New Floors

I started a new project this week. Replacing the floors in the dining room and kitchen, as well as getting new carpet in the living room. I started in on the dining room and kitchen by tearing out the WHITE carpet?!? in the dining room and the turn of the century linoleum in the kitchen. The carpet took us all of 30 minutes to get out, the linoleum, that's a whole different saga. As with all Lanker projects, It wasn't as it seemed and it took quite a bit longer than expected. After finally tracking down a specialty saw in Wichita, (I had intended on renting it, but to no avail), I finally was able to get the last of the old underlayment out so I could lay new. Today I was able to finish up the kitchen prep and was getting ready to start laying the hardwood, when a still small voice said, "Greg, this doesn't look right". It was my beloved Susan bringing to my attention the obvious difference between the 13 boxes of "Brazilian cherry" that she had painstakingly separated and stacked for ease of use and the 1 box of "Brazilian cherry". Same name, completely different wood. So it got me thinking. When we looked at samples, we liked the "Brazilian cherry" and not the "Mahogany". So that's what we chose. Well it seems we were sent the wrong wood, from what I can tell, and I'm ready to start laying it down. We ended up mailing 2 pieces to KC so John can talk to the rep and figure out what's up. Hopefully we'll have an answer this week and be able to finish this project soon. Here are a few pictures in the mean time.