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Old Houses WAS Ot about colors
I don`t think of my house as old, but it is early 1960s, and I am seeing
retro colours and accessories from its `new` period--and I am very tempted. I mean, it even has a wall outlet at the top of the stairs for one of those big starburst clocks. Dawne |
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Old Houses WAS Ot about colors
Ours is 29 yrs old, and it totally looked 29 years old when we purchased it
in September. Let's see, my daughter's room had bright BRIGHT orange-with-yellow-threaded-through-it shag carpet (2" crap that was almost blinding to look at). Our room had brown and white shag carpet (only 1/2-1" long or so in this room), and the living room had long (2 1/2" perhaps?) white shag carpet. OH but the best? There was a large square piece cut out of the living room carpet- why? The mom had spilled milk and couldn't get the stink out so she just hacked it out and put a piece of dark green (low pile!) carpet down to cover the hole. Oh and let's not forget the just plain ugly patterned hallway and backentry way carpet, and the computer room - which is a blue and purple variation of the stuff in the hallway. The strangest part? The carpet was actually in 1/2 decent shape (excluding the piece missing in the living room LOL) - however it totally creeped me out so we ripped out everything ourselves and had new carpet put in our bedrooms. There is nice laminate now in our living room and hallway. Eventually we'll replace that with hardwood (when there are no children running around on it What a work in progress! Doing most of the work ourselves has definitely saved a ton of $$ (that and the new furnace, woodstove etc. saved us $$ on oil) We also had a home inspection done, which was worth its weight in gold - they are definitely worth the money you spend on them. We also got an Energy Efficiency test done and plan on doing retro-fits to improve our home's efficiency while renovating. I told DH we aren't going anywhere for the next 40 years; it will take that long to get everything finished Sarah "Dawne Peterson" wrote in message ... I don`t think of my house as old, but it is early 1960s, and I am seeing retro colours and accessories from its `new` period--and I am very tempted. I mean, it even has a wall outlet at the top of the stairs for one of those big starburst clocks. Dawne |
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sunflower wrote:
There is nice laminate now in our living room and hallway. Eventually we'll replace that with hardwood (when there are no children running around on it Hardwood floors really hold up to a lot of abuse. A lot more than you might think. They aren't delicate, and are extremely easy to keep clean. Dianne -- "The Journal of Needlework" - The E-zine for All Needleworkers http://journal.heritageshoppe.com |
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Dianne Lewandowski wrote:
sunflower wrote: There is nice laminate now in our living room and hallway. Eventually we'll replace that with hardwood (when there are no children running around on it Hardwood floors really hold up to a lot of abuse. A lot more than you might think. They aren't delicate, and are extremely easy to keep clean. I'll second that. Other than dragging something heavy and sharp across one (which would damage almost any flooring other than perhaps stone) or using certain chemicals on one, there isn't much that will hurt them. It's also much better for those of us with indoor allergies. -- Brenda Tickler of Chuzzles |
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sunflower wrote:
There is nice laminate now in our living room and hallway. Eventually we'll replace that with hardwood (when there are no children running around on it On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:55:20 -0600, Dianne Lewandowski wrote: Hardwood floors really hold up to a lot of abuse. A lot more than you might think. They aren't delicate, and are extremely easy to keep clean. Dianne We've had this discussion before., some of us are diehard carpet lovers, and others are in love with hardwood. I couldn't stand the dust bunnies when we had hardwood, and it was so damn cold underfoot. A friend of mine put hardwood in her kitchen last Fall. The phone rang as she was taking a casserole out of the oven, put it on the burner on the top of the stove forgetting she had the burner on just a few minutes earlier. She answered the phone and a few minutes later heard kaboom! The casserole blew up, hot glass ended up all over her kitchen and damaged the hardwood floor. In addition to this mess, her 4 yr. old boxer made quite the mess with his claws on the floor too Mind you, I can only imagine what he would do to carpet. ....Linda |
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Brenda Lewis wrote:
Dianne Lewandowski wrote: sunflower wrote: There is nice laminate now in our living room and hallway. Eventually we'll replace that with hardwood (when there are no children running around on it Hardwood floors really hold up to a lot of abuse. A lot more than you might think. They aren't delicate, and are extremely easy to keep clean. I'll second that. Other than dragging something heavy and sharp across one (which would damage almost any flooring other than perhaps stone) or using certain chemicals on one, there isn't much that will hurt them. It's also much better for those of us with indoor allergies. I can't speak to hardwood because I have wide board pine, which isn't technically hardwood. I love them, but I will say that you can definitely tell that we have dogs. But that's ok, I wouldn't give up the dogs or the floors. Elizabeth (floor guys come for two more rooms on Monday) -- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* |
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Linda D. wrote:
We've had this discussion before., some of us are diehard carpet lovers, and others are in love with hardwood. I couldn't stand the dust bunnies when we had hardwood, and it was so damn cold underfoot. Yeah, but with carpet, you still have the dustbunnies (or the dust that produced them), you just don't seem them anymore, so in my case, I wouldn't clean them up as often. A friend of mine put hardwood in her kitchen last Fall. The phone rang as she was taking a casserole out of the oven, put it on the burner on the top of the stove forgetting she had the burner on just a few minutes earlier. She answered the phone and a few minutes later heard kaboom! The casserole blew up, hot glass ended up all over her kitchen and damaged the hardwood floor. Woulda damaged carpet too, and she would never have been sure she got all the glass out. I can't stand the thought of carpet in a kitchen, though. Wood or tile, yinyl, linoleum, something that can be mopped, but never carpet. Euuuuyuuuk! Only thing worse is carpet in a bathroom. In addition to this mess, her 4 yr. old boxer made quite the mess with his claws on the floor too Mind you, I can only imagine what he would do to carpet. Well, yes. My dogs have damaged my floors. On the other hand, when I had carpet, the cat did a job on it. Can't win, just have to decide which compromises you can live with. It does help when I keep up with trimming the dogs' claws. Elizabeth -- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* |
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Linda D. wrote:
A friend of mine put hardwood in her kitchen last Fall. The phone rang as she was taking a casserole out of the oven, put it on the burner on the top of the stove forgetting she had the burner on just a few minutes earlier. She answered the phone and a few minutes later heard kaboom! The casserole blew up, hot glass ended up all over her kitchen and damaged the hardwood floor. But what would hot glass have done to linoleum? We had a fridge motor overheat, and the melted linoleum underneath was not pretty. Thankfully, it was the landlord's problem, but the odor of melted linoleum permeated the house for a couple days. -- Karen C - California www.CFSfacts.org where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Finished 1/20/06 - Needle Delights 2006 Ornament #1 WIP: July birthstone, Flowers of Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!! LTR: Fireman's Prayer (#2), Amid Amish Life, Angel of Autumn, Calif Sampler, Holiday Snowglobe See my designs exclusively at www.TyWolfeDesigns.com Editor/Proofreader http://hometown.aol.com/kmc528/KMC.html |
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"Dr. Brat" wrote in message ... Brenda Lewis wrote: Dianne Lewandowski wrote: sunflower wrote: There is nice laminate now in our living room and hallway. Eventually we'll replace that with hardwood (when there are no children running around on it Hardwood floors really hold up to a lot of abuse. A lot more than you might think. They aren't delicate, and are extremely easy to keep clean. I'll second that. Other than dragging something heavy and sharp across one (which would damage almost any flooring other than perhaps stone) or using certain chemicals on one, there isn't much that will hurt them. It's also much better for those of us with indoor allergies. I can't speak to hardwood because I have wide board pine, which isn't technically hardwood. I love them, but I will say that you can definitely tell that we have dogs. But that's ok, I wouldn't give up the dogs or the floors. Elizabeth (floor guys come for two more rooms on Monday) -- I had hardwood floors in my Brooklyn apartment and covered them with carpet because my 8.5 lb., hyper dog made marks on them with his sharp nails, the dust bunnies were winning and unless you kept them highly polished and, therefore, slippery they looked dingy. Even with a floor polisher, I found it a lot of work. I lived in a rental apartment and I don't suppose they were the highest quality wood, but it was too much for me at that time. I think they are much more attractive than most carpeted areas, but lots of work when you have a family. Lucille Lucille |
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Dr. Brat wrote:
Elizabeth (floor guys come for two more rooms on Monday) Send them over here when they're done. The linoleum in the kitchen (which I never liked) buckled when the dishwasher overflowed, and I want hardwood in there. Or maybe the thing the neighbors got, looks like hardwood but isn't. Either way, modern linoleum and a 1905 kitchen don't look right together. -- Karen C - California www.CFSfacts.org where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Finished 1/20/06 - Needle Delights 2006 Ornament #1 WIP: July birthstone, Flowers of Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!! LTR: Fireman's Prayer (#2), Amid Amish Life, Angel of Autumn, Calif Sampler, Holiday Snowglobe See my designs exclusively at www.TyWolfeDesigns.com Editor/Proofreader http://hometown.aol.com/kmc528/KMC.html |
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