tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76141845173137526922024-03-12T19:41:04.957-04:00Renewing This HouseOur house located in a rural area of North East Ohio was built in 1965.We purchased this small house in 1966. Now that it is going on 50 years old, and our marriage is approaching that number too (!), it is time to do some replacing, remodeling and updating. (The house, not the hubby!) Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-979379280159125482014-12-28T09:08:00.000-05:002014-12-28T09:24:14.827-05:00Homemade Headboard Our daughter wanted to make a headboard for her IKEA bed. Paul cut a board from OSB (strandboard). We used 1/2" board, and it is very reasonable at just $7.97 for a full sheet. This is available at Lowe's, and they will cut it for you also. Makes it nice to put into the back of the van, instead of a full sized sheet. So having our height of the headboard measurement along with us, they made the cut. Then back at home Paul cut the board on the left side and the right side, making a 45 degree slant. This gives it just a little more decorative touch. Paul constructed, using some old pieces of shelving, a backing that would be used to hang the headboard on to the wall. One piece was cut along the edge at an angle and attached to the wall. Tthe other piece an angle was cut along the edge and this board was attached to the back of the headboard frame. Then the headboard was simply set onto the wall piece, the two boards messing, and so the headboard is held up securely above the bed. It can also slide along that backing piece to adjust if needed to 'center' it above the bed, moving it leaft or right, if needed.<br />
She and I visited a Joann Fabrics store and found a piece of velvet-like fabric on the Red-Tag Clearance table, and it was enough to do this headboard. So for just a total of $11.00 that was a good deal. We purchased some 3" thick dense poly padding too. This was the most expensive thing of the whole project, but using a 50% off coupon, it was $27.00 She wanted to have those hammer-head nails as a detail accent. To make things easy these days they have available nail heads (in silver, gold and bronze) in a roll, that is very easy to use -- with a 'hole' every couple of inches so a nail can be pounded in. Makes it so easy not to have to pound in each and every nail head! Paul had purchased a pneumatic stable gun that I used to make all the bedroom padded cornice boards. We also have an electric stable gun, but it just doesn't do the job like this great ($50) pneumatic one! Actually, I think our electric one would be fine too, but I think something broke on it, and the nails were not going into the board nice and cleanly...so he bought this new one. Love it!<br />
Here she is working on the, plastic covered, kitchen table.<br />
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The board is on the table. She has laid on the front side of the board, the poly batting. She used a spray adhesive on the board, then laid down the padding, Then it was stapled around the edge of the board. The padding was trimmed even with the edges of the board.<br />
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Next, the fabric was laid right side down on the table. The board was turned over, with the padding next to the back-side of the fabric. Then the fabric was pulled around to the back of the board and stabled all the way around. Notice the blue boards. The top board has an 'angle' cut on it, and a matching board was attached to the wall. This will be the means of hanging up the headboard. That extra small blue board was added just as a spacer so that the headboard lays flat against the wall.<br />
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Using a sewing chalk-marking pencil she drew a line 3" in from the edge, all the way around. Next she used the stable gun to place stables right on that line, making the fabric indented. <br />
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In the indentation she laid the nail-head decorative trim. <br />
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Every three heads there is a hole, and a nail head is pounded in all the way into the board<br />
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Almost done with the trim.<br />
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OK, lets take it to the bed and hang it up! <br />
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Finished! It really added a nice touch to her bedroom to have a headboard above the bed. Also, it is nice to lean up against it, while sitting in bed reading or whatever -- softer than propping up against a hard wall. You did a nice job. And with it attached to the wall the way it is, one can make any number of these headboards, and change them when you would like different look.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-53590606275551882492014-04-08T13:22:00.001-04:002014-04-08T13:22:24.677-04:00The Greatest Sink Ever!Can't say enough about my choice of a Blanco Diamond Series 60/40 double bowl Silgranit sink. These are granite composition sinks. Tough, mar-proof, and with the lovely color choices they can coordinate well with counter tops and appliances. I have just never been a fan of stainless steel sinks. In time, I have seen them look scratched and dull and show water marks. Since I had chosen all the other appliances in stainless steel, I thought this brown color would go well with our HanStone Bavaria quartz. I priced these sinks locally, but they were priced much higher than I could buy it from www.Build.com. It was shipped very fast and very securely packed, arriving in perfect condition. I did order from them the accessory, two stainless steel sink racks. They are made to fit perfectly. These are wonderful. Love the little 'feet' on the bottom of the rack, it keeps the water draining away. I can set into the sink a hot pan, and this rack helps prevent damage, though these silgranit sinks are very heat resistance to begin with, the rack is just a nice thing to have in the bottom. The center cut-outs are nice too when I need to reach in to remove the strainer basket. I also ordered the color matched drain baskets. I am very happy with having a deep and large sink. (The left-side one is lower and slightly bigger). It's great that I can put a large skillet, long handle and all, right on down into the sink. And so handy that my very large wooden cutting board fits too, making it easy to rinse it off. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-44109405206104193012014-04-07T23:49:00.003-04:002014-04-08T10:54:10.927-04:00The Kitchen: Before and After <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, it has been seven months since we first started researching, shopping and making plans for updating our kitchen/dining area. Here we are, take a little BEFORE and AFTER tour through my photo album.<br />
Many thanks for those who worked on this kitchen: Dan Baisden (Dreamwood Construction LLC) and his helpers, Ben and Tony. Kevin (Dusty) Szarell (Home Logix) who suggested and ordered the custom cabinets from Amish craftsmen at Frease Woodcraft, and for his installation of the tiled back splash and the under cabinet lighting. For the patient help from Laura at Canton Tile Distributors, and Sherilyn from Abbot's Blinds & Window Fashion, Canton. Over all things went smoothly and the blips here and there, like the hard work it was to remove the many layers of old flooring, and the last minute discovery of leaking old brass pipes barely accessible, down into stud walls in the sink area; that luckily were fixed (by Dusty) the day before the cabinets were to be installed, just made for some good story-telling. Paul was a big help with cutting all the baseboard, and I enjoyed all the painting, as it sure did freshen up this place. This winter of 2013-2014 was a snowy and very cold one, and so many times the workers had to trudge through deep snow up the lane and bitter cold to get on the job. Finishing touches will be deciding on art work for the dining room walls.<br />
Look through my Archives for other projects around the house.<br />
Click here for photos of <a href="http://renewingthishouse.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-cornice-window-treatment.html" target="_blank">The Window Treatment.</a><br />
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<b>BEFORE:</b> (Birch plywood cabinets were 50 years old, the Corian counter-tops 20 years old, flooring 14 years old, the appliances 6-10 years old)</div>
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<b>AFTER: </b>Custom made cabinets by Frease Woodcraft, Fredericksburg, Ohio. KitchenAid appliances, Blanco Silgranit Sink, Flooring-Congoleum DuraCeramic Luxury Vinyl 16x16 tiles grouted, Backsplash-Grazzini Porcelain Tiles, Canton Tile Distributors. Tower Industries-HanStone Quartz counter top, Bavaria, AmeriRock hardware, Lowes, LED, overhead and under-cabinet lighting, Benjamin Moore Matte finish paints-Timson Sand and Brush Beige, and trim Dove White. Window cornice from Abbot's, Canton, OH)</div>
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AFTER (Absolutely love the deep drawers!)</div>
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BEFORE: Our galley type kitchen is open-ended. This entrance leads to hallway and the living room.</div>
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AFTER: (I love having an over-range microwave. We placed it slightly higher so there would be plenty of space to work at the stove. Moving the refrigerator to the opposite wall made for a sleeker profile. And we were so pleased that the cabinets were extended down at the end, giving additional storage space in this small kitchen)</div>
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<b>BEFORE</b> - The sink, was an almond colored, cast-iron, top mounted. The srcolling- oh so 60's-70's!)</div>
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<b>AFTER</b>: (The sink. Now a brown, Blanco Silgranit, undermount. LED 3-light adjustable track type over sink)</div>
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The backsplash - Grazzini Porcelain 6x6 tiles set in diamond pattern, LED bar under-cabinet lighting.</div>
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<b>BEFORE</b>: (cabinets were very low, with a 12"overhead sofit. a blocked view of the dining area. Though I wanted to "open up the area" I really hated the thought of getting rid of these cabinets, as it was a major portion of my small-kitchen storage. But the designer at Frease suggested having shorter cabinets)</div>
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<b>AFTER</b>: (Sofit removed. Short cabinets added. So now we have a view into the dining. And the coffee-bar is nice, and the supplies handy in the cabinet above) </div>
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<b>BEFORE</b>: (View as seen from the dining area into the kitchen. Yes, those cabinets opened from both the kitchen side and the dining room side. But honestly, rarely if ever used the cabinet door openings on the dining room side. So for me that wasn't important to retain that)</div>
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AFTER:See how nice it opened up the whole area. The flooring is terrific! It doesn't show ANY dirt and crumbs, almost scary, as I know it MUST be time to sweep, but nothing hardly shows up, except when my dust pan proves otherwise! Then I exclaim - wow - I didn't realize the flooring was hiding the crumbs and dirt so well! It looks and feels like slate or ceramic tile. And nothing breaks when it falls to the floor, plus it is quiet and warm to walk on. Congoleum's DuraCeramic.</div>
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BEFORE: (15year old wallpapered walls and pony-wall room divider. This dining area is small and cramped and with six chairs more so. A smaller table/chair set would be better, but so nice to have this table and two leaves to expand for family visits and company. So for now, we keep it.)</div>
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AFTER: (Pony-wall removed, painted woodwork, cornice window treatment. With the wall removed it will not be quite so cramped with the table is extended out. We do like this 'open concept' that it has now. Wall art and decorations will be added in a few weeks)</div>
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BEFORE: (A ceiling fan light fixture was removed and replaced.</div>
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AFTER: In the living room the carpeting (45 years of carpeting!) was removed and the red oak floors were refinished. Follow that project over in the Archives.</div>
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And finally, here's the Living Room - completes this tour.</div>
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<big><big><big><b></b></big></big></big>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-3398322889988092292014-04-05T15:23:00.003-04:002014-04-08T12:40:49.637-04:00A Cornice Window TreatmentI chose to place an upholstered cornice for the 96" long kitchen/dining window. For quite some time I was thinking I would make a Roman Shade for this window. But upon the suggestion of Sherilyn who came to the house from Abbot's Blind & Window Fashion, Canton, OH, I went with an upholstered cornice. I could still install pull down shades (perhaps those Solar Shades?) under the cornice. However, we do like the natural light that comes in from this window and will leave it like this for now. The geometric pattern of diamonds in the fabric accents nicely with the diamond pattern of the way the porcelain tiles were set in the kitchen back splash. I must say that I have in all the 49 years sewn my own window treatments, be it valances, drapes, curtains, shades. Thinking it would be neat to have a decorator stop by and take a look after all, 'no obligation' for the them to come into the house. I called in this gal from Abbot's and she brought along all these beautiful fabrics and had all these wonderful suggestions --- I was at the stage in this remodeling project -- I just wanted to GET IT DONE. So in a crazy spending moment I signed on and had the professionals do it for me. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-2395296541000029292014-03-12T21:46:00.002-04:002014-03-13T06:14:14.050-04:00A View of The Dining & Living RoomStill have to do some decorating of the walls, and some baseboards to finish putting back on. I am putting a Cornice window treatment over the Kitchen window with possible hidden blinds behind it. But here is a peek at how it looks with it's new 'open concept' now that the room divider pony-wall had been taken out. Click on photos to enlarge.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-19818293922411698312014-03-12T21:19:00.002-04:002014-03-14T07:30:23.195-04:00Counter Top and AppliancesThings are moving along! The quartz counter tops were installed and all the appliances are working. I have begun to move things upstairs from the basement back into my lovely new cabinets. Finally can cook some meals. Next up: The porcelain tiles back splash and the Xeon under cabinet lighting. Tiles are on order from Canton Tile Distributors. Installation around March 20th. THEN the kitchen part will be finished. We have some baseboards to finish in the kitchen and dining area yet.<br />
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I can not say enough great things about my KitchenAid Induction Cooking Surface range! Never going back to another type of cooking. So fast and responsive, and absolutely nothing sticks to the surface. Energy efficient. First time I've had an over range microwave. I like it. We had it installed just slightly higher than most. <br />
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I LOVE, love, my new Blanco Silgranit Diamond series 64/40 sink! I ordered it from www.Buildcom. They have great prices on everything. I am loving the stainless steel grates in the bottoms too. Well worth it to add those. They have little 'feet' on the bottom and so the grate sits up just slightly off the bottom of the sink. Also purchased the matching color drain baskets. I am very pleased with the size of the larger of the two bowls. Big pans with long handles fit down in it making clean-up easy. In the area behind the sink (picture below) we are having a decorative addition in that space. It will be of the same tile but just different size tiles laid in different direction so as to give a 'framed in' picture like look. That should give it a little interest over that large space. The wires hanging down are for the under cabinet lighting.<br />
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Things will look a lot different with the back splash tiled and under cabinet lights! In the meantime before that is done, it has been great to play in my new kitchen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the sample board we picked our tile from, a porcelain tile by Gazzini. </td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-75879055304979870182014-02-21T08:03:00.000-05:002014-03-13T06:14:46.155-04:00Putting Back the Living Room FurnitureIt was good to be able to put the furniture and the (new) area rug
back into the living room. After the kitchen cabinets were installed I
figured I could safely uncover the furniture as the dusty part of the
renovation had been completed. We had purchased an 8X10 wool tufted rug
at Costco's back in late December, just before the floor refinishing.
It had been rolled up and put aside until today when we brought it to
the living room. I will be tweaking the arrangement of the room as the
days go by. Would like to put a few pictures on the walls. We still do
not have the buffet back in the room (behind the sofa) and there is
still heavy-duty construction paper on the floor leading all the way
from the front door to the kitchen. We will leave that down until the
workers are finished bringing in kitchen appliances and the quartz
counter top guys bring in the tops. But for now, here is what it looks
like:<br />
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You can see here how the paint job turned out on the fireplace mantle and hearth. The hearth was especially in need of some freshening up. The concrete was very stained. I have a new floor lamp on order for behind the chair. The one there just does not give enough light for reading and though the glass shade looks white, it really is quite gold and gives off too much of a 'gold glow' to the room in that corner.<br />
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Paints used in this room:<br />
Walls: Benjamin Moore. Aura, Finnie Gray (cw-55), matte/flat.<br />
Window Trim: (Original was honey oak). First coat was Primer -Benjamin Moore STIX, white. Three finish coats, Benjamin Moore, Advance, White Dove (oc-17), satin finish. <br />
Fireplace: Hearth and Mantle: Painted over plain gray conrete: Dutch Standard oil base enamel, Defi-Rust, Bronzetone #61562 LV<br />
Fireplace Screen: Metal surround edge: Primed with Kilz white primer. Finished w same paint as hearth and mantle.<br />
Fireplace door grill metal: Spryed, Modern Metals, Design Masters, Metallic Taupe #235. <br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-53420410517454143162014-02-18T17:00:00.000-05:002014-02-26T08:50:45.131-05:00Quartz Counter Top TemplatesIt was perfect timing. Right as the cabinet installers were leaving the driveway, the guys from Tower Industries,LLC of Massillon, OH arrived to make a template for the quartz counter tops. Hopefully by the first week in March we will get a call that it will be installed. They took my new Blanco Silgranit Sink with them as they said it would aid in the cutting out of the hole in the quartz for the sink to fit. It will be an under mount sink.<br />
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They cut and lay thin pieces of foam board all along the edges, over hanging it about 1.5". He used a hot glue gun to put a few dots of glue to hold it in place, When he was done he pealed off the foam boards and that is what they take back to the shop for a pattern to cut the quartz to size. We have requested the edges be a bullnose finish. <br />
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A small sample of the quartz we selected. We have been looking at tiles for a back splash too.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-75168633781109196742014-02-18T16:30:00.000-05:002014-02-27T08:03:20.449-05:00Kitchen Cabinets (AFTER Installation)Frease Woodcraft, LLC of Fredericksburg, Ohio, did an excellent job on building these custom made cabinets to update our small galley kitchen. Waiting now for counter tops, appliance deliveries, under counter lights and tile back splash. Here is what it looked like when they left that day.<br />
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This first photo shows (on my screen anyway) a truer shade of the cabinets. Other photos make them look a lot lighter. They are darker like this first photo.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-72029868606063961632014-02-18T09:30:00.000-05:002014-02-27T08:01:38.210-05:00Kitchen Cabinets (The Installation) The day finally arrived! Oh but what a big snow storm there was during the night before. The big truck from Frease Woodcraft, LLC, Fredericksburg, OH. arrived at 7:30 AM. It stopped down at the end of our lane and two of the fellas jumped out of the truck and were hand shoveling the snow. Paul and I were out there with the snow blower trying to hurry and get some paths for the tires to follow up the lane and in to the lower level of the house where they could park. Amazing, for all the snow in the morning, by the time they finished at 4:00 PM they left with a dry sidewalk and the roads were all clear as the temperatures were rising to over 40 during the day. Just a soon as they pulled out of the driveway, two men from Tower Industries arrived to make templates for the quartz counter tops.<br />
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But the installer put back all the pieces he cut out for the pipes, after pushing back the cabinet against the wall.<br />
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They used this long level every step of the installation, making everything perfectly level.<br />
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(The red streamers are from the light fixture, so they wouldn't hit their head on it)</div>
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Tacking up the crown molding. Beautiful finishing touches.</div>
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Here are some of the 'details' I like on these cabinets:<br />
I like the angle of the edges on the end of the peninsula. <br />
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The insides of each cabinet are finished beautifully too. I like the short "spice" shelf in the lower part of the cabinet. It too is adjustable. <br />
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Here is another adjustable, but longer, 'spice' shelf they put in one of the cabinets.<br />
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Read the next blog post: To take a look at how it looked when they were finished.<br />
Find it in the archives up at the right hand column.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-57551867324911642692014-01-31T17:15:00.000-05:002014-02-24T10:18:21.726-05:00Replacing Doors<div style="text-align: justify;">
All the interior doors were those old hollow cheap-o doors that were now fifty years old. There were four going down the hallway to bedrooms and bathroom. The other was in the kitchen leading to the basement and entrance back door.<br />
We went to Keim Lumber, Charm, OH, and brought home five new solid core, four-paneled white primed doors. </div>
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After they were hung I painted them with three coats of Benjamin Moore Advance Satin finish paint. White in the hallway, White Dove on the kitchen door. I used a Wooster Micro-plush 5/16" roller. Absolutely love those Micro-Plush roller covers. The paint dries like it is sprayed on. So smooth.<br />
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The Hallway - Before (Click on collage photo)</div>
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The Hallway - After </div>
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Hallway Bathroom Door - After</div>
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The Kitchen Door - Before</div>
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Prior to hanging doors Paul used a template and router to recess hinges.</div>
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On the advice of our contractor, Danny Baisden, I went to Pro-Source Flooring in Canton. I brought along samples of my quartz counter top and the wood cabinetry and decided to bring home the tiles that look and feel like ceramic but are what is referred to in the industry as a Luxury Vinyl. This type of flooring is warmer to walk on, quieter, and doesn't cause the fatigue to stand on for long period of time that ceramic tiles do. It is very durable and those with dogs/cats running around on it won't be damaged by their claws. Another plus is if something is dropped it will not shatter as it would hitting a ceramic floor. These tiles can be put down and left un-grouted or they can be grouted.<br />
I brought home about eight samples of 16"x16" tiles from both Armstrong's Alterna and Congoleum's DuraCeramic. I laid them out in the room and we spent a couple days just looking at them in different lighting through out the day and night time. I do like a fairly light floor as it doesn't show every crumb and dirt mark. We ended up with this one:<br />
DuraCeramic in the Roman Elegance series, Warm Clay RE-31. We chose a coordinating grout, Ivory.<br />
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Ben spread adhesive in small patches. It had to turn clear before the tiles could be laid down.</div>
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It was a waiting game all day. It took about 45 minutes for each area to tack-up.</div>
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There are 'spacers' between all the tiles to make room for the grout.</div>
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This is an Acrylic Grout, which will not mold, mildew, or change color. Wonderful stuff.</div>
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He is filling the grout across the tiles, then he wiped with a wet sponge.</div>
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It did dry with a 'haze' that after 24 hours I mopped off the floor.</div>
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On the kitchen side of the room it the wall looked pretty ugly.</div>
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I decided to paint the back wall just so I did not have to see that mess of colors. I made a mock painted back splash in the beige color. When the cabinets are put in and until a tiled back splash is finished, at least it will be one solid color to look at instead of the mix of old colors. </div>
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P.S. I really like the recessed lighting in the kitchen. I will also have under cabinet lighting installed.</div>
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Tar Paper is a huge ugly mess to remove. Double click on the photos to see the details!<br />
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What a mess. Will I ever see a kitchen and dining room?</div>
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Ben begins to remove the top layer. This sheet vinyl flooring was installed in 2000.<br />
Notice I have put down a green and a cloth protective tarp over the newly sanded oak floors. Certainly did not want stuff getting ground into those newly refinished floors. </div>
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The white flooring came up fast and then the fun would begin. (Not)</div>
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Under the first layer of flooring was a thin wood sub floor. When the people installed this they used an automatic staple gun and PLASTERED this whole floor repeatedly with staples. It was truly unbelievable! They must have won the lottery on a year's worth of free staples and put every single box full of them on this floor. They set the trigger to auto, pulled the trigger once and never let up on driving staples in the wood. <br />
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Where the vinyl had a seam there were hundreds more staples. Who ever did this job certainly did not want that gold vinyl to lift up!<br />
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Staples not just on these strips, but click on the photo and you can see them sticking up everywhere.<br />
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Tony using a 'claw' and continues the tedious job of removing staples.<br />
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Finally! All the staples have been removed and they can release the old gold flooring.<br />
And under all this was the icky tar paper. Another challenge lay ahead of them. <br />
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After Paul and I had gone ahead and ripped out the old cabinets I decided to start on the soffit just to see if I could remove it before the hired Dreamwood Construction workers arrived the next day. Well, it wasn't all that easy. But I used a sledge hammer and did what I could.<br />
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The joists are exposed and the longest soffit is done. It will be dry walled and mudded by Tony.<br />
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The other soffit is on the other side of the galley, here Ben is ready to get it down.<br />
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Tony finishing up the seams on the dry wall. Like magic, NO MORE SOFFITS!<br />
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We started by removing all the cupboard doors and hardware. Then I spent a morning boxing up all the contents of the cupboards and Paul took the boxes to the basement. I kept a number of things handy to use in a little 'kitchen' down there. I had the microwave, dishes, and a single burner induction cook top, and of course the coffee machine. Important you don't bury the coffee pot! The refrigerator was moved by the workers when they arrived, to the basement garage. I had a nice workable set-up to make simple meals during this renovation. </div>
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After cleaning out the contents, we wanted to keep working along and soon found ourselves removing all the cabinets, the sink, dishwasher (neighbor is going to take that) and counter tops. Paul diligently removed every single nail from every board and all the boards and pieces were taken out to be stored in our big barn/shed. It is useable wood, he says, and is dreaming up some 'projects' for the wood. </div>
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My little galley kitchen<span style="font-size: large;"> Before Demolition!</span></div>
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Cabinets were brand new in 1965! Good Bye! So Long!</div>
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The Doors and hardware have been removed. A big job, unloading everything from all the cupboards. I marked every box with what the contents were so it will be easy to put it all back into the new kitchen cabinets.<br />
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Getting there with emptying out the cupboards. </div>
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Paul studies how to start removing the cabinet boxes</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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We took the cast iron drop-in style sink out. We will take it to the metal recycle center.<br />
The two of us carefully removed the Corian counter top on this long wall and the short peninsula across from this wall. .<br />
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Oh my! Water had leaked under there in the sink area. </div>
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It was a lot of work, but he carefully removed every nail from all the boards.<br />
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The stove has been removed along with the tall storage open pantry that was next to it.<br />
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Next and last cabinetry to be removed is this lower peninsula that divides the kitchen and eating area.<br />
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The AFTER on this wall. </div>
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The AFTER on this side of my galley kitchen.<br />
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Ready for the workers to come in for soffit removal, wiring, canned ceiling lights, floor removal and new floor installation. <br />
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They have a powerful vacuum that was used before apply the stain</div>
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That vacuum hose was also attached to the big sanding machines. This greatly contained the fine saw dust that could have filled the room and walls. Years ago Phil said he would spend a couple of hours just prepping the room(s) before beginning a job. He had to seal off with plastic everything, doors, windows, furniture, pictures. . . Life is good now on the job.<br />
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We are very pleased and will enjoy this updated renewal at our house. </div>
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Before putting on the final sealing coat, one thing they had to do was put down prestained/finished oak wood thresholds at some of the entrances to rooms in the hallway. He used one each to the 2 rooms that were carpeted, and one at the bathroom entrance. Nothing was needed at the threshold of small bedroom as the floors were the same level.<br />
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Note: We have new, white primed, solid wood doors to replace all the 50 year-old hollow doors. I will paint the doors and trim in these rooms also. </div>
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scratches and liquid spills. Both the stain and the sealing product have
a UV protectant. This is nice if the sunshine and light hits the floors,
which over time would fade the finish. He uses the sealer <a href="http://www.basiccoatings.com/Green/Pages/Products.aspx?ProdDispGrp=5" target="_blank">Emulsion Pro made by Basic Coatings</a>. <i>Emulsion
PROâ„¢ is self-sealing, VOC compliant and has an oxidative cross-linked
urethane system that produces better wear properties than traditional
oil finishes. </i><br />
He favors a Satin finish as scratches or
imperfections will be far less visible, and the low sheen lasts longer
and is easier to maintain. A high gloss wood floor is lovely, but it
has a number of disadvantages. We went with his suggestion and chose
the Satin finish. There was hardly any odor to the sealing coats. He applied the first coat and it dried one hour. Then the second coat had to dry 3 hours (he left and did an job estimate, Paul and I left for the grocery store). On returning he did a fine sanding of the floor and the third and final sealing coat was applied. <br />
FLOOR FINISHING DONE!! We are pleased with the work of American Hardwood Flooring.<br />
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In the pictures below, the color appears different depending on the way the light is shining on the floor and variations with camera settings. Every computer monitor too will show color different. <br />
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The Emulsion Pro Sealing coat dries very quickly, and you can see in the photo below patches (see middle of photo) that are drying faster than other areas.<br />
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The color of stain we chose blended quite well with the old finish you can see here in one of the bedrooms. The Golden Pecan we chose is just a little lighter. Many years ago I rented floor sanding equipment and did this small room myself. After seeing Phil's work, I wouldn't mind having him re-fresh this bedroom floor. The other two rooms will remain carpeted. <br />
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Fritz The Cat, the neighbor's cat, is the chief inspector from the window ledge.</div>
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Still need to put back all the shoe molding along the baseboards.</div>
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Now THAT will be a much bigger mess to deal with!<br />
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The odor? I found the stain smell lingered through the day and into the evening. But it wasn't real strong, just a little annoying, but it went away by morning. The final sealing/top coat product had barely any odor.<br />
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All spread on hands and knees using a cloth. Austin is using a foam brush to get up close to the base of the fireplace, and to avoid getting any on the stone of the FP.</div>
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Almost finished -- and they back themselves out through the kitchen entrance.<br />
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Here, Phil, owner of American Hardwood Flooring, puts down seven samples of stain. The stain he uses is <a href="http://www.duraseal.com/products/stains/quick-coat/" target="_blank">Dura Seal Quick Coat Penetrating Finish</a>. We chose #145 Golden Pecan. It's the second one in the line. He then took his big sander and sanded away the samples. (Click photos to enlarge for detail) <br />
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Sanding. This large belt sander stripped off the very old finish right down to a beautiful bare red oak flooring. The 2-1/4"planks were the popular width when this house was built in the 60's. <br />
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Bye-bye Christmas tree water stain! This initial sanding did a great job ridding the unsightly blotch.<br />
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Bare wood. Beautiful after all those years! The register covers and cold air return covers were removed, as well as the shoe molding. I had painted the walls with Benjamin Moore Aura paint, matte finish. Down the hallway, above the chair rail is York Gray, below is Finnie Gray. On the broom closet door and end of the hall storage unit I used BM's Advance paint, Finnie Gray in Eggshell finish.<br />
Next to the fireplace where the aquarium once was, those water stains did not come completely out. Click to enlarge photo to see it in greater detail. But it is in a corner and the furniture will hide it. <br />
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the edger machine to get close to the baseboard. All the shoe molding
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End of first work day. The wood filler will dry overnight.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614184517313752692.post-43242750778726161012014-01-05T19:00:00.000-05:002014-01-07T08:21:25.686-05:00The Water Stains After the carpeting and padding were removed I was disheartened when I saw the water stains on the floors. At least our pets we had over the years, three dogs, and numerous cats, did not leave any permanent piddles that would have soaked through to the wood flooring. Flooring finisher, Phil, said, "I think a Christmas Tree in front of the picture window was over watered at one time." Yes, we did have a few real pine trees, before going to the artificial ones. I never realized water over flowed from the tree stand. They assured me that after sanding the stain would not even show.<br />
There were other water stains as well. There once was a 55-gallon aquarium fish tank on the left side of the fireplace. Plenty of water there, filling it, cleaning it, and sure enough over time enough water went on through the carpet to the wood floors. Good thing our other 31 (yes we had at one time 32 fish tanks!) were all downstairs in the 'aquarium room'! In front of the kitchen door and in front of the bathroom door - more stains. But in the end, they did a marvelous job dealing with these areas.<br />
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Stains at the kitchen threshold. The carpet got so dirty here from heavy traffic I often took my home rug machine and really 'soaked it good' to clean it. But now I see it got too much water.<br />
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In a short hallway leading off the longer hallway, the entrance to the bathroom also had too much water on the floor. We once had a flood in the bathroom, and I am guessing the water that flowed out of the room got deep into the carpet and left this bad stain. The nails along the baseboard edge sat in water and those nails rusted. This caused black nail holes to show. <br />
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Fast forward to January 2,3,4, 2014. Approaching 45 years of having carpeting in the living room and hallway, we wanted to see those floors again. On the recommendation of friend, Doug Bower, and after seeing his floors refinished, we called Phil Reinel, DBA, American Hardwood Flooring. He is from Stow, Ohio. He never runs an ad, as he is plenty busy just from customer referrals.<br />
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I'm sure it will be colder to walk about on the wood floors, and noisier too. But we'll just ignore that and admire the beauty of how well this wood was preserved whilst covered up for so many years. Now days there are many lovely area rugs, and runners, to choose from, not just the oval braided rugs like back in the 60's and 70's. We have already purchased a Persian hand tufted wool 8'x10' rug. <br />
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Here is Phil and his helper, Austin, doing their work: (Click on the collages to enlarge details)<br />
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Step One and Two: Remove the existing carpet, padding, and all the carpet nail strips along the wall and all the tacks holding down the padding. Removing nails and tacks from a hardwood (oak) flooring is a bit more grunt work than taking them out of just plain plywood sub flooring. It was fun to begin to see what was under that carpet! Old, faded and orange-ish colored wood floors were beginning to see the light of day! But, oh my! I was sickened to see the problems that showed up.<br />
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