Re-did the floors.

[thistlebloom]

That's cause they took after their mama!

Mary

Haha! Sad but true. And look who woke up on the funny side of the bed this morning Little Miss Mary!

 

[ninnymary]

Haha! Sad but true. And look who woke up on the funny side of the bed this morning Little Miss Mary!

Haha, trying to be witty like you but it's hard! haha

Mary

 

[Nyboy]

I don't know about other kids, but mine seemed to have pretty hard heads...

when I was a kid playgrounds where blacktopped, now there rubber matted

 

[thistlebloom]

when I was a kid playgrounds where blacktopped, now there rubber matted

That's because our parents weren't inclined to sue if we came home with a little road rash. Also we were much tougher back then. It was all that walking uphill both ways through the snow to school that developed our characters.

 

[canesisters]

or, all that walking through shag carpet to change the channel on the TV a hundred times a day....

 

[canesisters]

Not to mention having to get up, go all the way into the kitchen and stand there to talk on the phone!

 

[thistlebloom]

or, all that walking through shag carpet to change the channel on the TV a hundred times a day....

We had the shag carpet. No tv.

 

[thistlebloom]

Not to mention having to get up, go all the way into the kitchen and stand there to talk on the phone!

I know! What hardships we endured!

 

[Devonviolet]

Our house had tongue-in-groove vinyl plank flooring when we bought the house. We get lots of compliments on how nice the floors look. Caring for it is simple:
** We have a rechargable, battery, Shark Navigator electric broom, for picking up loose dirt & cat hair. It takes 5-10 minutes to do our whole 1200 ft home.
** mop with water, to which I add vinegar & a healthy squirt of liquid dish detergent.

This Lowe's listing is similar to what we have.
http://m.lowes.com/pd/Shaw-Matrix-1...ock-Floating-Oak-Luxury-Vinyl-Planks/50043186

If you divide it out (each plank is roughly 2 sq ft [28 sq ft for the pkg]), just the flooring ends up being $1.95/sq ft.

Its nice looking, for the most part, except for a couple minor issues:
** if you sit in one place all the time (as in a chair at a table or a living room chair) & slide your feet on the floor, you can eventually see a worn area. My DH does that, in his easy chair, so we put a small rug down for his feet.
** if you don't put furniture pads on your chairs, moving them around will scratch the floor. We put felt pass on all our furniture legs.
** We have noticed that when it cools down in the house, some of the ends of the floating planks separate, leaving 1/8" gaps. When the house warms up the gaps get smaller.

 

[Nyboy]

We had the shag carpet. No tv.

How did you watch the unrealistic family the Brady Bunch ?