Happy Monday runners and turkey trotters!
You know the drill. How was the weekend, what’s on for the week, tell us all about it!
Happy Monday runners and turkey trotters!
You know the drill. How was the weekend, what’s on for the week, tell us all about it!
You will all be pleased to hear that I finished my floors!! (The poly will finish satin, the glossy look is just it still wet) From pulling up carpet to the last coat of poly took about 70 hours. They are not perfect by any stretch and doing most of the work in the dark after my real job was really hard — as I coated the poly in the sunlight this weekend, I could see scratches and marks that I didn’t fully get out and I could see that I didn’t blend between the edger and drum as well as I thought. But you know what, fuck it! I can move in!!! And then start painting and all my other millions of projects.
I’ve been dying to go for a run but still have lots to do this week, between work and moving and thanksgiving. But maybe next weekend I can sneak out for a jaunt.
I love the inlay! Looks great in pictures despite what you say went wrong. Little scratches and dings in old hardwood just add character honestly. Thanks for getting rid of that dank carpet
Oh, fuck. Those look fantastic!
Thank you!
Sorry for the gratuitous profanity; but I was impressed!
I didnt realize at first it was a progression album and just saw that teal carpet and was like “oh … wow they … is it green tile… ? Carpet…?” 😩 THEN realized you ripped up the carpet and refinished the floor! That detailing in the wood though - who tf saw that and was like “nah carpeting is the way to go.” ?! You did an amazing job! You should be so proud
Haha I meant to add captions, don’t know how I overlooked that! But yes, the “before” carpet was truly incredible, not in a good way. And as I started to pull away the first bits of carpet, I was low key outraged that someone would a) cover this beautiful oak and inlay with carpet and b) let the floor get absolutely fucked by water and dog pee. But thank you so much, they’re not perfect but I am really happy with the outcome!
They look awesome, great job! I will never understand why covering gorgeous hardwood in carpet became the thing to do.
I was somehow unprepared for how bad the carpet would look, even after seeing all of the comments about how gross it was. 😂 Congrats on finishing the floors! They look so nice now!
It is hard to be prepared for that level of grossness! Looking back I’m honestly surprised I had so much faith it would all work out but I’m glad I did bc these floors are a big upgrade from that nasty carpet!
Amazing job! It looks so much better!
Thank you!! It was definitely an emotional rollercoaster through this project, being unsure how they would turn out with all the damage I inherited, but they are much nicer and full of character :P