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My Big Surprise: New Laminate Hardwood Floors

Published: Sep 28, 2013 by Ashley Phipps · 441 words. · About 3 minutes to read this article. · 4 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads and sponsored posts · This blog uses cookies · See our privacy policy for more info Filed Under: DIY

Yesterday I teased you with My Big Surprise!  If you missed the blog post you can catch up here.  And today I wanted to reveal my surprise to you!

My husband is incredible!  He is so thoughtful, such a hard worker and an avid DIY-er like myself.  But at 4:30am I honestly had no idea WHAT my husband was surprising me with!

I had left my husband for 5 days with the kids while I went out of town and he was sick most of the time I was gone.  Poor guy!  I know he spent all day with the kids and assumed he relaxed all night because honestly, he sounded pretty sick on the phone.  So I had no idea what to expect when I walked into the house!  

So into the house I was lead, at 4:30am, with my eyes shut, having no idea what surprise awaited me.

When I finally got into the house and was allowed to open my eyes, I was honestly met with the biggest surprise I think I have ever had!

While I was out of town, my husband decided to purchase and start installing New Laminate Hardwood Floors!

What!?!?!?!?!?!?!

DIY Laminate Wood Flooring | #homeimprovement #flooring #diy | Simply Designing
Sorry about the 4:30am phone pict.  And don't worry...this is not nearly done!  But this is exactly what I walked in to see at 4:30am!  Partially completed new flooring!  Wahoo!!

We have been talking about doing this since the day we moved into our house (almost 3 years ago).  We had even picked out laminate wood that we liked!  But we had never actually done it!

What a HUGE surprise!

We have a LOT of linoleum flooring in our bottom floor of our home.  Probably about 1,000 sq ft., so I knew this was a big undertaking, to cover it all with laminate wood flooring.  But my sweet wonderful husband decided to surprise me with new flooring!

And my DIY-heart grew three sizes that day as I realized what an amazing surprise my husband had been working on for me!  Even though he was sick the whole time!  He is such a sweetheart!

So at 4:30am, exhausted, 8 week pregnant and not having slept in almost 24 hours, but as excited as could be, I attempted to drift off to sleep for a few hours before it was time to get up and get back to real life the next day.

But what an INCREDIBLE SURPRISE!

I will be sharing the process of installing our floating laminate wood floors with you over this next week so STAY TUNED for MORE!

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  1. Rebecca

    September 28, 2013 at 2:43 pm

    What a wonderful surprise and what a thoughtful hubby!!<br /><br />-Rebecca<br />www.sister-dipity.blogspot.com

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    • Ashley Phipps

      September 28, 2013 at 3:05 pm

      🙂 Thank you so much!

      Reply
  2. Corinna Bennett

    September 28, 2013 at 3:41 pm

    That is so awesome. What a wonderful husband! It looks great so far.<br />

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    • Ashley Phipps

      September 29, 2013 at 9:46 pm

      Thank you so much!

      Reply

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