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I'm sure for those of you that are homeowners, you find that more of your money goes to fixing/updating your house than your car, so thought I'd share some of the things I've done recently....
Refinished hardwood floors in the living room...
This is what they looked like in the entire room (didn't get a full before pic)...
Midway through sanding...
All sanded (I actually like this coloring a lot and thought of just sealing it without staining)...
Stained...
After the second coat of polyurethane...
This was a job I was quite scared of at first, but all in all, one of the things I'm most proud of having done and was much easier than expected. Total cost was <$200 including renting the sander, sandpaper I used, gallon of stain (didn't need anywhere near that much) and a gallon of polyurethane as well as supplies to apply.
Worst part about this job was the polyurethane STINKS and we ended up having to abandon this level of the house and leave all the windows open for a couple days when it was 30 degrees outside. Start to finish, it took me an entire day of work on a saturday to rent sander, sand, return sander and stain. Next dayI did the first coat of polyurethane and the following day the 2nd coat. A few days to dry/cure and it was all done.
Moderate reno on the kitchen...
Before...
These green 'tiles' on the wall are plastic and were falling off in some areas. That vinyl flooring was original from when the house was built in the 50's.
During...
While everything was apart/out of the kitchen we decided we needed to do something about the flooring. After lots of thinking and debating, I knew I didn't want to install laminate flooring (already installed 750+ sq ft. in the basement and was sick of doing it, along with the rest of this level is actual hardwood so it would have looked weird). The tile look laminate was on the expensive side ($2.00+ /sq. ft.) and this kitchen reno was on a serious budget with the main goal to get rid of the fake wall tiles. Real tile can be cheap but would have required ripping up the old flooring, new subfloor, blah blah blah, I had zero desire to do so. My wife at one point in the past had mentioned those peel and stick tiles, but everytime i've seen them they look flimsy and like crap, not to mention I was always afraid of the 'what if the corners start to peel up' scenario.
However, on a trip to home depot, we came across peel and stick tiles much thicker than traditional peel and stick which allowed you to finish them with a grout line. They had a display and it looked really sharp, you couldn't tell it wasn't real tile. The price was right too and just over $1/sq. ft. I figured what the hell, we don't plan on living here forever and pretty much anything will be better than the original flooring.
Laying the new flooring...
Close up of the floor finished with the grout...
Finished (mostly)...
Side-by-side before/after
Still have little things to finish up here and there, but with the arrival of our little one, it's going to take a bit of time.
Will try to update with pics of the reno'd basement from last spring as well.
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