Fir floor in Living Room!
Well, there is a fir floor in our living room! Just like our 2nd story, there is nice wood underneath the poor quality carpet.
I pulled off the first third of the carpet and padding, and yanked the staples holding down the padding leaving only the tack strips along the walls. There were a few gouges and I revealed a little hole going into the basement. Also the fir slat where the tack strips were added were split by the nails anchoring the tack strips. Otherwise the floor underneath looks great.
To-morrow I will go into our basement and find a suitable rug for the living room (from those I have been storing for just this occasion) and will get a file for one of Marisa's projects and crow bars to help pull off the tack strips.
I would go into the basement now, but it is already past 11 if you consider the spring forward Daylight Savings Time change which occurs officially early to-morrow morning. I have to move a bunch of stuff to one side so I can get down there.
Purchased curtain rods to match those already in the living room...except they don't match and Freddies no longer carries the rods I want. So I ordered them on Amazon and to-morrow must go back to Freddies and return the ones I purchased.
I also got a new GFI triple prong outlet and metal plate. With the basement open I will turn off the power and replace the outlet on the one side of the living room...and then turn the power back on.
There is another outlet on the other side. When I get to pulling the carpet from that side (and repositioning the shelves), I will also replace that outlet and remove the thermostat. Then I will open up a single space between all the shelves where that outlet is...and work on creating a narrow set of shelves with an opening at the bottom for access to the outlet.
To-morrow, after making these adjustments:
* clean the floor and walls.
* assemble the new A/V cabinet.
* move back in the equipment, books, discs and tapes.
* remove the video tape drawers and other items in the 2nd third of the carpet.
* pull that carpet, tacks, etc.
* clean.
* put back items removed and do one final cleaning with the new rug.
The remaining things to do in the living room then are:
* put up the rod and tie-back hardware I get from Amazon...and the curtains.
* move Davenport and stuff behind it, then stack books from each book shelf unit, remove each unit, and remove the carpet from that area, then return the unit and books and move on to the next unit. Continue until entire area has no carpet. New outlet and revise phone connection.
* cut a better hole for the cable outlet so the outlet is flush with the wall.
* reupholster all the chairs.
* put in new rollers or mini-blinds for both windows.
* fix the standing lamp switch.
* picture molding.
* ceiling molding.
* central fixture with dimmer.
I pulled off the first third of the carpet and padding, and yanked the staples holding down the padding leaving only the tack strips along the walls. There were a few gouges and I revealed a little hole going into the basement. Also the fir slat where the tack strips were added were split by the nails anchoring the tack strips. Otherwise the floor underneath looks great.
To-morrow I will go into our basement and find a suitable rug for the living room (from those I have been storing for just this occasion) and will get a file for one of Marisa's projects and crow bars to help pull off the tack strips.
I would go into the basement now, but it is already past 11 if you consider the spring forward Daylight Savings Time change which occurs officially early to-morrow morning. I have to move a bunch of stuff to one side so I can get down there.
Purchased curtain rods to match those already in the living room...except they don't match and Freddies no longer carries the rods I want. So I ordered them on Amazon and to-morrow must go back to Freddies and return the ones I purchased.
I also got a new GFI triple prong outlet and metal plate. With the basement open I will turn off the power and replace the outlet on the one side of the living room...and then turn the power back on.
There is another outlet on the other side. When I get to pulling the carpet from that side (and repositioning the shelves), I will also replace that outlet and remove the thermostat. Then I will open up a single space between all the shelves where that outlet is...and work on creating a narrow set of shelves with an opening at the bottom for access to the outlet.
To-morrow, after making these adjustments:
* clean the floor and walls.
* assemble the new A/V cabinet.
* move back in the equipment, books, discs and tapes.
* remove the video tape drawers and other items in the 2nd third of the carpet.
* pull that carpet, tacks, etc.
* clean.
* put back items removed and do one final cleaning with the new rug.
The remaining things to do in the living room then are:
* put up the rod and tie-back hardware I get from Amazon...and the curtains.
* move Davenport and stuff behind it, then stack books from each book shelf unit, remove each unit, and remove the carpet from that area, then return the unit and books and move on to the next unit. Continue until entire area has no carpet. New outlet and revise phone connection.
* cut a better hole for the cable outlet so the outlet is flush with the wall.
* reupholster all the chairs.
* put in new rollers or mini-blinds for both windows.
* fix the standing lamp switch.
* picture molding.
* ceiling molding.
* central fixture with dimmer.