• The 1945 Cottage

    Matching Our Original Hardwood Flooring

    We are full steam ahead on working on our library. We’ve already painted the walls and hung a new chandelier, and we are now working on the floors. If you missed part 1 of creating our home library, you can read more about it here. Finding the perfect flooring has been an absolute pain. The cottage was built in 1945, and the second floor was an addition at some point in time. The downstairs area has old, solid oak floors, which were covered with cheap, laminate flooring. The downstairs flooring wasn’t in the best condition, but it’s also been there for several decades. My goal is to salvage and patch…