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Master Bathroom: Choosing Floors

June 8, 2011

First of all, thank you! for all your insightful thoughts on how to make our bathroom less terrible and more fan-freakin-tastic. Though not one of you volunteered to add me to your will as my wealthy great-aunt, your thoughts are worth infinitely more than millions of dollars of inheritance. **COUGH.** And a HUGE thank you [...]

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DIY Hardwood Flooring: Part 3

February 1, 2011

If you’re just jumping in, don’t forget to check out the posts on selecting hardwood floors, preparing the floors for installation, and why hardwood floor glue is trying to seduce your boyfriend. Now for the fun part: throwing those babies down! We put down a chalk line straight across the middle of the floor and [...]

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DIY Hardwood Flooring: Part 2

January 26, 2011

[DIY Hardwood Flooring Part 1 starts here...] This is the part of the story where it sounds like I’m exaggerating – you’re going to be positive I’m exaggerating – but friends, there is no hyperbole here. Installing hardwood floors using glue? It’s the Mount Everest of DIY projects. You get started, thinking, all I have [...]