Wood Flooring- Light to Dark

Back in April we finally put new flooring in downstairs! (Something I've been wanting to do since we moved in)
The whole project (400 sq. ft.) took about 5 days total, over the space of about 2 weeks and we had lots of help.

We looked all over the place for flooring and after going to all of the local flooring places, and didn't really find anything we liked, or it was way too expensive.  So I ordered probably 20 different samples from online places.  We narrowed it down to one- It was hand scraped and java color.  It is engineered wood and we went with that option mostly because of budget but I love the way it turned out!

AFTER

BEFORE

WAYYYY BEFORE.... BEFORE THE KITCHEN CABINETS WERE PAINTED

BEFORE

We ripped out all of the old flooring- that part of the job went quick.  It took my husband and brother about an hour to clear it all out. We also took all of the trim off because the new flooring was a little taller than the old flooring. 

We made a HUGE mess!

After the old flooring was removed, we put down some heavy black plastic to protect the new flooring.

After the plastic was put down the real work began -- as you can see from the pictures, there was a lot of people working on each part to get each piece locked in tight. All of the small spaces (especially closets) were extra hard because each piece had to be cut down to the right size, but still have the ability to lock in together.  It was basically like putting a huge difficult puzzle together :)

After we got all the flooring on, we put all of the floor boards back on and admired the work all the boys did.  It turned out great!

Here's the after pics: