Things That Make You Go

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Cheap Wood Flooring

So here is some of what has been keeping me so busy lately. We have been laying new floors in our home. I did this same floor in my living room 20 years ago and still liked it today, so we finally laid it in the rest of the house . It is not flooring that one can just go and buy, no, it is yellow pine 1x8 plank boards. It's cheap, if you don't count your blood , sweat and tears . . .

The first thing you have to do is sand all the edges and check for bad places. I do this and check each side to make sure we use the best side. Then you want to lay it randomly with floor glue and square head nails. These are the type of nails used in rail roads. I think they are called "concrete nails". They are wedged shaped, and hard to use, but nothing else will do for the look we wanted. You then have to stain them, followed by 3 coats of poly. This is a DIY job, but it is not easy! I just love how they look old and beat up. Everyone loves them and can not believe they only cost 70 cents a ft.

When I Grow Up ...

I'm going to live in one of these . . .

My Daughter's New House

This is part of what I have been up to lately . . . helping my pregnant daughter get settled into her newly built home. The first thing I want to tell you about this home, is that it is not my design, I did make a few suggestions along the way, like the flooring, but it is all " Jim and Lacey".

The kitchen with the concrete counters! The suggestion I made for this room was to add the stove hood, the microwave was over the stove in the blue prints for the house, we moved it over by the frig. The stone back splash, all "Jim and Lacey". Lace wanted the gray cabinets and we all loved that ideal . . .

This is the dining room right off the foyer. The photo does not do this space justice, you can not see the beautiful oil painting or how the natural light comes in so beautifully. The only thing I added to the design of this room was the light fixture . . . the rest all "Jim and Lacey".

Looking down from the staircase landing . . . the library ladder moves across to a very high bookcase, my ideal , just for that extra something to make one go "ahhhh", the stone fireplace was laid stone by stone by my very talented son in law, "Jim". This space is opened to the breakfast room and the kitchen.

The master bedroom is one of the few rooms with very much color at all. I wish you could see the three oil painting over the bed , they are so pretty. I helped Lacey mix and match the bedding, we had so much fun putting the bed together, all the pieces came from Penny's. She is looking for a new lamp, and the rug will come later.

So that is the tour at this time. I will show the baby's room later. I just got the bedding made and it is so cute.

Thanks for forgiving me for my lack of posts lately. I have been so busy with my guest room and laying wood flooring . . . I will soon have lots more to share.

Thanks for waiting

I'm almost done . . .

I'll be back

I won't be around for awhile, but I will be back.

Suzanne Somers' Home

magical . . .