Monday, July 04, 2005
well, i had a very very very boring 4th. i spent several hours wrking on removing the last vestiges of orange rug in the house. for TOO long we lived with it in the livingroom, diningroom, hall and staircase. one year we removed the livingroom. DAMMIT. i think they took out the original floor! (gap between floor and baseboards). i don't want to be, um....anti-catholic, but they had rotten taste and there were icon shadows when we moved in. uf da. don't get me started on the mirrored up livingroom. this house was built in 1926 and with all this fancy plaster, you add mirrors!?! and in the niches??? still have to remove the huge one over the fireplace. 1stly it's up 4+ feet, and it's about 5feet wide by 4 feet. TOOOO big.
yes, the ceiling is about 10ft. if only i could put pics up.
well, then we pulled up the diningroom and hall. why isn't there stain in the hall???
of course years ago i removed the even older green rug from the upper 'library'. had even MORE staples. luckily no tackstrip in library.
oh was that foam pad a bitch.
now. we have 3 stairs to the middle landing and about 12 steps. and i suppose full of these beastly little U staples. BUT what was revealed of the staircase, the house value went up about 10,000.
i just can't figure out why the color shange in the woodwork. darker downstairs and deco bloodish upstairs. BUT, the floor does look like oak. and the rug i found at an estate sale(1920's or earlier)looks great. at $26, maybe i should have gotten the other one.
so, that was how i spent today. woohoo!
oh, and i had cornflakes for dindin. sad isn't it.
yes, the ceiling is about 10ft. if only i could put pics up.
well, then we pulled up the diningroom and hall. why isn't there stain in the hall???
of course years ago i removed the even older green rug from the upper 'library'. had even MORE staples. luckily no tackstrip in library.
oh was that foam pad a bitch.
now. we have 3 stairs to the middle landing and about 12 steps. and i suppose full of these beastly little U staples. BUT what was revealed of the staircase, the house value went up about 10,000.
i just can't figure out why the color shange in the woodwork. darker downstairs and deco bloodish upstairs. BUT, the floor does look like oak. and the rug i found at an estate sale(1920's or earlier)looks great. at $26, maybe i should have gotten the other one.
so, that was how i spent today. woohoo!
oh, and i had cornflakes for dindin. sad isn't it.
