Our flooring project is barely underway, yet we are already feeling the strain and awkwardness of living in a very limited space.  Nearly the entire first floor is gone—just a small square area in the hallway and the interior of the kitchen remain.  The rest is dusty and there are still loose nails that are difficult to see.  It is definitely not an area that is child friendly.  For the duration of the project, we converted the extra space in our bedroom into a makeshift play area, but it has already started to feel confining to spend a lot of time there.  In it’s current condition, there is no place for Delaney to safely play downstairs, and although Franny and Cole still have fun running around down there, once the installation process begins, they will be completely limited to the upstairs.  For now, as our second shipment of hardwoods acclimates, we are taking it all in and adjusting to our new arrangement.  It is definitely much more difficult than I had anticipated, but with a few more days I hope that we will have adjusted to the new way of doing things.  Thankfully, we do know that it is temporary, but I think all of us would agree that we can’t wait until it is over!