May The Floors Be With You

Anyone remember that basement project I started last year?

Well, it's almost done.

Almost. Done.

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Or, in this case, the floor at the bottom of the basement stairs.

The framing is done. The drywall is hung. It's been taped, mudded, textured, and painted.

I was going to hold off on the flooring because of cost, waiting until Christmas to put something down. But, as I moved furniture onto the bare concrete floor of the basement, I realized that it would drive me completely insane having to look at it almost finished for three months.

So, credit card in hand, it was down to Home Depot to pick out some laminate flooring. We decided upon Dupont's Real Touch Classic Red Oak.

Which has turned out to be a breeze to install.

And now it really is almost done. I have a few more planks to cut tomorrow, and then we can start moving into our new classroom/fun room/guest room/clutter collector basement.

Oh wait... What's that you say? Baseboard molding?

Oh man, how long is that gonna take me?