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Entries Tagged as 'floors'

My Shellac Experiment with a Splintered Floor

August 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

*Regarding my post about splintered floors I posted earlier in the year.
I’ve tried many methods to fix the splintered floor. One is working pretty good but the fix doesn’t match color-wise. I took raw, hard shellac buttons and cracked them up and placed them over the deep slivered area. I took […]

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Tags: floors · wood

House Renovations Video Bloggers #2 (vlog)

July 11th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been out searching for some neat videos to share. I came across this video. I find the lady delightful. She loves her old house! She has more videos that aren’t house related (but very cute) at the following link.
http://www.blip.tv/users/view/ontheroadtoruin

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Leveling a bedroom floor and ceiling of a 100-year old house.

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Tags: woodwork · floors · projects

What’s Under Your Rug?

May 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I saw the floor around the large area rug, there was about a foot of floor exposed all the way around it. The floor had a few minor problems, nothing that a little bit of sanding wouldn’t take care of. But when we decided to move the furniture around and remove the area rug, we […]

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Tags: floors · great ideas · wood finishes