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I need to vent! I HATE my hardwood floor...
Comments (26)This post has come to life again, so for anyone seeking it out because they have the same problem, I wanted to jump in with some personal experience. After the oak floors in our new-construction house began cupping and buckling (the builder had rushed the build, since he was trying to finish a spec house on the same deadline, but had since decamped to another state due to a sex scandal), we saved for a few years and replaced it with engineered cherry flooring. This probably would have been about the same time as the OP's post, which as of this comment is 13 years old; the manufacturer was a Swedish company called Kährs, and since our local distributor had just started carrying it, there were no red flags in terms of bad reviews or negative customer feedback. That cherry floor looked great--for about ten minutes. EVERYTHING scuffed and scratched it. A puppy just innocently living its life? Scratches galore. Someone dropping anything heavier or sharper than a pillow? A guaranteed ding. A kid running a toy car over it? A tell-tale track of scuffs. Anyone wearing shoes (and I'm not talking stilettos)? Scuffs, scratches, and dents. It was ridiculous, like, we couldn't believe how quickly and easily the floor accumulated damage. Whatever finish was on that cherry, it did absolutely NOTHING to protect against ordinary wear and tear. We tried everything to clean, protect, and rehabilitate that floor. Shoes, even slippers, became forbidden in the house. We had a network of rugs from one end of the house to the next. Every chair not only sat on a rug, it had felt floor protectors and ugly wool socks on its feet. We swiffered like mad. For ten years, all the measures we took were futile, and just ended up causing us added aggravation and frustration. Finally we gave up, realized we were going to have to bite the bullet and install our THIRD hardwood floor in fifteen years, and replaced every square foot of the cherry. This time, we went for a harder wood (hickory), though the major problem with the Kährs had obviously been the finish. We put in a fairly pricey but beautiful hand-scraped wide-plank floor (Baroque Flooring Bavarian XL) and it was FABULOUS--everything the Kährs wasn't. It was gorgeous, it was tough as nails (pets were no problem!), and it was easy to clean. The moral of this story: Sometimes there's just no way around a bad product, except to replace it. The sooner you can afford to do it, the happier you'll be....See MoreARRGH! I need to vent....
Comments (19)When I was in the 5th grade, I invited a little friend over to bake a cake. I was showing off, since I had baked plenty of cakes from scratch with my mother and she wasn't going to be home. We decided on a spice cake, to be baked in a loaf pan rather than a layer cake. My friend was suitably impressed as I operated the beater, cracked the eggs, and showed her how to properly coat the pan with Crisco, tapping the flour about so as to create just the thinnest barrier of flour between the grease and the cake (why do we do that anyway?) Then, with something of a flourish, I popped the pan into the oven and we went out in the backyard to play while it baked. Some time later (I have no idea how long), I saw smoke billowing out the sides of the doggie door at the top of the back stair. HORRORS!! I raced up the stairs and ran into the kitchen. The stove look like it might blow up at any second. The smoke was streaming out of every conceivable crack and crevice. Eyes smarting, I grabbed the pan and sprinted for the back stairs. When the hot, hot, hot pan began burning my fingers through the potholders, I flung it down the stairs. Upon striking the cement slab at the bottom, the cake....er...charcoal brick, separated from the pan and broke in half. Yes, broke. When the smoke dissipated somewhat, my friend and I were able to see a small, circular bit of unburnt cake in the very center of the charcoal brick. I can only imagine the gyrations of my mother's emotions and thoughts when she came home to a house reeking of smoke and found that no real disaster had occurred. I was firmly enjoined, however, to never again attempt to bake anything when she was not home. I wish I could say that was my first and last cooking disaster, but alas, such is by no means the case. :D...See MoreIt never stops.....I need to Vent.....
Comments (2)"Someone please tell me why a grown woman would tell her grandchild that her grandfather has a rock on his bones and he is gonna die???????' oh my. Some people just do not think. I can relate, on a much smaller scale. My DD had a hernia repair right before she turned 5 years old. It was an epigastric hernia and required a small incision to be made. She had to be fully under, the whole deal. Well, I really wanted to make sure she was not anxious before the procedure so for a few days before, I explained to her how the doctor was going to give her some medicine to make her sleep, and while she was asleep and dreaming, he was going to fix the lump on her tummy. BM took it upon herself to tell her son (my SS) that they needed to pray for my DD (I do appreciate the sentiment) because "the doctors were going to cut her tummy open with a knife." ACCCKKKKK. So of course DH and I found out about this because SS came over and told my DD that the doctors were going to cut her tummy open with a knife. I was rip roarin' p*ssed!!!!! I'm sorry for what was said to your SD. That is just not right at all. :(...See MoreI need to VENT !!
Comments (9)olddbat:) here too ! I sure hope I can keep venting LOL ! Otherwise it will be a pretty smelly house ! deedles..I am SO glad to hear you love your Tradewind. I quit posting here for the most part so don't push that brand anymore. It is a great one for sure. I hope you will get your kitchen finished soon. Thank you ! mtdoug...best compliment I could get ...thank you ! kks...you remember correctly. DS1 is a professional chef as is his wife. They are at Restaurant 1850 at Maple Hall in Lexington VA. Just opened a new restaurant in an 1850 B and B up there. Link below. I hope your Kobe works ok it sure is a pleasure to cook and not smell it for days after :) ctycdm...hope you will post some pics of you "manning" the stove :) DH has always cooked and both of our boys know their way around a kitchen as does their sister. It is a big part of our lives. I "push" DH out of the way on a regular basis :) Thank you for commenting ! c Here is a link that might be useful: Restaurant 1850 at Maple Hall...See Morechristopherh
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