What is the price of the love of a pet? I'll tell you that the tab on the cat is going up every day. We got the floors sanded and repaired yesterday, and by and large they look as good as we expected. The repairs from the former wall and the radiator leakage look good, but there were some additional damaged spots we weren't counting on.
A couple were in/around the old pantry closet and were caused by 'pet residue,' also known as auxiliary litter box. While George is undoubtedly not the only cat to live here in the past 100 years, I feel comfortable in leaving him a share of the blame. In the end it means ripping out a few more boards and and replacing them, but hopefully it will have no long-term effect on our lives.
The transition between the maple and oak floors is far from invisible, but I don't think it bothers me. It might feel weird in the end to do all this work and have this glaring inconsistency, but I'm still leaning on the 'character' argument. Besides, there's always tile.In fairness to previous statements made here, I received a call from the Depot's store manager yesterday apologizing for the closet door mishap. He said he would do everything he could to get us the new doors quickly, and promised 'to make it up to me financially' once we see the doors and are happy with the outcome. Which is good, because I'm way to lazy to start boycotting the Depot in the middle of this mess.
We just had our floors on the first floor finished. We had already done the kitchen floors our self 5 years ago. They are maple and had more of a cherry finish to them. When we did the rest of the floors, we decided on a walnut stain color to hide some of the flaws in the oak floors. So in the end, we had them re-stain the kitchen floors to match as well. At first I wasn't sure, but after a week, i think it blends in well. Oh yeah, and it has character!
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