The New Holland Liveth! Oh yeah, we're painting and finishing the floor too

Well after another long break from blogging I'm back at it. I need to give my knees a rest after all the sanding and finishing that's been happening in the last few days.
After finishing the drywall sanding which was mostly overhead, I moved right on to sanding the floors. Pretty exciting, but also quite tiring. Once they were done it was on to a major cleanup before we started finishing the floors and the walls. Leslie helped out with the floor sanding, and then moved right on to the priming and painting which you can see the fruits of in the photos.
We are using tung oil on the floors which has been quite pleasant to use apart from having to crawl around an awful lot to apply it. It seems to be a good choice for our pine floor. It is much easier to repair if it gets scratched or dinged because it is an oil that penetrates the wood. A very nice characteristic when dealing with a soft floor, and it also gives it a nice warm look and feel. I have 2 coats on the yurt floor itself and one on the mudroom. Both areas will have a total of three when I'm done. It's a very different process than polyurethane in that it is either applied with a brush or cloth and then allowed to sit on the floor, in the case of the first coat, about 30 minutes. Then you go back and wipe off the excess and let it cure overnight. No bubbles to worry about or lap marks which is quite nice.
As you can see in the pictures Leslie has been busy building the shelves that will be the wall so to speak of the loft. They came together quite nicely as well, and will be painted in the near future and then we'll put the back on.
We'll probalby start putting together some of the kitchen pieces in the next day or so and then we'll need another visit from the plumber to get things all hooked up! The move in day seems to be in sight!! Hooray!!
Well time to sign off now Leslie has to do some school work. Oh I almost forgot. I did manage to get the starter for the skidsteer rebuilt and put back in the other day, and miracle of miracles it actually started! Just in time for the cold. No snow yet thankfully.