House Decor, Part II

The second part of this summer's house projects was the kitchen floor. The vinyl sheet flooring had served its purpose but I wanted something a little snazzier, something worthy of the beautiful countertops we put in three years ago. (Three years... is that right? Time sure flies!!!)

Here's a shot of the old floor:



The guy who installed our new floor had to brush on some stuff to take the gloss (or what was left of it) off the old surface and then brushed on glue to adhere the new tiles:





We selected Congoleum's DuraStone in the color "Stoney Griege" from the folks who did our carpeting and stairs last summer. I'm glad we were able to support a local small business.
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Home Improvement

From the Department of "We Shouldn't Have Anything Nice":

This is Jesus, ripping out our ugly old carpeting on the stairs Tuesday morning...


Here are the new hardwood stairs with the new loopy carpeting installed yesterday:

And this is why we shouldn't be allowed to have anything nice in our house:

About an hour after the installation of the carpeting, we snagged it moving the bed back into position. There was a big bald spot with a long loop of yarn. You know how a towel gets those long attached loopy strings when you snag something on it? Like that. But on our brand new carpet!

Luckily, I have Tacky Glue. And bamboo skewers and lots of pins. Hopefully, this fix will hold for many years to come!
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Of Saws and Pneumatic Nailers

Yippee! We have innernetz and phone connection again! It's been down since Sunday. I like our "fye-ose" when it works, but hate when you're in the middle of a conversation and all the sudden, you get busy signal. Or no signal.

I'm at home today while the new wood stairs are being installed. Actually, we had wood stairs under the carpeting, but not "show off" stairs. Meaning, it was just some kind of cheap wood sub-flooring material.

My query is... since the treads weren't pre-stained or finished, when they do that part, will I be stuck in the house while it dries? That would suck, no?

Will post pics after Jesus and his partner are completed.