Daniel from Shalom

Today we met with a nice gentleman from Shalom Flooring. He informed us that our floors are oak -- that they're not in horrible condition but that when they were previously refinished, they did a rather poor and lazy job. Daniel pointed out places where they used the sander against the grain of the wood, which causes a waviness in the wood rather than smoothing it out. And also several places in the living room where there are slight divots in the wood -- again from misuse of the sander.

The estimate for the job is $2,000. This will include three coats of a natural water-based finish, resulting in a nice matte look, as opposed to the shiny oil-based polyurethane that is on the floors now. It will have a subdued and organic look to it when it's done, which will hopefully compliment and be complimented by our paint choices.