Our floors are harder now

The hardwood floor was installed last week. We chose a 3 1/2 inch red oak board, which is probably one of the most common flooring choices. The jury is still out on the stain (glad that decision doesn't have to made yet!). Although the MDG plan called for the majority of the house to have hardwood flooring, we opted to carpet our bedrooms and the upstairs landing and tile the bathrooms and laundry room.

Here's a view of the kitchen. Originally we were going to tile the kitchen floor but I'm glad we changed our minds because having hardwood run throughout the main living space makes the area seem more warm and united.

The living room.

Dining room.

Looking down the stairs to the dining room. The stairs will also be hardwood.

Ashley and I went to Creative Tile again today to nail down our tile decisions. We actually changed our main tile choice to one that looks more like slate (bluer/greener in tone) but we're sticking with the white subway tile in the master shower. The decisions are coming fast now as we're getting closer to the house being completed!