Happy New Year and new floors!
This month we have decided to lay laminate flooring. On Saturday, the day after New Years Day, we headed out for an 80-mile drive south to Floor & Decor in the town of Buford. When you live in the hills, you learn that everything is a drive so you crank up the radio and just roll with it!
Once we arrived, we found the place crazy busy! We have learned that during this whole Covid lockdown that we aren't the only ones doing home improvement. And don't even get me started on the lack of supplies in the stores for it has been a real pain in the you-know-what! Anyway!
After locating the laminate flooring section in the huge store, we decided on Jackson Greige Oak. We went with a neutral grey color because we didn't want to take away from the log cabin walls.
After loading up 25 boxes along with underlayment and an installation kit, we once again were in the truck for the long haul home.
After the downstairs guest bathroom was done, we moved on to the living room. This was a huge task but worth every bit of the money and trouble. The old floors had such huge cracks and you could feel the cold coming in from between every board. Our heating bill went down by half after all was said and done!
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The next room was the master bedroom. In this room, the biggest challenge was removing all of the furniture out. At one point, I was afraid I was going to get buried alive under a 100-pound mattress! But the two of us finally got the room cleared and then I was about to go to work measuring and cutting. |
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The final room was the master bath! And yep, you guessed it. Not only did we have to remove the toilet but also the vanity and claw foot tub that we had just finished installing just a few short months ago. Why, oh why, did we not think of doing the floors first! |
With the floors all done, I set my sights on redoing the fireplace hearth. This one took some thought but I feel it turned out pretty dang good!
Next month we turn out attention to the outside!
