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The Floors! The Floors! Summer 09/Winter 11 by lori_in_pa

Remodeling = Growth Opportunities in Marriage
Summer, 2009 living room/foyer floor project -- disconnecting the electronics # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
  • Summer, 2009 living room/foyer floor project -- disconnecting the electronics
  • Summer, 2009 "What Lies Beneath: -- the carpet that is -- living room floor exposed but not yet sanded and refinished
  • Summer, 2009 living room floor sanded
  • Summer, 2009 EVERYBODY had to wear socks for a week after we began walking on the newly refinished floor, including Calvin the Wonderdog.
  • Summer, 2009 refinished living room floor
  • #1 This is the vinyl floor we (that would be "I") chose 17+ years ago for our new kitchen in our old (but new to us) house. I knew I had made a mistake about 4 days after we moved back into the house and started using the room. Every single speck of every
  • #2 Besides the lousy flooring, my kitchen is a delightful space in nearly every way. And we really do USE our kitchen -- cooking, eating, visiting, computering, homeschooling, cleaning -- somebody is living his life in this room at nearly every hour of th
  • #3 When we decided to replace the floor, we identified the other things we wanted to do to update the kitchen. New cabinets would have been nice in a way -- ours are low-echelon particle board boxes with solid oak doors and drawer fronts -- but the price!
  • #4 Samuel worked with Gene, The Floor Man, who is a family friend and perfectionist in his field. He predicted the job would last two days. He was close -- it took four!
  • #5 "And the evening and morning were the second day."
  • #6 That faded paneling on the island. Hmmm. what shall we do?
  • #7 Ta-da! Early morning in the re-vamped kitchen. This is the golden hour for me and my view as I drink that first cup of coffee and check my email, pleo, and facebook. This is peace.
  • #8 In addition to new flooring and new surrounding wainscoting on the island and the end of the lower cabinet run, we installed new 3/4 round trim everywhere and repainted the room. We have ordered new hinges for the cabinet doors that need them. The bulk
  • #9 Start to finish, life was disrupted for about 2 weeks. This was by far the easiest, quickest remodeling project we have undertaken, and this homemaker is beyond thankful for that!
  • #10 Here is the kitchen "in real life," near lunchtime today. Supper is cooking in the crockpot, some of us are in the middle of lunch, computers and their accompanying cables are all over.
  • #11 This is what actual visitors are likely to find if they stop by unannounced. Welcome!
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Summer, 2009 living room/foyer floor project -- disconnecting the electronics
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