Work continues on the flooring. I don’t have a bad deal, do I? I’m at work while they work and I come home to a worker-less house.

Ripping up the linoleum and subfloor below that in the kitchen revealed the other wall location that marks where the dining room ended and the kitchen began years ago. I still can’t get over how small the rooms would have been. This is not a big house to begin with, only 742 square feet if I remember correctly from when I purchased it. The living room would have been from beyond the forefront of this picture to the first patch in the floor partway up the roll of carpet on the righthand side. For reference, that green couch to the left is seven feet long and the non-visible end of it is currently sitting one foot away from the front window, which is immediately beside the front door.

The footprint for the dining room wall is just beyond the roll of carpet and under the outlet on the righthand wall. The kitchen would have gone from that spot to the doorway to the back entrance. The back entrance did not exist until many years after the walls were removed and the rooms expanded.  Apparently the righthand wall is not original to the house either and the dining room extended into it a little. It will be interesting to see what other footprints are turned up once the carpet is completely removed.

Brogan’s trying out the new floor with his cars.

We’re not entirely sure what the large piece of plywood in the middle of the kitchen floor covers. Is it the trap door to the basement, which used to be unfinished and unliveable before the addition at the back was put on and stairs were added? The basement was finished at that time. I had thought that the trap door was located in the current location of the main floor bedroom closet (judging by a large square of plywood).

They’ll be working on the floor again tonight and then tomorrow afternoon. The carpet will be taken by my boyfriend to replace his living room carpet provided it’s large enough for his space. I’m excited to see the floor done and to set up a dining area. More pictures to follow as the work progresses.