Steam cleaners are the “new-fangled” cleaning appliances today. I have only heard of them recently, in the past year. I think of them as something akin to an electric mop! They are light-weight, energy-powered machines designed to steam floors. They do not use chemicals or cleaning agents to clean floors– only steam. It’s a very [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 21, 2010
I was still too tired after the installation to take any photos, but my daughter graciously snapped a quartet of pics, some of which I uploaded. May I present to you our new dining room floor! It’s the same flooring as the kitchen: TrafficMaster Allure, in teak. The stuff is very durable, easy to install.. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Well, ladies and gentlemen, we are STILL not moved into the dining room yet. I can’t believe it! This project has been dragging on for months. The loose ends are seemingly insurmountable… whew! I pushed myself and got the remainder of the dining room trim installed. Well, MOST of it. I still have to rip [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 6, 2010
We are ACTUALLY talking about MOVING BACK into the kitchen this week!!! Oh my word!!! We had a great weekend– very hectic, and I’m still sore as anything– but the room is beginning to look like a kitchen again. Firstly, I got the flooring installed. It’s TrafficMaster Allure flooring. It’s “OK.” It installed very easily [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 7, 2010
Years ago, when I first dreamed about gutting the kitchen, I found this stuff called Trafficmaster Allure resilient flooring. I just may do the entire downstairs of the house with it, I love it that much. When I was at Home Dept a few years ago, a worked snapped off a piece of it for [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 23, 2009
I whole-heartedly believe that a room’s best friend– especially an older home with lots of old rooms with old floors– are high-quality area rugs. I just LOVE area rugs. They conceal a floor’s many blemishes and unevenness, and look so classy at the same time. I am not a big fan of wall-to-wall carpeting. I [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 8, 2008
We’ve had our laminate flooring in our living room for over a year now. It was my first experience installing a laminate floor. I’d bought the ultra-budget-clearance-no-name-brand for a great price, and the color was marvelous. Installing it was an OK experience. It took longer than expected and we had a few bumps along the [...]
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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