We looked over our kitchen cabinets and granite countertops. We realized that if we took out the window that we had put in and move the door to that space, we wouldn’t have to resize the granite countertops. It would also be advantageous for having a table and chairs in the porch. We will move the exterior door to the side and have only windows in the front.
We later realized that we could put the window where the door had been and it would serve as a passthrough for food.
We have installed the hickory flooring in the middle room. It is a lighter color and went in much easier than the north bedroom. The alcove is original to the house. That was the height of the second floor until we raised the roof.
The painted dresser is stripped, stained and finished. The drawers have quarter sawn wood and I am very happy with it.
My daughter and family are in Ecuador. I decided to give them a new bathroom floor and commode.
Our Garden Club and the White Bear Center for the Arts sponsored a show encouraging participants to choose a painting and compose a floral arrangement based on the painting. I won Best of Show.
The north bedroom flooring is installed and we are very happy with it. We had approximately 2 boxes of flooring left over which we hope to use in the hallway.
Steven decided there was a way to raise the radiator pipes so he removed the radiator again and installed flooring. It all had to be hand nailed and holes cut out for the radiator pipes but turned out good.
While Steven was working on this corner, I was stripping the body of the dresser. It did not go well and there is still much to do.
Had problems with the air nailer but once Steven figured it out the nailing went smoothly. All the boards are not the same width; so we had problems with extra spacing which we will fill later. The boards are nailed up to in front of the door.
Now what to do with the area under the radiator.
We picked up an old dresser that had been painted. Thankfully the mirror was not painted. Unfortunately, the owner had removed the ornate drawer pulls. I have stripped the drawers to reveal beautiful oak wood and a lovely gold metal key hole surround.
Hickory flooring is a very hard material and is also hard to install!
First Steven needed to move the very large radiator. We cannot install flooring underneath the legs as it would then be too high for the water connections. We will lay flooring around the feet.
Hickory flooring is a very dense hard material. To install the first two rows, Steven had to drill holes for the nails and they were still difficult to pound through to the rafters. I had marked the position of all the rafters with a black marker and installed underlayment on top of that.
The wall was not straight with the lines of the underflooring so we needed to make adjustments in the first row. We got two rows almost finished before Steven didn’t have enough strength to sink the last row of nails.
The next rows will be installed with a pneumatic nailer which will make it much easier.
