In one day, thanks to borrowing a friend's air nailer, Scott has managed to nail shoe moulding around most of the downstairs flooring.Much of it was in long strips.  Look at him go :)But there are a few areas, like around the stairs, where we had to get a little creative.The benefit of using an air nailer isn't just its speed; it also forces the nail further into the moulding, which means there are no nail heads to paint over.  Instead, I just need to fill the holes with either wood putty or … [Read more...]

Say sayonara to our boxes and boxes of laminate flooring.  Because we're finally finished with the installation!Or, rather, Scott's finished.  This is a project I can't take any credit for whatsoever because it has been all Scott.  And he is quite relieved to be done.We had two full boxes left over, so those will be returned to the store.  The random excess and "oops" pieces, however, are going into the fire pit.  As you can see in this photo, Scott had a lot of fun taking his aggression … [Read more...]