Category: First Floor Refresh
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House Painting with the Pros: First Floor Refresh, Part 4
After the flooring was finally completed, I scheduled painters to come and paint. If you’ve read any of my painting articles before, you know that technically, I could do this myself. But it’s a lot of paint. And the job included 2 bathrooms and a kitchen with a wall I could reach the top of. […]
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Finally the flooring is installed! (First Floor Refresh, Part 3)
After seven months, the flooring debacle is over! I started planning this first floor refresh project in February 2020. Due to pandemic-caused shortages, supply chain issues, and home-improvement big box stores with major customer service problems, the flooring didn’t get done which caused the whole project to be delayed. See this post for that story. […]
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New Project Series: First Floor Refresh
I’ve been so focused on flooring, I forgot to introduce this new project series! (In fact this post has been sitting for 6 months. Yeesh!) But now, I’ve got a new flooring company and a working budget in place, so I’m ready to talk more about where this first floor home refresh came from and […]
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Finding a flooring company that meets your needs and your floor color (or when your expectations are high, and supply is low): First Floor Refresh, Part 2
So I’m putting my previous flooring issues with unnamed big box store behind me. I promise. Instead I’m taking advice from my mom (because who doesn’t listen to their mom?) and I decided to think about this thing differently. Why not find a company that sells only flooring? Here’s what I learned. Pick a Flooring […]
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Interior Design: First Floor Refresh, Part 1
The following video is a first look at my design choices for my next major project: an update on my first floor finishes. I haven’t renovated any areas on my first floor since I moved in (except painting the fireplace). See why I chose the colors and products that I did. And check out after […]
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