I’ve been wanting a workbench in the garage for a while, and the floor was starting to get stained just from the cars. We started our makeover by doing an epoxy coat on the floor. Here is the before: The process was surprisingly complicated and thorough. They started by grinding down the entire floor, grindingRead more about Garage makeover[…]
The carpeting was installed in the last two days. We have 4 bedrooms, a play room, and the master closet that got carpet. To keep things simple, we used one color for all the bedrooms and the closet, and a different one for the play room. It looks nice and is helping to make theRead more about Carpet[…]
With the hardest part behind them, the flooring installers installed the last bit of regular flooring today. Here is the yoga room: And the family room: Now, all we have left is the stairs. With the the installation of the stair treads and risers, work can begin on the guard rails and hand rails, anotherRead more about More flooring[…]
After much delay, our flooring finally arrived and the installation began last week. The flooring looks great. Here is my home office floor. We are definitely behind schedule with the floor, and it is pushing quite a few things out that depend on it, like the installation of the remainder of the baseboard, the triming,Read more about Flooring[…]
It’s been almost a month since my last burst of posts, and it’s been quite a month. Frustratingly little progress in terms of what we can call complete, but lots of work going on there an there, just more slowly than we want. The estimates of our move in date keep getting pushed back. Originally,Read more about April – what a month it’s been[…]
We decided that we liked the idea of polished concrete in our basement rather than laying down flooring – wood, carpet, tile, etc – and it is a lot cheaper, coming in at $2 / sq ft versus $5-7 for carpet and around $14 for wood. As we near the end of the project, weRead more about Basement floor polishing[…]
It’s been about 2 1/2 weeks since the last updates, but it feels like much longer. The freeway to / from the south of us finally opened after the mudslides, and work can once again proceed as normal. Now that things are once again moving, we are making a concerted effort to shore up theRead more about Project update 2/3/18[…]