Chaos in 3, 2, 1
Our home and our lives will be disrupted for the next few days. Monday, we have a crew coming in to refurbish our wood floors.
We have a lot of floor.
I'm told they'll be working on our floors for at least two days. Inconvenient for us, but I anticipate lots of headaches as we try to reassure our dogs that the workers mean no harm.
Starting today, we'll be moving furniture from two-thirds of the house into the remaining one-third. I imagine we'll be watching a lot of television in the bedroom--that is if we can see past all the other furniture piled up in it.
From what I understand, the crew will then super-clean, buff and then recolor the floor to match its original tone. After that, they'll put a sealer on it then treat it with some UV light that's supposed to make a harder seal.
I'm worried that it won't look as good as the pictures they advertise. The before and after photos look convincing, but I know what Photoshop can do!
Still, the person we talked to seemed an honest sort, so maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Normally, we would've refinished the floors ourselves, but we don't get up and down as easily as we used to, and Greg is gone so much, so we decided to hire this job out.
Anyway, I'll probably be on the computer a lot while we're waiting. They'll be doing one half of the house at a time so at least we'll have bathrooms available.
I'll report back after they're done and let you know what kind of job they did. Maybe I'll post some before and after pictures too.
What's the longest you've ever been inconvenienced due to a remodeling job? Did it turn out all right?
Yes, I'm nervous about the outcome. Can you tell?
We have a lot of floor.
I'm told they'll be working on our floors for at least two days. Inconvenient for us, but I anticipate lots of headaches as we try to reassure our dogs that the workers mean no harm.
Starting today, we'll be moving furniture from two-thirds of the house into the remaining one-third. I imagine we'll be watching a lot of television in the bedroom--that is if we can see past all the other furniture piled up in it.
From what I understand, the crew will then super-clean, buff and then recolor the floor to match its original tone. After that, they'll put a sealer on it then treat it with some UV light that's supposed to make a harder seal.
I'm worried that it won't look as good as the pictures they advertise. The before and after photos look convincing, but I know what Photoshop can do!
Still, the person we talked to seemed an honest sort, so maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Normally, we would've refinished the floors ourselves, but we don't get up and down as easily as we used to, and Greg is gone so much, so we decided to hire this job out.
Anyway, I'll probably be on the computer a lot while we're waiting. They'll be doing one half of the house at a time so at least we'll have bathrooms available.
I'll report back after they're done and let you know what kind of job they did. Maybe I'll post some before and after pictures too.
What's the longest you've ever been inconvenienced due to a remodeling job? Did it turn out all right?
Yes, I'm nervous about the outcome. Can you tell?
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When we renovated our livingroom it was six months of everything crammed into a room 1/3 the size. I still can't believe Husband made the furniture fit. It was just supposed to be a quick window replacement, but when he took the drywall down off one wall, it was horrible. We literally had to rebuild our livingroom one wall at a time. There was no insulation (explained why it got so damn cold in the winter) and the entire frame was cobbled together with old wood that looked like they found it at the dump. It was summer, so we had that, but the flies....
I'm going to hope the contractors do a great job because your floors have to last for a long while.
Now about Iko...hmmm... :-)
The only good thing was that it turned out so lavish, the realtor said it was the key that sold the house so quickly. It was all marble and tumbled stone. I hated to leave it myself. LOL!
Why is it we do all these things to fix and pretty things up to sell, but we don't do them for ourselves?
Re: Iko
Poor Iko. We finally diagnosed him. He's OCD. If things don't follow a certain routine, it makes him nervous. We've noticed that everything he does has a pattern. He never deviates, so when he has to change, poor dog gets defensive.
I know he made you nervous, but really it wasn't you. He was actually scared of you.
I'll betcha they never fix the floorboards until the day you have to sell the house.
When I was 12, my family bought a house that was previously foreclosed, and the prior owners had gutted most of the house. When we moved in there was no kitchen. They had gutted it so bad that it was missing cabinets, a sink, had holes in the walls, ect, ect. So while my dad repaired the kitchen, we had to do all our dishwashing in the super small bathroom sink.
The floor will be great. Stop stressing.
And Iko is a total sweetie.
You heard this one before, it was the reno where we had to climb in and out of a window to take my toy fox terrier outside to go to the bathroom. Oh thank goodness that was when we were both "lighter" and younger!
I am all about before and after photos Maria, here is crossing my fingers they meet your expectations as that is a major project for sure.
I used to be more patient with remodeling jobs, but not anymore, and especially if I'm paying someone to do it.
Have you a tent?? lol :)
Oddly, I must confess, Tank actually kept me from being nervous about Iko. Also Iko's control when dealing with Nana kept me from being nervous. I felt kind of bad because I wasn't sure how to make him comfortable with me. But Tank, oh my lands and stars, Tank was such the gentleman. It warmed my heart every time Iko got a bit excited and Tank came by, stood by side, basically saying, "I got your back, missy," and made sure I didn't get a chance to feel uncomfortable. You've really got some of the THE best dogs. Of course, I'm biased lol!!
It's gonna be great once it's over.
Repeat after me: It's gonna...
Yikes! Hang in there, Maria. The longest I've ever been inconvenienced would be the 7 months the four of us lived with my parents while our second house was built. *shudders* ;) Not really. It wasn't that bad... *prays he never has to do it again*
I look forward to seeing those photos.
-Jimmy
We should have our back porch to ourselves so I think we'll all stay out there while the workers are here. I'm stocking up on snacks for everyone.
Finally with all the door open as we were filling up the last of our stuff, he starts walking down the street. I guess he thought he was losing his home.
We rushed up to him and both of us threw our arms around him, reassuring him that he was coming with us. You never saw a more ecstatic dog.
Glad you got a new kitchen out of it, but what an ordeal.
I don't remember how long I was out of my kitchen after a fire, but I want to say it was about six weeks too.