Floors

Very quickly and done out of guilt for not posting since June, here is an entry on our revamp of the upstairs landing.  We finished that project at the end of June, but had visitors soon afterwards - and then...

We are in the middle of a melting ice storm and it's snowing with a refreeze warning tonight. Our electricity shut off last night, after midnight; but was magically restored when I woke up mid-morning. Whew! As it turns out...

Finally finished the repair and refinish job in the Southaven house. Last coat of poly yesterday. Here is the “finished” product. Can’t even tell where I filled the 10” gap down the center of the largest room. I learned a...

We have returned to the Southaven house to continue work on the floors to get the place ready to put up for sale. It's been a long Covid-19 year filled with much Covid-19 drama, that I won't bore you with.....

Starting sanding the original oak hardwood floors in our 1961 ranch house in Southaven we are getting ready to sell. I rented a floor sander from Home Depot and used 36, 60, then 100 grit sanding discs. Then I sanded...

It’s getting real! ? Sanding hardwoods in two bedrooms and a hallway for refinishing in our 1961 ranch house in Southaven. Hopefully, we can finish this place up soon.. I'm so ready to list it! When we get done, I...

Removing old mastic glue and chunks of old parquet flooring from the slab with an air chisel before installing new laminated floor in the den in our 1961 ranch house in Southaven. Ugh! Quite a chore! If you can get...

Filling a gap in hardwood floors between two rooms where I removed a wall 30 years ago. Back then, I filled it with 1" x 4" planks and covered it with carpet, but now it's time to refinish these floors...

Working on our 1961 ranch house in Southaven today. This floor in my old office/Clayton’s old bedroom/Ashley’s old bedroom has been setting for over 40 years, under at least two versions of ugly carpet. ? There was some 40 year...