Here you can see the hardwood flooring partially installed. On this project we were going to be tying our new hardwood floor in with an existing hardwood floor. They met in a wide opening between the new kitchen area and an existing hallway. For this reason we did not go with a pre-finished hardwood flooring product, we finished it post installation to achieve the best possible match with the existing floor.

You will also notice a rough 2″x6″ frame in the middle of the room. As you will see in an upcoming post, this frame allowed for the creation of a raised area of the kitchen island that serves as a “breakfast bar” type area. Notice the rough plumbing withing the frame as well. By putting the rough plumbing there, as opposed to up-through the base-cabinet unit that would house the sink, it allowed for more storage area underneath the sink.

At this stage we are about halfway done with this project. Sorry, no pictures before this point.