Quite an accomplishment, Lady!! And Daisy, the stairs are awesome - I know it was a lot of work, but the results are amazing. I have pretty much finished the bathroom. We put in the floor, painted, put in a new counter and light fixture. I painted the bedroom and am now working on the WT. I picked out what I wanted, did all of the measuring and calculating and went off to JoAnn's last night with my Presidents' Day coupon. I need 10yards of the moire for the bedroom -- they had 9-1/4. Grr. They called another JoAnn's that is actually closer to me and they said they had 38 yds. I went there to find out they didn't - this store is in liquidation. It has only been open less than two years. NOW HERE IS THE KICKER -- I didn't buy the bathroom fabric as I knew they had it at the second JoAnn's and figured I would buy everything there. It was 50% off at the first store, plus 10% coupon. At the store in liquidation, it was 30% off, you had to buy a minimum of 5 yds. and the 10% coupon was no good. Some liquidation sale!!! So bottom line, it was too late to go to another store, I didn't buy anything - and now I am sure all of the 50% off sales are gone for a while. Real bummer! I am so ready to finish!! Hopefully some day soon.

Squirrel I'm glad you brought up the bookshelf. It is very outdated looking. I think I'll ask dh to cut a piece of wood and nail it up there. I guess it wouldn't look any worse than it does now, lol. I had plans to finish installing the crown molding tonight, but I am ticked off with dh for taking too long with another project so he is ticked with me, ;) I think we might need to take a break and relax for a while. Reading some of the 'why men won't read directions' thread in the kitchen forum cooled me off quite a bit. Men, just gotta love 'em!

I think I'm one of those "limbo" people... I'm not married but living with my boyfriend who, now I find out has no intention of marrying me. I naively assumed we'd get married after a bit... I was married for 27 years and although we didn't get along, there was something comforting about having a husband. I'm around 50 and feel so stupid introducing people to my "boyfriend". I wish I had the strength to move out. Wish I would have listened to Dr Laura "before" I moved in with my significant other. What forum works for people like me?

Hi Amina, Is it drywall dust or glue that's stuck between the boards? We underwent a major renovation of our new old house this past year...and I remember panicking when I saw the filth on my dark hardwood floors. A dry vac picked up all of the white dust that had settled between the boards. It was labour intensive work...I was on my hands and knees vacuuming every single hardwood edge. And then I swept again and once again was on my hands and knees with damp towels.. On the stairwell and second floor, our contractors had put protective covering on the floors to protect them. The glue from the covering was stuck on many areas, and, as Redroze suggested, we used rubbing alcohol to spot clean. It worked. Good luck,