At first we had to rip out the carpet, just to find nice hardwood flooring already layed underneath. Why people would cover up the nice hardwood floors back in the day with carpet always confusess me!!
You can see on the right of the underlayment how someone had painted the floor white for some reason.
Same floor shot as the above photo
We decided that while we were doing the floor that we had to move things around us as we worked. The piano in the back was a hectic thing at first but we out smarted it by buying sliders to slide it across the floor while on cardboard.