New Floor in Family Room

I have been hounding Mike ever since we moved in to replace the carpet in the family room. It is the only room in the whole house that has carpet (the rest is hard wood or tile) and it has definitely seen better days. The people that lived here before us had two young children and they had absolutely put a hurting on it. Even after having the carpet steam cleaned and scotch guarded twice, the stains would just come back with avengence. I was also convinced that the carpet made the house smell musty. Well since we have a new baby on the way and laminate flooring went on sale at Costco, I decided that now would be a great time to redo the floor (much to Mike's chagrin). Last weekend with the help of some wonderful friends, we did just that and let me tell you it turned out great! Here are some photos to show the before and after:

I completely forgot to take a picture of the carpet before we tore it up, but here is a picture of James picking up his Easter Bunny trail where you can get a pretty good look at it

concrete sub floor prepped and ready for new floor

moisture-barrier plastic which should always be laid under new flooring to protect it

Our little helper in his outfit of choice :-)

Almost there!

The finished floor

finished floor with furniture in the room

Another shot of the family room completed