I've never heard of Ollie's , is that an Ikea brand? We don't have an Ikea here. When we were looking we found some great products through Lumber Liquidators. Unfortunately they're the only game in town here unless you want to go through the big box stores. The good thing is they do carry some really nice product in every price point. I wish I had known about Paramount then though so I could have compared.

yes, if that is the only pics you can get i would look at other options. sometimes in some things, the brands have very little meaning.

oh here is one. there is a little town about 20 miles from i live. in it is a little pickle factory. they are very bad. they always list their days accident free. every summer they hire the foreign kids. they do things like have the soc sec cards mailed to factory. it means the kids can't leave. one young man was electricuted. they sent him home to bed, laid there for 3 days, noone even called. anyway, they list over 20 companies on their outer wall, including vlasic and emeril. so what is in a name?

ollies buys store closings etc. like a big lots.

I have Paramount up now. You can see it nearly full screen that way. They have great warranties I like that. Those colors are really nice Pom, you were look at the grey finishes right?

Good to know. I've never heard of Ollie's . Must be mid-western?

We got luxury vinyl planking by Karndean, in the Van Gogh series. Let me see if I can find it. It's a lot like that, and looks amazing in our guest house. I love it. It was intended to look like weathered dock boards, but it can take water, dog prints, and a mop with Pine Sol. LOL I think our color choice was called "weathered oak"... This is a link of a photo of the stuff we have.

And, here is how it looks in my place. This is the "Blue Room" and the little hall table is a dark blue chalk paint, so you can see how it looks with blue stuff. :)

i will vote yeah, i like the dark colors.

rolling- you better roll east a bunch. DE i am. tehehe

They added pad will safe time and money. Then it can be installed right over a vapor barrier. Just make sure you find out how heavy the attached pad is . Some of them aren't thick enough to give you proper sound control. If they are too thin the floor bounces too much too.

This website has a good gallery of laminate floors IVC Flooring

This blog from Superior Floors in San Antonio warns against the attached pads...

Louie, we do plan on putting down a barrier despite the attached pad.

rred, we can't do vinyl...adhesives and birds don't mix. :/

Interesting. That would have been good to know eight months ago. I guess we'll have to see what happens.

I forgot your birds , no you definitely need a floating floor then. We had laminate with ours it never caused them any problems.

Oops you're right. Bummer. Anyhow, you can see how a gray wood tone looks.

Wow, isn't that great? Excited for you, and hope you are too, in spite of the surprises...I'm sure you'll find good things too about the new castle. It will be fun for US as well. :) Rest up. You're about to get really exhausted. We'll be around to cheer you on.

That's wonderful. The waiting is nearly over. The packing is nearly done. A big plus. I hate packing. Unpacking on the other hand I enjoy. Getting to decide where everything will live. The fun part is about to start.

oh good rolling, jot will be down to pick you up next week. i have tons of rooms for you to unpack!

" Have Fun." with that.

can't blame a girl for trying. will keep fingers crossed for this lady to help.

i used to get the garden magazine? birds and flowers or something. had a whole section once on turning those into feeders or umbrellas for feeders.

go here pom.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/up-and-coming-stair-case-design-dsvw-vd~3934126

Well, I guess Houzz locked up my thread/posts, everyone is really busy, or I've finally worn out my welcome on this thread. At any rate, I'll only have internet access for a few more days so I guess I'll spend that time researching for my future house.

If I come back to Houzz, it'll be on a new thread. This thread is retired.

Thank you, everyone for all of your contributions, advice, and humor. Take good care of yourselves!

Whoa there pom, not so fast! Your thread is one of a few that I check every day so if you can keep it up till the move I would love to stay & keep you company :)

Of course I am on the other side of the world so it is 6am here & a bit early for my brain but we got rain this morning for the first time in ages...it is also autumn here so usually dry. The rain is very welcome & it is not too cold yet so just a knee rug will do. Our cat is still asleep & I'm surprised she hasn't come looking for my lap!

A hard part of moving is when you have packed those everyday things that might now disappear into a box will be the first things you want to find. Kind of a surreal time when you are not here or there I imagine, do you have flowers in a garden there? Looking out to the sky sometimes I realise that we are all under the same one,,,my daughter is in France at the moment & I miss her a lot. She is out there somewhere far away but still under the same sky so sort of still connected.

With the pack up mostly done the waiting in limbo must be hard too so I guess it can be frustrating. Hang in there pom & save yourself for the unpacking but try not to let it consume you too much either. I hope the day gives you some joy somehow too!

HEy Pom , don't do that to yourself. We're here I haven't been feeling well so I was resting. It's normal to be feeling sad about leaving, you've lived there a long time. You're going to feel worried about the move. We aren't leaving you. I don't know where the rest are but I'm around. I can't stay on line for long today, I have a migraine and it's making me sick to sit up . I do care Hon. I'm here. I'll check with you in the morning.

I have floating luxury vinyl plank, Shaw floorte to be exact. Sorry I disappeared for a few days, had to be in court. Clients are where I get my pay from and all...:P

I too am around. :) I poke my nose into a few threads daily, some less often, and rarely go beyond that, any longer. This is one I've been checking daily. :)

I know how it feels packing up the coffee pot. I am an addict. LOL It is probably my essential, house is not a home without it, thing. That and this green lamp I promised I'd snap for you. This thing has been with us over 35 years now, and today is our anniv. (31!) so it seems fitting to highlight something that has withstood our marriage.

We schlepped that thing from 6 or 7 different rentals before we stopped at a house for 25 years, and then moved it one more time to where we are now. Otherhalf insisted on putting it in the LR, so it sits guarding our bedroom door, right where he wanted it. I can't move it. Its placement is non-negotiable.

It's lovely rred & looks like some sort of female guardian on the shade...

Congratulations on 31 years!

I'm off for half the day to MIL to help her sort a lifetime of trinkets & treasures into keep or sell so she can downsize. wish me luck!

If a burglar got in (hopefully never) you would have to sacrifice it over his head!

maybe you should tell him that rred. lol

pom, you are not allowed to go until you must. we are not always as attentive as we would like. but we are always here in thought. you are also welcome if you are feeling alone or lost to go to 'fun in the sun' we are getting ready to go to tahiti. no need to pack we purchase all attire once we get there. we are going to stay in huts over the water! how cool is that.

Louie also has 'far and away?' am i right louie? we are building she sheds there. we are very busy.

oh and you would not believe the day i have had!!! what great fun!

ok so first the good/bad news. i finally found out why i am having so much pain at the computer desk. went to a restaurant with wood seats, my butt is apparently so skinny i am sitting on my bones! i do not know how skinny people do it? We ate at cheddars we were not very impressed this time and jot does not feel well.

a lady was offering free white iris, colored ones $2 each. so we went to get the white and i threw in $10 for colored ones, because she does all the digging. we only wanted like 30 because JOT has to plant them. She lives up by dover, so we go and it is in the country, i had forgotten how beautiful it is. She lives in an amish home bought by her mother and her. her mother has been gone. now she is old and alone. she has flowers a horse, sheep and chickens. she gave me a beautiful noisette pink rose i had not seen before. i know she is lonely because you have to go there and wait while she digs up the iris. even in the middle of the day. do you know how sheep get their milk? they punch mom in the boob with their nose! there was one, who naturally, took to JOT, i do not know why but all babies love that man. so the baby escapes the fence. he calmly puts him back a few times. finally the baby stays and eats over there. then it goes for some milk. then it hears jot's voice. it comes running to beat the band, yelling daaaaaa....daaaaa... the whole way! i could not make it back to the field where the iris are. finally they come back. i tell her to call anytime. it may take a while, but we will come. then she gives us one final bag of iris' though they are not ours. as i am riding in the car. i spot someone on my leg. it is a baby praying mantis, not even an inch long. i chase him back into the flowers. i wish i could move back to the country. yes my allergies bothered me, but not as bad as the chemicals!

To top it off, i got up to 75 emails, and i still have 65 left!

rolling hope you feel better!

well that is odd. there was a comment ordering us to leave? not from poms though. poms, you want us to go?

This I do not know. And so I shall remain, until poms tells me to get my butt off her thread. :P

Here's a beast whose existence is solely due to a common spelling error. I might make a similar face when I come across that particular error in the hills and valleys of this wide open internet land.

I love Allie Brosch. Her blog is a fun read. I like to quote her when I get "stuff" done...

My life was changed the day I read the post about "dog". I think that most people want to believe their pets are the smartest and most fabulous in all the land, even when their golden retriever is constantly running into the patio door because when it's in it wants out and when it's out it wants in or there's a squirrel/cat/leaf to go after - my dog may not be a rocket scientist but neither am I, good thing neither of us work for JPL or NASA and I chose law (my dog chose being a dog).

i could be wrong, but i believe the equation would have worked better if one of you had chosen cat! lol

loved that column, have seen one or 2, hard time staying current.

So glad i was not losing it.

Pom, we are still here?!

Jen, I call my easy dog "Simple dog" in honor of that post... :) My dog isn't quite that bad, but my other dog is a "Diva", so the easy girl is "Simple" in comparison. LOL

I'm open to future cat coming into my life, but I've had two incredible and unique cats grace me with their company in my life. Hard to imagine getting so lucky that there's a 3rd. My current dog is my first dog ever, but honestly I cannot see a no-dog life or future sans dog. Miss Mollie Mae though her nickname is 'pants' (long story) and her size only 14lbs, red of fur with the softest silkiest of ears, the shower of boobies on mama's command, and the best $37 I ever spent.

Due to her not having Internet, Pom said up above

"This thread is retired."

The OP has closed the thread.

her post got 5 likes.

unfortunately the world is not run by the chook and her opinion. what i read is that the op will not have internet in a few days. i believe that one needs to continue to participate, if one feels the need to say wrong things. also, one should not take it upon thyself to correct others, when you seem to be committing the same crimes?

ok, i did get a reply from pom, she is shutting it down for now. she is not doing well at the moment. and will start a new one, when moved. I for one will keep you in my thoughts pom, and i am pretty sure everyone else will too.

dear pom, i hope you are faring well. i just thought you might like a laugh.

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have fun!