Macbeths' Madhouse: Flooring Project

About Us

Brad: The best daddy in the whole world! He was made for this whole fatherhood thing, I'm sure of it! he is managing a huge Auto Body shop in costa Mesa called ICC. he really enjoys all the high-end cars he gets to work with, but could do without the high-end (AKA high maintenance) customers. he is the Sunbeam teacher in our ward and all his little 3-4 year olds just love him! He loves his girls and is completely wrapped around both of their fingers! Becky: Absolutely loving being a mommy! The entire experience is so much greater than I ever could have imagined. I am loving this summer even more than the rest (if that's even possible!) and truly believe that summer is God's gift to the world - or, at least teachers! Going back in the fall will be killer. But as for now, loving all the fun times with my girls! Libby: The most energetic little bugger around! She is the ultimate chatter-box and wows us daily with all of the things she can say. She is loud, lively, and so much fun! She loves the beach, the park, Disneyland, Shamu, singing, coloring, and anything that involves getting wet. Lexi: The spunkiest little thing around! She has quite the little personality and keeps us all entertained with her drunken zombie stagger, her "blue steel" face, and her complete and total obsession with food. She loves the outdoors, tearing things apart, making messes, and books.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Flooring Project - Phase 1

As the ultimate gift for achieving my Masters, my parents decided to get us new hardwood flooring for our downstairs. I was blown away, to say the least! But the catch: we had to install it ourselves. (Fortunately, with lots of help from loved ones!) So, on Thursday night, Brad and I commenced Phase 1: Demolition.

After putting Libby to bed, we moved all the furniture to the garage and started in the entryway. Once the first tile was out, the rest actually came out pretty easily. Brad did the outside pieces...

and I did the inside ones. It only took 2 hours to do that much, so we thought we had it made for the rest. WRONG! Turns out the kitchen tiles were laid right on top of old linoleum, which also had to be ripped out - not fun! So, Friday night and all day Saturday were spent getting rid of the old stuff.

Once the carpet was rolled out, ripping up the tagboard wasn't too bad. If only the whole thing had been carpeted, this whole demo thing would have gone a LOT faster!

Fortunately, the troops came to the rescue! Here's my mom shoveling up old scraps of tile and linoleum in the kitchen - what a trooper! (This is after the biggest dilemma of them all - the refrigerator. It was too big to fit between the counter and the wall, so after putting a nice ding in the wall and fridge on the first attempt, the doors had to be removed and we had to frantically throw all our food into icechests. Gotta love those unexpected issues that are bound to occur on home renovations! Good thing we've watched plenty of episodes of "Renovation Realities" on DIY.)

And the biggest helper of them all goes to...Ty! The Stewarts were AMAZING! They drove into town late Friday night and were at our door early Saturday morning to help. The kids were such troopers! Babysitting Libby, ripping up floors, scraping cement, the works! Jason was Brad's second set of muscles and Jen was our designated do-it-all woman. We never could have done this without them - THANK YOU! Let's hope we didn't scare them off completely and they'll actually come back to visit on occasion!