I told you previously about the broken water line and the flood in our house. Repairs are progressing, more slowly than we would like, but actually at a reasonable pace.
All the walls have been repaired, and painted. We took this opportunity to change the colors in all of the rooms that were being repainted anyway. We had to pay extra since it required two coats in most places instead of one, but still the insurance company is paying for over half the painting bill.
And we are going to upgrade the flooring. We’ll keep carpet in the guest room so our guests can enjoy stepping out of bed onto softness, but we’re replacing the vinyl in the bathroom and laundry room with tiles, and replacing the carpet in the family room and my office with laminate. We chose a laminate that looks a lot like wood, at least to my and Gisele’s eyes.
We’re in limbo right now between painting and flooring, so we still can’t do much in any of those rooms. I temporarily hooked up the washer and dryer, and dug out my computer, but most of the rooms are piled with boxes and furniture. We’re hoping to have everything done within two more weeks — by September 24 or so. That leaves me a week and a half to focus on preparing for the Great Hike.
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1 Mom // Sep 10, 2010 at 12:19 pm
You ignored any mention of your knee. Is it going to be in hiking condition by the time Dale and Karen arrive? If you keep to the pace of the repair and replace situation, the house should be done by that time. I’m anxious to see it before it gets used, and looks “all lived in”.
2 Daryl // Sep 10, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Mom,
Read my comment on my previous blog for an update on my knee.
You certainly don’t want to visit right now. Now only is the downstairs a mess, the bathroom is out of commission, and you would have to climb upstairs to use one of those.
3 Donna // Sep 10, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Can’t wait to see it all finished. It’ll probably inspire me to do some more painting and sprucing up around my place. I’m getting new carpet; that’s a start.
4 Heather // Sep 19, 2010 at 7:41 am
We have laminate wood flooring and I really like it. The only negative we found was our computer chair rubbed the finish off in a perfect circle. We now have a chair mat under it but wished we would have done it before the damage was done. I think you should have a party when it is complete and we can all come and check it out!
5 Daryl // Sep 20, 2010 at 10:15 am
Heather, Thanks for the tip on the computer chair. I was enjoying how easily the chair rolls on the floor and anticipating using it without a mat, but now I see that I should still use one.
The old mat was made for a carpet and has lots of spikes sticking out the bottom. I’ll have to get a new one.
I think the laminate floor looks quite nice, similar to real wood, but it doesn’t feel or sound the same. That’s a little bit of a disappointment to me. The bathroom tile is beautiful, and the guest room looks nice, though very different.
It should be all finished by Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, although then the real work starts for us — to move everything back into place and make it a home again.