All done - long day, but fun. Thankfully good weather, but I think we had a lot of competition for other things going on.

I signed up in November, and the fact that holiday season is over notwithstanding, our catalogue deluge has dried up considerably. Our postwoman asked about it! I've used this site a couple of times to FIND catalogues- not to get them, mind you, but to peruse their websites and look for goodies.

If vinyl was so dangerous then tell me why the FDA thinks its safe to use as IV bags ? IV bags in hospitals are made of Vinyl, same thing for bags used for blood transfusions. The liners that are used in land fills are also made of vinyl. What do you think baby pacifiers are made of? Vinyl.. High end vinyl also doesnt contain lead or any dangerous metals that cause toxic off gassing. The products used to maintain wood windows are much more toxic and dangerous to your health, not to mention they are more harmful to the environment than high end vinyl. The propaganda regarding the dangers of vinyl are NOT only terribly outdated but completely false. All those studies are from the 1980's and early 90's. In fact your studies are from 1989 and 1994 and they were conducted by Green Peace ? A Green Peace study has about as much credibility as a study from the university of Helsinki. Notice all the new studies say the complete opposite? Of course guys like you would never post that. The higher end vinyl windows dont contain any plasticizers either. This is the same type of vinyl that is now used in europe.

Hi jaluca, welcome! The floors are just a shade over 5" wide, they are all one width. DH and I had decided on random widths and when I went into the reclaimed flooring place I changed my mind at the last moment and went with all 5". I think both would have looked great, but I'm very pleased with the 5". We have a water-based finish on the floor. We opted not to go with a more typical oil-based finished in part for environmental reasons (and to reduce odour) but also because oil finished tend to yellow the hardwood and I loved the blonde/light brown colours in the birch. Hope this helps, let me know if you need any other info.