i've been getting very tired of my carpet. it is very uncomfortable, it doesn't look good, and it soaks up stains like a sponge, and with 2 dogs there are many spots. well, i finally pulled up the carpet in the hallway (i thought i'd start small) and lo and behold, i have hard wood floors. they are actually not in that bad of shape either. as soon as there's a nice sunny day and i can open the windows i'm going to try my hand at refinishing hard wood floors.