Last week the kitchen floors were resurfaced. Unfortunately, we don't really have any good pics that show just how bad it looked. When we moved in, the floors had vinyl tile. We peeled those off to find another vinyl tile underneath them (actually, those older tiles peeled off easier so we were able to take 'em off in a 2 for 1 deal). But those older tiles were connected to the floor with some brown paper, and the brown paper had some black tar-like backer to it. So when we removed all the tile on the floor, we had a brown paper floor that would wear away creating a constant stream of dust and debris that would filter through the house. The beaut in all of this is that under the paper, under the tar was some hardwoods that were installed in 1940. Underneath some of the hardwoods was some newspapers (?) with that date on it. When we ripped the plaster off the walls, I found other newspaper from 1940 in the walls as well. Apparently when grandma was our age she must have had a big house renovation project as well! The cabinets we ripped out way back in May were from 1970, so there was one other renovation between 1940 and 2007. That puts the pace of renovations about every 30 years or so. Lets hope this one doesn't look as dated as the last one!
So anyway, like I mentioned, no choice floor photos. But here are a couple pics that do show a part of the floor. You can get the idea from these:
And here is a pic similar to above, with the new old floors (and you might sneak a peak at a new appliance):
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