The last part to complete the upstairs hallway wood floor installation project is the transition pieces to connect the carpeting or linoleum in each room to the wood floors in the hallway. There are 7 transitions to be done ~ four bedrooms, the bonus room, a linen closet, and the laundry room. We attacked the […]
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THE LONG AWAITED STAIR TREAD ~ alias the bull nose
As you may know, we’ve been working on installing hardwood floors in the upstairs hallway. You can read about Part One. You can read about Part Two. You can read about Part Three. We’ve been waiting for the bull nose to add to the top step for a smooth transition from the carpeted stairs to the wood floors. In […]
BEAUTIFUL HARDWOOD FLOORS ~ Part Three
Laying the hardwood floors in our upstairs hallway, we’ve learned many do’s and don’t’s. Here are our top 2: #1) Starting with a space with many alcoves and crevices, a boring rectangular shaped room will be a piece of cake! #2) Walls are not square. MEASURE, MEASURE, MEASURE!! This is what we’ve done so far. […]
INSPIRATION PINSPIRATION #25 ~ Beautiful hardwood floors
Happy Friday Everyone!! Because we are in the middle of laying hardwood floors in our upstairs hallway, I thought I’d post some inspirational hardwood floor pictures for this week’s INSPIRATION PINSPIRATION Enjoy! Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source As you can tell, I’m partial to the dark flooring. It looks so […]
BEAUTIFUL HARDWOOD FLOORS ~ Part Two
After two days of working on pulling up the carpet and preparing the base molding and door jambs for the beautiful wood floors, we were aching. We both really looked like 90 year olds walking around the house!! You can see what we did here. The incentive of beautiful wood floors pushed us to continue […]
BEAUTIFUL HARDWOOD FLOORS ~ Part One
Happy Very Belated Chinese New Year! My LOML works for a company from China so the week before last was a big holiday for them. SCORE!!! He took off last Friday and Monday so we had four days to rip up carpeting and lay down beautiful wood floors (or so we thought!). DAY #1 The […]
INSPIRATION PINSPIRATION #24 ~ closet inspiration
Because I am in the process of organizing and designing my master bedroom closet I thought the INSPIRATION PINSPIRATION should be dedicated to closets. Enjoy and be inspired! Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source WOW! Lots of beautiful and organized closets to enjoy. Now I need to get back to my […]
A BEAUTIFUL WALK IN THE SNOW
We got a light dusting of snow yesterday morning so the LOML, our two daughters, and I took a short and very chilly walk on the path behind our house. The view from our kitchen to our backyard and deck. Our front yard. A brave driver is on the road. The roads were very icy. Our […]
INSPIRATION PINSPIRATION #23~Waiting for the snow!
Happy Friday Y’all!! Here in North Carolina, when there’s a threat of snow, we take it very seriously! As we wait on what may be absolutely nothing but rain, I thought I’d inspire y’all with some beautiful snow pictures. Enjoy! Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source And the last two pictures I […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! ~ Planned Projects on the blog
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! The New Year always brings with it hope for change, fresh, new beginnings. We just put away all our Christmas decorations. Does anyone else get tired of them? My house felt so cluttered and dirty after a month of tinsel and pine needles and garland. Now I walk through my newly cleaned, […]
