We would love to have found hardwood floors under the dirty old carpet but instead only found glue covered plywood. The option that we are taking for the flooring is laying down a floating wood laminate floor to get the effect of wood but not at the price or work to install and cost involved.

We also took out one wall between the living room and kitchen to create one very large room which has created a beautiful space.

Before we took the sledgehammer to the wall we had two contractors come in and give us an opinion as to whether it was safe to do or not. Sometimes two professionals have different ideas or perceptions when it comes to safety but they both agreed this time thankfully.

If you are considering taking out any walls I would suggest getting at least two professional opinions just to be safe.

Cheers,
Robin