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TADA moment for my DIY Timber Floorboards

By ⋅ January 20, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

And here they are! Now, these photos are evidence that timber floors get really dusty. Really quickly. I’m talking a matter of hours, not even days. So of course I’ll need to sweep them probably every second day and mop twice a week… but you know what? I’d much rather do that than have the [...]

Another floors update!

By ⋅ January 16, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

I promise I will post something more exciting tomorrow (think handmade goodies and other pretty things), but I just had to show another progress photo of my floors because oh. my. goodness. I am in love. With my dodgy DIY timber floors. They are GORGEOUS. This photo was taken yesterday, showing the first coat of [...]

I feel like baking, but…

By ⋅ January 14, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

My husband is doing this: My living room still looks like this: My kitchen looks like this: And the whole house is covered in a layer of this: So maybe I’ll wait until next week to bake.

Floorboards update

By ⋅ January 13, 2010 ⋅ One comment

All the carpet is up, nails countersunk and staples removed! Our good friend Scott is bringing over is whizzbang sander today to show me how to use it, and I’ll give the floors a once over with that, then apply the stain. I’m hoping to be able to put one coat of estapol on today, [...]

Preparing to stain and polish our floorboards

By ⋅ January 10, 2010 ⋅ One comment

As I’ve posted a few times before, the carpet in our house is a yukky pink/peach colour. It’s in really good condition, as I think the previous owners laid it in the 90′s, but I can’t stand it. I hate the colour, but I also just don’t like carpet very much. It holds so much [...]

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