So wife wants to remodel down stairs so after a few crazy expensive estimates, I'm kind of handy, I thought lol. After much discussion and compromise we came to agreement on doing one or two downstairs rooms at a time and keeping the 1990s era oak trim and existing hardwood flooring.
#1 get rid of all down stairs carpeting it was trashed anyway using a rug Dr. Is not my strong suit nor is taking off shoes when we're busy doing stuff outside, replaced with 30 mil wear layer vinyl plank (first time I ever worked with floating plank floors) had to raise existing sub floor where carpeted floor areas which were almost over a half inch to existing hard wood floors for transition, 7/16 osb worked good.
#2 Convert old formal carpeted dining room we never use to home office.
#3 convert old parlor or whatever bougy folks call it into a mud room involved using free repurposed tree shipping crates sitting in a orchard for a few yrs from a real farmer, who was going to torch them anyway, converted 4 of them into lockers complete with storage shelves for shoes (cripes do we have shoes) it's still in progress, any ideas for What can be added is appreciated fortunately wife likes the reclaimed weathered seasoned wood look (and will touch up cut ends with gray colored stain). I do to especially after getting a few estimates for lockers by real cabinet makers lol. #4 redo kitchen which will involve buying real actual cabinets this winter. Money we saved by this diy remodel bought me a new tiny tractor so far lol. More to follow if interested. .
#1 get rid of all down stairs carpeting it was trashed anyway using a rug Dr. Is not my strong suit nor is taking off shoes when we're busy doing stuff outside, replaced with 30 mil wear layer vinyl plank (first time I ever worked with floating plank floors) had to raise existing sub floor where carpeted floor areas which were almost over a half inch to existing hard wood floors for transition, 7/16 osb worked good.
#2 Convert old formal carpeted dining room we never use to home office.
#3 convert old parlor or whatever bougy folks call it into a mud room involved using free repurposed tree shipping crates sitting in a orchard for a few yrs from a real farmer, who was going to torch them anyway, converted 4 of them into lockers complete with storage shelves for shoes (cripes do we have shoes) it's still in progress, any ideas for What can be added is appreciated fortunately wife likes the reclaimed weathered seasoned wood look (and will touch up cut ends with gray colored stain). I do to especially after getting a few estimates for lockers by real cabinet makers lol. #4 redo kitchen which will involve buying real actual cabinets this winter. Money we saved by this diy remodel bought me a new tiny tractor so far lol. More to follow if interested. .
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