Progress!

[errantember]

The bamboo floor project, which had previously been stalled since Crossmas, is almost complete. We're half way across the kitchen, with everything else completely finished, and all the tricky cutting and joinery behind us. One or two more days and we will be orgasmically finished laying planks. A day or two more and we should be able to finish the trim, which will be in a dark coffee to match the rest of the house and make the light bamboo floor pop. We've been slowed down by the necessity of running the tablesaw outside at a time that:

1) Won't piss of the neighbors
2) Isn't over 100 degrees
3) Allows us to see visually the relative positions of fingers and the blade

I finally got tired of only working for 2 hours a day, so tonight I attacked the woodshop, which had become so disorganized it was no longer safe to work in. I got about 2/3 finished cleaning it up, including making an organizer for the extra wood, and removing about half of what may well be the ugliest shag carpet in human history.

Once the floor is done we'll be throwing a snack-and-movie party to christen it.

Comments

[ladyjaneinlace.livejournal.com]

Hey there, you wouldn't have any pics up of the floor in progress or anything, would you? Have someone else who is interested in doing the install themselves, but wanted to know what kinds of issues you might be running into.

And I'd be more than happy for an invite to said christening party. :)

[silverize.livejournal.com]

sweet! the carpet formerly in my room totally woulda been a contenda for ugliest.