So we upgraded to prefinished, 3.25-inch maple flooring when we redid the studio's floor. Until Saturday this is what the kitchen looked like.
The transition was half white oak and half maple.
What we realized is that with the dining room flowing right into the kitchen it's jarring to go from the golden tones (what happens to white oak with a clear finish) to the white/pink of the maple. So we took up the maple. Those black marks on the cut parts of the maple (what we left under the cabinets) are the scorch marks left by the toekick saw when it was burning the sawdust or the finish. The deep gouges in the subfloor were from someone else, probably our first contractors.
The next step was to lay out the boards in the pattern we wanted. Our open basement served as the staging area. This is the main part of the kitchen in the same view as the picture above, with the cabinets and sink on the right and the stove on the left.
And here's the side area on the left as you enter the kitchen.
That's what we got through as of 10pm last night. And here's where we are after a full day of work today. The modest accomplishments were due to time spent: cutting out all of the maple in the transition to fit the new oak pieces, making sure we had a straight line from the doorway to the side door, practicing with the floor nailer, cutting pieces to fit, and more that escapes us at the moment. So far, though, we like what we see.
In other news, yesterday while the demo was in full swing we also made headway designing the countertop for the new sink in the garage.
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