Day Seven? Six? Eight? No, Day Seven. Yes. Seven. Excuse us but we are a bit delirious from both the renovation and the late New Year's Eve with our firework phobic dogs! So today has been an exercise in stamina. Just trying to stay awake has been a task.

Okay, here we go. Today was dedicated to stairs, fillers and the beginning of sanding!

The main stairs finished up nicely and really are beautiful. What a great way to enter the living room. The dark vertical marks on the face are strap marks and will be sanded out.

The first round of sanding came next and wow is that dusty! We've got the upstairs partitioned off with plastic to keep the dust and smell downstairs. Lots of fans and open windows.

The last thing they did was fill any gaps with a mix of lacquer and sawdust. Now everything looks like a big spackled wall! It will get sanded twice more in the morning.

This is eventually what the floors will look like when done. Eeeeee!

We got an okay on doing the guest bathroom with the leftover wood. He said we definitely have enough, but he wasn't sure we wanted small pieces. We decided we are good with small boards and began the demolition of the guest bath after the guys left. Our dads would be proud!

We took out the vanity which was glued and nailed to the wall only to find a big hole to the concrete subfloor. Who were the people that did the construction on this home?

Then we tackled the tile border which had been caulked in preparation for some sort of nuclear event! Who uses this much caulk on a FLOOR?!?!

So now we are ready for tomorrow. Will be going to sleep early tonight! Wow we are tired!

Dogs go off to the manny tomorrow morning and the cats are being shuttled to the office where we will all live happily for the next few days! Can't wait to post those pictures!!

See you tomorrow!