ORC Week 2: New Floors!

We have wanted to replace our carpet throughout our upstairs level since we moved into our home almost six years ago – and we finally did! The floors now look fantastic, and I am seriously kicking myself for not doing this project much earlier.

There never seemed to be a “good time,” and other projects would take priority over this. I am in LOVE with how the floors turned out. If you have any projects on your wish list, take this as a sign to not put them off even for one more day if you can:) You won’t regret it!

I will admit, though, this process was not an easy task for us. It took a lot of planning, quite a few issues with backorders, scheduling, etc., and A LOT of work to get just about everything off the 2nd floor for the installation. Every piece of furniture was moved, every single drawer emptied and every shelf cleared. We slept downstairs for a couple of nights during the process, which the kids loved (see our living room set up below!).

All in all, even with all the headaches and work – it was 100% worth doing.

Here’s a quick gallery (below) of the progress pics and a few shots of how they turned out. And in case you missed it, last week’s post showed my One Room Challenge (ORC) design plan, which you’ll see is focused on the upstairs landing. The flooring part took this project to the next level, but all future ORC posts for the next 6 weeks will be focused solely on the landing space. Paint updates are coming next week!