How We Re-sanded the Sitting-room Floor and Still Managed to Save Our Marriage I (guest post by Ajlr)

A two-part story of effort, stoicism, and ultimate reward!

We started with good intentions. Our L-shaped sitting-room has a parquet floor which, for the last couple of years, we'd been promising ourselves we would get sanded and re-sealed.  In fact our sitting-room was due a complete overhaul this year so we'd ordered new sofas and chair back in March for delivery in June, re-painted the ceiling and the walls (all bar the skirting-board, which would be done after the floor in case of impact...