Oak Flooring

   Last weekend I was perusing craigslist, as I commonly do, and saw an ad for free used oak flooring. The catch is that it is still in the house and needs to be removed. It is a peg oak floor, which means each board has screws inset into the wood and then finished off with a overlay peg. It was probably laid in the 1930's, so it's old growth oak. With today's prices, we could never afford a floor like this.
    This leads me to today. I checked my phone and had an email from the Craigslist-er about the oak flooring. She said the other person, who was suppose to come and get it last weekend, flaked and was I still interested. I said yes I am still interested and here is my phone number. She called about 30 minutes later and we got all the detail and the address.  An hour later we arrived at the house and took a look at the floor we will someday call home. Matt and I had called some friends for anyone who could help. Thankfully one of our friends was available to come help for a few hours. Ken works with reclaimed wood as a career and knows a lot about what we were up against. Without him we would have been spinning our wheels trying to get anything done. Instead, he allowed us to focus on the job and what steps needed to accomplish it. Ken came in after we got the first board out, announced that we should start from the other side of the room for easier removal. We moved to the other side and started to work. It was not exactly easy but it was easier. At the end of the day completed removing a quarter of the floor, and have a day or two more of work to have it completely out. I am excited about this because it will be the first item gathered for our Tiny house.  It will be beautiful, reclaimed, green, and time well spent with my husband for our future.