What’s been happening

Yeah, I totally dropped the ball on blogging last week. It was a busy week at work with some late night activities and meetings. Then I just didn’t have it in me to blog at night. Hopefully I’ll find a routine soon.

We have made progress on the floors downstairs. They are basically finished and ready for furniture to be moved in. We had to buy quarter round since it didn’t have any previously since there was carpeting. Brandon tried to get ahead of the game by staining it before we did the floors. Unfortunately they turned out lighter than the floors, so now he’s going to try to use tinted poly to go over them and match them better. I think the type of wood makes a huge difference in the stain application.

Brandon used an air hose to blow out all the debris from the space between the floor and baseboards. All the prep work of cleaning takes just about as long as the staining
We did a new technique for the downstairs. Brandon ended up wearing a mitt and applying the stain. I waited a couple of minutes for it to soak in, then wiped it off. This eliminated the blending issues we noticed on the upstairs floors. Which is exactly why we did the upstairs first. 🙂
This method was MUCH more labor intensive though. Brandon was on his hands and knees while I chose squatting and bending over. I’m not sure how much square footage it was but enough that we were glad to be done. I think it took about 3 hours.
The finished look is beautiful!

Now the issue is the baseboards. We are very tempted to strip and stain those because they have been beat up over the years. Luckily that is not quite as intrusive to living around as the floors. While the poly was drying, we were carrying our food outside around to the porch and piling up on our bed to watch movies for three days. But we won’t have to do that if we choose to do the baseboards. However, we will have to choose a stopping point with the doors and windows because if you give a mouse a cookie…we might end up with everything refinished.

We also have fit in some football games, birthdays, my first overnight work trip, petting zoo, face painting, watching prep work for harvest, riding 4 wheelers with cousins, fishing, and more. This past week flew by and Brandon is about to enjoy his last week off before starting at his new place. Glad we got the floors done before that. I mean there is still our bedroom and the small hallway, but that’s nothing compared to what’s been done. 🙂

2 thoughts on “What’s been happening”

  1. I continue to be amazed with all that you’re doing. It’s so beautiful after you’ve put your touch on it!

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