It’s taken a while, but at long last, here’s a few photos of the floors being installed.
After Day One of the Installation, the upstairs hallway, the front bedrooms, and half of the master bedroom had floors. Here’s the sight that greeted me in the living room. Power tools, nails and wood scraps were scattered everywhere.

Here’s the reverse perspective from the dining room.

All of the upstairs carpets had already been removed, ditto for the stairs. But as you start to go up, the flooring in the upstairs hallway becomes visible. I’m probably biased, but I think it looks considerably nicer than the carpets. (The best comment on this photo comes from Mike whose first reaction was, “Nice airhose.”)

The two front bedrooms had their floors entirely installed on Day 1, all that remained was some molding along the baseboards and the closets. (All of the closets were put off until Day 2.) It’s a trick of the lighting that makes these two rooms appear to be different color with different flooring material. Both rooms were painted a week before the installation started and the floors are red oak (though there is an occasional piece of white oak mixed in).

The flooring in the master bedroom looked great too…

…but it wasn’t quite ready for me to put a bed in there.

(To be continued!)