Ok, so I've removed the vinyl tiles, the vinyl adhesive, yucky red stuff, and painted the first 2 coats of the base color. I hope to be able to do the second color this evening and the staining tomorrow, followed by the varnish on Saturday..so here's to hoping. That being said, here come some pics.

Almost as it is now, but for the second coat I've added.











Child labor..sometimes not such a bad thing (at least when the help it volunteered and even to the point of begging you to pllleease let them ;))










My fake wood frame, yup it works on more than floors. :D





The "afterish as much as I have as of yet shots" Mark has yet to fully order his books, so I'm kinda waiting for that I guess. :D