Although I was quite certain our house has wood floors throughout, I wasn't positive what kind of flooring we'd find underneath the carpets upstairs (we've seen basic planks used in older homes upstairs). There was a very exciting HGTV Chip/Joanna feeling pulling them up for sure! 
We had some debate whether or not to remove the early 2000's beige carpeting in the master bedroom but ultimately decided to remove it, not knowing what challenges lay ahead. As you can probably see, there used to be two bedrooms at one point. The floors looked just fine on one side but there was an exceptional amount of old carpet glue and thousands of staples/nails on the other. Luckily for us, all the flooring was the same throughout the house -- old growth maple with some curly and tiger eye thrown in randomly here and there!
Another thing you will notice is the plywood was used to fill the gaps in the middle where the old wall used to be --not a pretty sight that we'll need to address in the future! This part of the project chewed up our fingers pretty good -- you certainly never see this on HGTV! Safety glasses and work gloves were an absolute must for this portion of the cleanup. Countless times I had staples come shoot right up into my face. I would also highly recommend several different size crowbars, a hammer, pliers and a flat head screwdriver for this project.
Next up, sanding!
Next up, sanding!
Prepare for hours of this.
Cya carpet!
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