We knew that after the Kitchen we would have to do the Living Room (Which
is all that is left downstairs). We had the idea to stain the concrete
in the Kitchen, but Michael had the great idea to do the entire downstairs.
It was a LOT of work, but the results are incredible. Take a look...
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Living Room (Before) |
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This is when we still had carpet and a popcorn ceiling. NOT for long!! |
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Living Room (Before) |
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More... The color on the walls were failed tests for the finished walls. You'll have to see what they become. |
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Living Room (Before) |
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More of the same... |
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Living Room (Before) |
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Picture of the ceiling. Notice the ugly popcorn. The ceiling fan will be dealt with also. |
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Floors have begun |
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We pulled up the first piece of carpet and under the padding was TONS of dirt. Looked like a kids sandbox. It was DISGUSTING!!! |
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Floors have begun |
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Same dirt. Notice the tack strips and remaining dining room tile. (Gray with pink grout!). Yuck!!! |
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Floors have begun |
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Michael is disgusted at the dirt. New rule!!! NO MORE CARPET - EVER! |
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Floors have begun |
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More dirt by the front entry |
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Floors have begun |
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Now all the carpet and pad is up. Yes, that's all dirt. Carpet is disgusting. |
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Floors in progress |
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MANY DAYS HAVE PASSED... We spent days and hours scrubbing, grinding, cleaning and patching. The floors look great now. We're ready to start staining, but we need to let the patch cure. |
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Floors in progress |
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Dining area after prep and patching. |
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Floors in progress |
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Kitchen area after prep and patching. |
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Ceilng work |
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While waiting for the floors to finish curing, we decided to remove the ceiling. Thanks goes to Ron Hazelton. I saw his show on how to do this, and this is our third successful time to do it. |
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Ceilng work |
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More - It's still wet in the pictures. |
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Ceilng work |
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More - a small bit of damage near the intake vent. Easily fixed. |
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Ceilng work |
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It is a HUGE mess, but worth it. Wet and yucky! |
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Ceilng work |
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There's Mike after the mess is down (and all over him) |
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Ceilng work |
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Michael working hard to finish the ceiling removal. Isn't he a trooper?! |
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Ceilng work |
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Oh, My now what to do? I'm such a trooper and need to keeping trooping. |
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Ceilng work |
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After the cleanup - Which is EASY! Just roll up the plastic and paper and you're done. |
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Ceilng work |
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More after cleanup. |
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Ceilng work |
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A Dead Body??!!! Nope, just our dead ceiling. This is the remains of the popcorn ceiling. This shows how easy it is to cleanup. Some lucky dumpster is going to get a big present. :) |
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Ceilng work |
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Look Corri - Isn't my work FABULOUS?!
From the hanging of plastic to the removal of the dead ceiling, the removal took 4 hours. |
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Stain Floors |
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We began staining the floors. It's hard to be banished from the entire downstairs of your house for hours at a time. |
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Stain Floors |
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Mikey removing his little booties after the 2nd coat of stain. Gross huh? It smelled awful too! |
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Stain Floors |
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Stain in the dining area. |
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Stain Floors |
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The Kitchen area. |
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Stain Floors |
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Living Room - After cleanup of the stain residue |
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Stain Floors |
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After Cleanup in the Kitchen |
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Stain Finished |
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Living Room - Floors Finished and Sealed. Don't they look AWESOME! |
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Stain Finished |
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The Dining Room - Stain Finished and sealed. |
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Stain Finished |
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Kitchen - The Floors Finished and sealed. |
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