The Face On The Bar room Floor

I finished taking the floor off in one room. I estimate that I worked 16 hrs. to do it. The nails are the old fashioned kind. The house was built in 1910 and this floor was the original. I could tell it was the original because the supporting 2 x 10's only had nail holes where I pulled nails from, no other holes anywhere.

 As I lifted the last floor board off I thought "The room no longer has a face" My second thought was about Robert Services poem "The Face On The Bar Room Floor" I don't know why but the room being faceless just fits the situation. There certainly is no longer any character in the room. Character is a by product of age I think. The walls were sprayed white fairly recently, they have about as much character as vinyl siding. This room does not exist anymore.