Underneath the Pink Carpet

Last weekend Rod ripped up the pink carpet in the front room that might become an office. Remember it in all its pinkness:

Not only was the carpet ugly, it was getting kind of stinky because the dogs love that room.

The wooden flooring underneath is in surprisingly good shape:

We could feel a raised area in front of the boarded-up fireplace and were hoping for a brick hearth, but it turned out to be just wood:

Next in this room: removing the drop ceiling. What are we, a church basement?