A random weekend project

This past Thursday we had another showing on our house. The next day Mark curiously called the realtor that showed our house and asked if her client had any suggestions on what we could do for improvements. She mentioned that in older homes typically people are looking for hardwood. Mark hung up the phone and I saw him over in the corner of the living room peeling up a corner of the carpet. He excitedly let me know that the hardwood in the particular area looked good. We knew there was hardwood under the carpet but obviously didn't know in what condition it was in. Next, Mark was off in another corner peeling it up to see what was under. And another corner.... I went about by business listening to him in the background going through the scenario that we could pull up the carpet and make our house hardwood because that seems to be a selling point. I didn't think too much about it until I saw him PULLING UP THE CARPET IN THE HALLWAY!!! Apparently Mark got the idea in his head and wanted to get started on the project right now! (this was friday afternoon) By Saturday morning at 9am we had the all the carpet on the upstairs floor pulled up - dining room, living room, hallway. Our bedrooms were already hardwood. We had the tacks and staples pulled up (man, does that make your forearms sore!) and we had it vacuumed and swept and the furniture put back in. Fortunately the hardwood is in perfect condition - 90% of it! We're so thankful. We called our realtor and the first words out of his mouth were "what were you thinking!" Apparently it's a big risk to pull up carpet because you never know what's underneath. The hardwood could have been in horrible shape. But, we were fortunate. We're looking into estimates now on having someone come in and sand it and refinish it to make it nice and shiny! Mark would just do the job himself but I'm worred about the dust and his lungs. I'm thankful that it's livable right now. It's so different having hardwood throughout. It's louder but I definitely think I like it better. It's taking some time to get used to but I think I'm really going to like it. It really makes the room look a whole lot bigger, that's for sure! We haven't put all of our furniture back in yet because we don't want to have to move it twice when the guys come in to refinish it. Here are some before and after pictures....