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[ursulav]

Today, I am sore.

Yesterday, we embarked on a major excavation project, by which I mean we cleaned out the spare room. The spare room had delusions of being an office at one time, but instead became a dumping ground of computers, paperwork, and office equipment, as well as the quiet, dog-free staging ground where a recently trapped cat could be

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[fyre_seer]

I would agree with you... except it didn't manage to deal with my previous classroom wall... :P

But then... probably NOTHING will ever be able to deal with that, except perhaps a bulldozer.

[badger]

Added the Kilz FAQ to the house bookmarks folder.
http://www.kilz.com/pages/default.aspx?NavID=61

[lurkerlynne]

So how long are you going to be able to hold out against the lure of a pretty but blank surface? :D

[ursulav]

Oddly enough, I never get any desire to paint walls. Murals don't appeal to me at all--I generally don't want to live with my own art, so it'd drive me crazy.

[abb3w]

-er.

[skellington1]

I'm interested in an artist vs normal-populations survey on this. In my limited experience, those of us who make visual art tend to like our walls less decorated or complex, as a sort of visual resting space.

I've been in houses with patterned wallpaper, or worst, the atrocious textured-patterned wallpaper that seems common in England, and it drives me BATTY. No focal point! No white space! No breathing room!

[ext_95021]

Yay! on cleaning success

[ankewehner]

I second that. I used to grow up in a flat with wall to wall carpets everywhere, and, man, even the cheap PVC in the new place is better. Way easier to clean.

[t_c_da]

We put down cork tiles covered in marine grade polyurethane in our last house when we had 7 kids. 2 cats & 2 dogs living at home. Great to walk on, very easy clean, nearly indestructible, and crockery tends to bounce rather than shatter as an added bonus in the kitchen. When the surface gets too scruffy (after several years), a quick sand down, fresh coat of polyurethane and voila! new floor again.

It does depend on personal taste, I admit, so YMMV definitely applies.

[skellington1]

Oooh...I'm buying a house (still can't believe that!) with ugly linoleum in the kitchen, and I'm craving cork. Good to hear it worked in the kitchen, 'cause I've heard varied accounts. Did you install the tile underneath the cabinets, or around?

Of course, my renovating urges will have to wait 'till my bank account recovers, which may be the next ice age, but I can plan.

[fatcook]

Tinted primer.