Fixing checks in table with catalytic finish
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Comments (59)Wait, kk, you thought I was southern? Nope! I live about 45 min north (give or take) from Manhattan. My parents and now my sister's family, too live in NC, so I guess I could be southern by association! You are dead-on about the taxes i-chic. Ours have gone up about $3K-$4K since we're in our house (a little over 9 yrs). Ouch! All just one of the joys of living in a suburb of the big city! FYI, people in NJ call where we live upstate (and my village is right over the border from NJ!), but upstate would really be Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse.......See MoreAnyone renovating in May/June?? Check in here!
Comments (111)I have been renovating since December through June... does that count? My kitchen had a horrible layout. Exterior door to deck (to right of the stove) breaking up counter space. Fridge against a load bearing wall that will come down. Sink and dishwasher will also move. Who wants to look in a mirror while at the sink? Also had flourescent lights in the kitchen. Ugh. Demo load bearing wall, replace with LVL beam. Note the location of the two double-hung windows. Patio door going in where those are. And on the other side, a double hung window to replace the old exerior door. The kitchen sink will be relocated under this window. Also exposed the wall where the plumbing lived, demo'd the soffits. Had to move part of the vent stack as they hid it in the soffits. Plumbing roughed in. Can't see it here but I had the entire ceiling re-hung, taped and mudded. It was old popcorn ceiling that needed to go. Also had ceiling and wall electric roughed in and then had the same guy hang, tape and mud these walls. Drywall is one of those things I will always sub out. After I painted the walls I was free to continue the hardwood floor install. Then the electrician came back and we turned on the recessed lights. And then yesterday the cabinets went up! Undercabinet lighting and in cabinet lighting (on those uppers where glass will be) still to come. Still deciding on the countertop. Any suggestions? Toe kick and matching crown molding have not been installed yet. Microwave going up this weekend. Have to change the swing on the fridge doors. Have to order and install island cabinets and then hang up sink and island pendant lights. And decide / install backsplash. Also need to extend the deck so that I don't fall to earth after going through the patio doors. This kitchen is on the 2nd floor. (What is CRAZY is how much my kitchen is starting to look like inkycrab's (above)). Inkycrab's kitchen: Identical layout and I have the same size island coming......See MoreFinished Finished! Rancher Remodel, dark to light! (tons pix)
Comments (150)Jam: The Lugano floor by DuChateau was wonderful! It hid dents and dog scratches and the color was exactly what I loved...and it was a great price! If you are fine without sand-in-place flooring (expensive!), then you should go ahead with this flooring. I am definitely going to have exactly the same brand/color when we re-do our new house in April. It got raves from relatives and friends, and while that certainly wouldn't be my deciding factor whether people thought it was beautiful, the fact that it was so darned great for our common area IS the most important thing. The variation in color didn't bother me...as you saw from the pictures, once installed they blended pretty well. Admittedly I did "throw out" three boards that were too dark. During install the workers put one in and immediately I saw it and said, "Not that one!". The rest were all good. I did find another oak flooring that came close to the color I wanted--it was a white oak with an oil finish but was more than twice the price. Since I had a 42 x 22 ft room, that added up pretty quickly and I opted against it. I think it was a custom stain too. They also needed 3x the amount of time to install since it was not engineered, but full wood. I can look back in my files and see what the name of that company was if you are interested. We didn't have the budget, but you might....See MoreDamaged table... how to fix?
Comments (14)cat_kym you wouldn't end up with an iron-shaped stain from ironing! I mean, I guess you would if you set the iron down in one place and let it there, but that' snot how people usually iron. You'd end up with heat and steam damage all around the outside of the object you were ironing (because there are fewer layers of cloth there). And even then, it wouldn't be exactly the shape of whatever you were ironing, because things shift around.In fact, it would probably look a lot like this. I'm betting they used one of those flat rectangular pads that are sold for people who don't have irons, and that are intended to be laid on a flat surface. They provide some protection, but enough for surfaces you don't want to have damaged....See Morebrickeyee
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