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Raddish's Dining Room Remodeling Project *UPDATE* #138, with a pic! Fresh paint and completed chair rail. Still have to do beauty boxes.
February 7, 2008 at
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This project has been on the Honey-do list since the day we moved into this house back in August of 2005. Our dining room is pretty hideous. The previous owners used it as an office and cut holes in the walls, etc.
The color on the walls is nice, but that's the only good thing to say about it, really.
So far we haven't done much except replace the stupid little light that was in the room with a chandelier we got on Amazon.com for $26. It's stainless and matches the rest of the lights in the house, so we like it. We were considering buying a nearly identical chandelier from Lowe's for like $350, and honestly we like that one a bit better, for for $26 for the one we got we really couldn't be much happier.
So since I got laid off from my job I figured I'd take almost two weeks off before starting the new job and tackle this project. First up is priming the walls and removing the awful head-cap from over the window.
Next is pulling up the carpet and staples and removing the baseboards.
Then I'll either install the hardwood or fix all the holes in the walls, not sure which direction I'll go next, but both will hopefully be done by the end of next week.
Later, I'll be wainscoting the dining room, but I have to pick a pattern first. I'm not sure what I want to do just yet.
I also intend to install an in-wall display case for my wife's butterfly art. This will also include some new lighting to show off her collection. That'll probably happen before the wainscoting, and indeed may even drive the wainscoting design.
I've uploaded a few pictures of what I am starting with. I'll post more as I go along, just like before.
The color on the walls is nice, but that's the only good thing to say about it, really.
So far we haven't done much except replace the stupid little light that was in the room with a chandelier we got on Amazon.com for $26. It's stainless and matches the rest of the lights in the house, so we like it. We were considering buying a nearly identical chandelier from Lowe's for like $350, and honestly we like that one a bit better, for for $26 for the one we got we really couldn't be much happier.
So since I got laid off from my job I figured I'd take almost two weeks off before starting the new job and tackle this project. First up is priming the walls and removing the awful head-cap from over the window.
Next is pulling up the carpet and staples and removing the baseboards.
Then I'll either install the hardwood or fix all the holes in the walls, not sure which direction I'll go next, but both will hopefully be done by the end of next week.
Later, I'll be wainscoting the dining room, but I have to pick a pattern first. I'm not sure what I want to do just yet.
I also intend to install an in-wall display case for my wife's butterfly art. This will also include some new lighting to show off her collection. That'll probably happen before the wainscoting, and indeed may even drive the wainscoting design.
I've uploaded a few pictures of what I am starting with. I'll post more as I go along, just like before.
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Is your floor made of wood? Or is that something you have put on top of your slab? (I'm referring to the pics where you have the carpet and the pad removed)
I'll tape down some rosin paper to go between the subfloor and the 3/4" pre-finished hardwood that I'll start installing tomorrow. The purpose of the rosin paper is to reduce noise, and especially 'squeaks' that arise from friction between the subfloor and the hardwood.
There will always be some amount of 'creaks' in any hardwood floor, but the rosin paper goes a long way to removing the high-pitched 'squeaks' you hear when walking across some older hardwood floors.
Is your floor made of wood? Or is that something you have put on top of your slab? (I'm referring to the pics where you have the carpet and the pad removed)
There will always be some amount of 'creaks' in any hardwood floor, but the rosin paper goes a long way to removing the high-pitched 'squeaks' you hear when walking across some older hardwood floors.
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If you have to wait a few days to put down the flooring, why not paint first? Then you don't have to worry about dripping.
As for painting first, no can do. One, we haven't decided on a color yet. Two, I am doing wainscoting first so I don't want to paint where the wainscot will be. Also, I have tons of plastic I can put down so I'm not too worried about dripping.
I am at a standstill at the moment though. The distributor for the hardwood I am using has gone out of business. The retailer I buy the wood from can't find another distributor for this region, so he's going to get me a different brand of wood and allow me to trade in the extra that I already have. I'll probably pick up the new wood tomorrow (if it's not raining), but then it has to acclimate in the house for at least three days before I start installing it.
So I'm dead in the water for the time being. That sucks since I have this time on my hands. I may look into doing the recessed wall shelving while I'm on a forced 'break'.
The conditions the wood has been exposed to in a warehouse are likely much different than the conditions in a house. So, in order to prevent gaps and bowing during installation, it takes about three days for the wood to 'stabilize' in it's new environment.
The conditions the wood has been exposed to in a warehouse are likely much different than the conditions in a house. So, in order to prevent gaps and bowing during installation, it takes about three days for the wood to 'stabilize' in it's new environment.
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Just like this project.