To pick out the floors, I went to a showroom that sells only to wholesalers since I knew that’d have a big selection. I looked until I found the one then headed to the internet to get the best deal. I found it on efloors.com for $2.69 a square foot (which was half of what the showroom as selling at “wholesale”). #shiesters!
I also got a good deal on installation. We’d normally tackle something like this on our own, but my husband was projected-out, so we hired installers. I got quotes from three installers ranging from $6,000 (ouch!) to $2,000 which included the installation of the floors and baseboards as well as ripping out the sink in the powder room. I called the second best quote and asked if they wanted to beat the best quote and did that back and forth until one guy said, “Lady, that’s the lowest I can go. I can’t beat that other guy’s price!” The “other guy” won the job and they were awesome to work with. If you’re in the central Maryland area, they are PriceCo Floors out of Laurel. They knocked out the job in one day with three guys working for about 12 hours.
Demolition!
So now, I just have to paint all the baseboards and put the rooms back together again… and let me tell you, it’s a lot slower than it sounds! I’m at the baseboard painting stage and my poor forearm on my painting arm is SORE!
Tip: If you have long hair, put your hair in a bun. I ALWAYS get paint in my hair otherwise!
Third day of painting…
It’s coming along though. So far the office is almost put back together:
Da Front
Da Back
Another couple more days of painting then I’m done!
