Yearly Archives: 2009

Refinishing: Day 2, Progress

Posted on June 26, 2009 by carrie

Day 2 of refinishing the floors is complete and visible progress has been made. Although, it does look very similar to Wednesday’s progress – LOTS OF SANDING. I stopped by the house Thursday afternoon at lunch with my coworker. There … Continue reading →

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10th Pic

Posted on June 26, 2009 by carrie

Lily over at Tapdancing in the Dark tagged me to post the 10th pic in my pictures  folder. I host most of my pics on flickr. This is currently the 10th picture in my photostream: Sneak peak of the fully … Continue reading →

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Refinishing: Day 1

Posted on June 25, 2009 by carrie

Wednesday, JDL Flooring started on our house. We met with Jon, the owner, a few Saturdays ago during our big basement demo day. Our tenant hadn’t moved out yet so the 2nd story was the only floor sans covering. It … Continue reading →

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Floor Prep

Posted on June 24, 2009 by carrie

The floor refinishers started bright & early this morning but yesterday evening was spent prepping for their arrival. Sure we spent almost all day Saturday tearing up carpet & flooring. And yes, we had all the trash hauled away Monday. … Continue reading →

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Need a locksmith?

Posted on June 23, 2009 by carrie

The previous owner wasn’t living in the house when we closed. While they lived here when they first bought the place, it’s been rented out to various college kids for the past 5 years. We got a whole wad of … Continue reading →

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Review: 1-800-Got-Junk?

Posted on June 23, 2009 by carrie

Between the 2 rooms of carpet I tore up a couple weeks ago and Saturday’s flooring fest, we have a huge amount of debris in the form of carpet, carpet tiles, and laminate “wood” flooring. Of course there were also … Continue reading →

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Clean Slate

Posted on June 22, 2009 by carrie

Saturday we vanquished the gross flooring the previous owner left us. While I had already ripped up 2 rooms of carpet, there were still several rooms of disgusting left. We chose to divide & conquer. That meant we never really … Continue reading →

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Thanks Dad!

Posted on June 21, 2009 by carrie

Our dads have been a HUGE help with the house so far. They bring such knowledge, insight, and skill to our projects. We’d be in way over our head without them. So here’s to dads! Dads who remind us to … Continue reading →

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THIS. IS. SPARTA!!!

Posted on June 20, 2009 by carrie

We (and by “we,” I mean “Rob”) came across a new toy today. It came home with us under the guise that it’d be helpful for removing the kitchen floor tiles & remaining laminate gunk downstairs. In reality, it came … Continue reading →

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4th Bedroom Revealed

Posted on June 19, 2009 by carrie

Until Tuesday, the 4th bedroom was mostly a mystery. When we first looked at the house, the room was locked and we weren’t allowed in it. We were told the 2nd & 3rd floors were the same layout, so seeing … Continue reading →

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