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Still needs to be washed another 30 times and then sealed (twice? we’ll see), but otherwise it’s done. Enjoy the photo retrospective. Or not, whatever works for you. What the in-store sample tiles looked like. It wasn’t very gauged, either. The dry run. Also on the floor: a hammer, wire strippers, small wonder bar, four-foot [...]

This was kind of fun. And now I have a power tool that shoots muddy water at me. Finally. bkd

And underlayment. The problem with this overall house renovation project is that it’s mostly finish work, which is no fun. Finally got to do something that wasn’t finish work. Now I want to go and frame something or shoot some .22 rounds into concrete maybe. Next house. Not pictured that should’ve been: Dremeling the underlayment [...]

Maybe it’s just factual, not so much true. Anyway: here’s a video of me removing a vinyl tile from the kitchen floor. I think the video captures 85 to 90 percent of the tension and raw emotion of the live event. The sound in the background is the fan in the living room. It’s 95 [...]

Smells like… victory. Seriously. First coat. The finished wood doesn’t actually look as dark as this. Now I just gotta wait another 72 hours for it to cure. Depending on the lighting, I either really like the natural wood (no stain) look or have continued misgivings about it. Natural light: looks great. Artificial: misgivings. It’s unfair [...]

It was the wackiest thing in the house, bar-none, and now it’s just a Kilz-swipe away from complete extinction. In a sense, I feel bad about destroying such a one-of-a-kind design element. In another sense, not so much. Before vs. after: The cool thing is that if I reversed the order of the photos, it’d [...]

Woke up late. Went to the Home Despot twice (twice!) to buy hoses for my new used dryer only to find out I got a gas leak in that system somewhere (should I shut the gas off? no, I’m sure it’s harmless). Don’t imagine that’s all that interesting. But filling nail holes with putty? Spellbinding. [...]

It’s pretty easy. Tools needed: Scraper/Putty Knife (3-inch or so). Small Wonder Bar/Pry Bar (6-inch or so). Hammer (normal variety). Step 1: Jam the scraper between the shoe moulding and the baseboard and wiggle it loose. If you’re lucky, the shoe moulding will come off completely. 2. If you’re less lucky (this is usually the [...]

The good news is that I’m now completely done sanding my floors I still have a lot more sanding to do. In the meantime, here are ten infuriating things about the edge sanding experience: I don’t think that thing has more than a square inch of actual sandaper-meets-floor surface on it. The pig tail cord [...]

I’m done with the drum sander. Could take it back this afternoon, but I paid for it through tomorrow morning at 10:46, so doggone it, I’m keeping it until tomorrow morning at 10:46. Plus I’m lazy and my back is sore. I think it’s more sore from manhandling the washing machine by myself than from [...]