What have you remodeled lately?
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I love hardwood floors.
Nice job!
Nice job!
Nice results! How difficult and/or time consuming was this job? I might imagine the sanding created a lot of dust to cleanup throughout the house. Or was it attached to a vacuum to limit the mess?
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Thanks. I did this one room in a day. I did the sanding in the morning, and the staining and poly application in the afternoon, and into the night. The fact that I used water based polyuerathane instead of oil based speeds things up alot. With the water based, you don't have to sand between coats of poly; also, the water based dries quicker, so you can start your second and third coats of poly quicker. Also, this was about the 5th time I have done this, so I (kinda) know what I'm doing and had a game plan going in (don't ask me about the first time I redid some floors).
As to the mess...not really bad at all. I rented the following sander:
As long as you keep that bag on, it is relativly mess free...it kinda works like a vacuum(just a whole lot heavier). I don't find it that difficult, but I did do alot of research/youtube watching before I did it the first time....just let the sander do the work and go with the grain of the wood.
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I've remodeled the whole house . . . . . .. . over the last several years.
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I did that once...never again
That room is calling out for a large brandy, a good cigar, a leather chair and some Glenn Miller on the Admiral! 
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I would love for that to happen...my wife tells me it is calling out for a Christmas tree and presents thoughThat room is calling out for a large brandy, a good cigar, a leather chair and some Glenn Miller on the Admiral!
Great job. I like everything about the room.
we redid our kitchen recently. This is an after photo. I made the builtin cabinets, hood, and did the panelling.
we redid our kitchen recently. This is an after photo. I made the builtin cabinets, hood, and did the panelling.
Damned fine stuff people! Now at X-Mas in that kitchen, do you ruin the turkey and hide out under the counter?
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I love that Stove. Nice Spice rack as well. What is in that little door under the oven hood?
It's for take-out orders...
It actually opens to a laundry chute.
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^^^That's convienient. How old is your home? (if you don't mind me asking)
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My home is about 100 years old. I too just finished a kitchen remodel...I should post some pictures. The exterior walls of our home are brick, and I found that for the interior walls that are exterior walls as well (if you understand what I am trying to say) the plaster was applied straight to the brick; needless to say, i used alot of tapcons putting the drywall up
About the same age, Jut. My neighbor has furnace air covers like yours that look really cool! Wish I had them. This is the other side of my kitchen.
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Very nice cabinet work. Also, I wish I had the light in my kitchen that you do.
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