New Kitchen Floors

While we felt fairly confident that we could restore the hallway floors, once we pulled up the tiles, we couldn't say the same for the floors in the kitchen. After pulling up the layers of tile and linoleum beneath the top layer of ceramic tiles, we discovered that, while red oak had been used in the floors throughout most of the first floor, the kitchen actually had white oak. In addition, it appeared that these floors had never actually seen the light of day.

After spending the better part of a century covered in linoleum and tile, as well as cabinets and appliances, these floors were not in nearly as good shape as the hallway floors. As a result, we pulled them up and replaced them with an unfinished red oak, that looked to be a pretty good match to the hallway and dining room.



The new kitchen floors were re-finished at the same time as the hallway, living room, and dining room. Beyond the fact that they looked several decades younger than their hallway counterparts, the red oak turned out to be a pretty good match. Not only that, but they looked like a pretty good kitchen floor going forward. Our kitchen finally has a floor.