it may take a while. We only have one installer, and yesterday he was here from about 9:30 - 4 p.m., with a lunch break. Who does he think he is, some kind of lazy part-time freelancer?

Ooops.