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Satin or Semi-Gloss?
The first coat of poly went down early Friday afternoon. The second coat goes down today (Saturday) afternoon. Third & final coat goes down Monday. Now we have another dilemma. I guess it’s technically a “decision” but we’re pretty new … Continue reading
Posted in Floors, JDL Flooring
Tagged finish, finishes, floor, flooring, Floors, gloss, hardwood, newark, nj, refinish, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, satin, semi, semi-gloss, semigloss, wood
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Refinishing: Day 2, Progress
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
Posted in 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, Floors, JDL Flooring, Product/Service Review
Tagged floor, flooring, Floors, hardwood, newark, nj, refinish, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, wood
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10th Pic
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
Refinishing: Day 1
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
Posted in 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, Floors, JDL Flooring, Product/Service Review
Tagged before, floor, flooring, Floors, hardwood, newark, nj, refinish, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, sand, sanded, sanding, stain, stained
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Floor Prep
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
Review: 1-800-Got-Junk?
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
Posted in Locally Newark, Product/Service Review
Tagged 1800gotjunk, 800, 800-got-junk, debris, demo, demolition, dumpster, floor, flooring, Floors, garbage, get rid of, got, junk, newark, nj, refinishing, removal, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, trash
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Clean Slate
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
4th Bedroom Revealed
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
Posted in 3rd floor, bedrooms
Tagged bedroom, before, newark, nj, paint, painting, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Houston, We have Blogroll!
As per Dalton‘s request, there is now a list of my favorite blogs on the left navigation bar. If you pop out of your reader, you’ll see it below the calendar. This list is by no means comprehensive. I’m working … Continue reading
Posted in general
Tagged blog, city, newark, nj, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house
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Want your grandma’s bathroom??
Today we went out browsing for shower surrounds. Always wanting to patronized local, independent businesses, we stopped at 2. First we stopped at Lafayette Hardware (135 Lafayette St). They had a nice selection of paint but no surrounds. We tried … Continue reading
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