Office before- you can't see it, but there was TISSUE PAPER on the plaster walls. Why would anyone do this to beautiful plaster walls? WHY?! This is also a great 'before' shot of the floors. All of the dark discoloration and wax was stripped and sanded. The oak was then returned to a 'natural' finish. 

Office/library- after(ish).  Several attempts to scrape, steam and/or dissolve the tissue paper were made (many, many hours of attempts) before I gave up on the idea of complete removal of the tissue paper. Eventually I just applied Kilz (a HEAVY primer) sanded and then applied some fresh grey paint. We were so amazed at how well the floors turned out. Troy Bolen did a great job, we are still singing his praises (hardwoodlyr@hotmail.com) .