Yeah, that's pretty much where I'm at right now. Area rugs and such.

Oh, I know I shouldn't worry about it because it's such an old place and all but it could look just so great! The "character" that wyndhy mentioned is definitely there but it just looks so bad.

I tore out a lot of carpet from a back hallway and the bathroom when I first moved back here and laid down vinyl flooring. The dust was pretty fun to deal with there but nothing too terrible. Bought a couple of the respirator masks and they helped. Found out from that part of the project that I've got a little bit of arthritis in my hands. I blame that on being single for so damn long.

I may have to give the spot sanding thing a try. I guess if that doesn't work to my satisfaction I can always take the plunge and redo the entire thing. (Which I'm not smart enough not to do but am hoping a simpler solution is out there.)

The pace I'm going at with this thing is very much snail-like so I've got time to change my mind a few times before I actually take any action. Way too much idle time on my hands nowadays.

Thanks for the tips wyndhy and scotzoidman!

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