Bringing new life

Currently, we are, as mentioned earlier, working on our living room. A few days ago we started renovating our oak parquet floor. After sanding the floor several times to make sure the old varnish was gone, we decided to finish the floor with oil instead of varnish - it looks so much better plus it ages more beautifully. I've got before & after pictures right here. I really didn't even retouch the photos... and if anything, I made the before-picture look slightly better than it originally did :P The floor has now got a whole other depth and luster to it - it looks alive. I'm in love with it! How amazing? Amaazing!

Pictures: Me (click image to enlarge)

Another thing that makes me love this floor is the structure, how it's layed out. I haven't seen a floor like our's before and love having something that's original.

The Bedroom - Picture bomb

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This is our bedroom! :) Obviously, more decoration will come as we go... One cannot do everything at once, you know. Like pictures on the walls, curtains (roman shade style), new doors... :)

Bedroom & hallway update

The Robot

This is our new cleaning robot/robot vacuum cleaner. It's an iRobot Roomba 530 and we will be giving it a name only we haven't found a suitable one quite yet. It is flat out fantabulous not having to vacuum the floors myself! It is so worth it! You should all get one! NOW! :)

When can I move in?

This is... hard to defeat, to say the least.

I love all the gizmos and details in bright lovely colours against the white white white, and the contrast white floors/black floors, and the coffee table, and the purple door(!), and the chandeliers, and the... actually, I just love it all!

My big issue

My big issue: floors. Dark? White?

I figured that all floors looking the same, that would be the nicest. All-white or all-dark brown(-ish).

But then, I re-figured and realized that a compromise is alright. Maybe even better than having it all the same.

What would you say?

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