The first project we tackled when we moved into the house was to refinish the floors. As a matter of fact, we started buying tools and ripping out carpet the day we closed since we wanted to finish the floors before moving in. Somehow the idea of living in a cloud of sawdust wasn't that appealing, so we figured if we didn't do it right away it would be a major hassle to refinish all the floors later. So, suffice it to say we were very motivated to refinish the floors as quickly as possible, since we were living in a hotel during the transition.