New Flooring ~ Dining Room

Our original thought for doing hardwood was for the dining room, but I already showed you how that expanded to include the home office here.

There is now talk of bringing it into the living room {which is open to the dining area}.   I love it and would choose it over carpet anytime!  We will wind up with carpet in the bedrooms though.  Here is the dining room before ~ with and without furniture. 

Here it is with the carpet and padding taken up.

The bonus to this for us is that my hubby is handy and is doing the floors, so we are saving on the labor.  We went with a floating engineered hardwood floor in the dining area {the office was a glue down hardwood floor}.  If it weren’t for the cuts that have to be made, this is a quick and easy floor to install.

Done and with the furniture back in place! 

Felt feet are on the bottom of everything! 

This is a Schon flooring also, but this one is a wider plank and it is Bamboo. 

Just need to add the quarter round molding to the base molding {that will cover the gaps between the floor and the molding}.

I am thinking of using an area rug I already have under the table, but before I broach that subject with hubby, I figured I should let him enjoy the fruits of his labor for a bit.  This is the rug I’m thinking of using.  This is from shortly after we moved in and I had put it in the sunroom.   It has neutral colors and a pretty floral vintage look to it.

You might also have noticed that we changed out the ceiling light fixture in the dining area.  While I love that fixture it just wasn’t conducive to a dining area.  Perfect for an entry or hallway though.  It is so big that I can’t use it here, so it will be going on Craigs List.  We replaced it with another light I had gotten prior to our move {from the former CSN Stores}.