Monday, May 24, 2010

Our New House – Phase 2.3

This post is all about the wood floor we installed. We fell in love with the butterscotch bamboo at Floor and Decor, and bought 40 boxes of it—around 800 square feet. Thanks to Monette and Aaron’s Excursion (aka The Beast), we were able to get it all home in one trip!IMAGE_075

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Before laying down any bamboo, we had to staple builder paper to the flo0r.IMAGE_097

Once again, Jeff offered his talents. He taught me how to do everything from measuring, cutting, and nailing. He let me borrow all the tools to do it. And he convinced me to install the floor at a 45 degree angle, which we’re very happy with. You can also see in the picture below the new countertops and sink we installed. It’s not granite, just a laminate look alike. But we are very happy with it.IMAGE_092IMAGE_094

Rachael even got into the action and used the nail gun!IMAGE_106IMAGE_101 IMAGE_105IMAGE_103 IMAGE_104

Here are some finished pictures. Pretty dusty at this point, but sure looks good!   IMAGE_100      IMAGE_099

Stay tuned for more pics!

3 comments:

Mirien said...

Wow! The floor looks so great--can't believe you did it yourselves!

Marliese said...

Holy cow, such precision work. I am so proud of my little brother!!

The Anderson's said...

Congrats on the new house! It looks like the work you have put into it is paying off.. It looks absolutely amazing!