As I mentioned in another post, the kitchen floor was to be our first house project as husband and wife. Not sure that was totally what John intended, but it worked out that way.
After pulling up all the ugly green icky gluey tile, we realized we were never going to be able to hand sand the whole floor. John booked a floor sander for Easter Monday, as he had the day off from work.
So at a little before 7 AM, ... Read More
Posted By Xerraire On Thursday, April 12th 2012 In Featured, Personal | Tags: Barb, easter, floor, fog, glue, jarrah floor, john, kennards hire, kitchen, monday, sander, tile, wood |
As I mentioned in another post, the kitchen floor was to be our first house project as husband and wife. Not sure that was totally what John intended, but it worked out that way.
After pulling up all the ugly green icky gluey tile, we realized we were never going to be able to hand sand the whole floor. John booked a floor sander for Easter Monday, as he had the day off from work.
So at a little before 7 AM, ... Read More
Posted By Xerraire On Friday, March 23rd 2012 In Featured, Personal | Tags: Barb, floor, jarrah, jarrah floor, jarrah wood, john, kitchen, me, tile, wood |
John even though he says he needs to watch what he says around me, never really learns. Either that, or he really does like how I make his life interesting.
Prior to getting married and me coming here, he worried after his holiday was over and he had to head back to work, what would I do with myself all day. I told him not to worry, I am seldom bored and have enough interests to keep me busy. Remembering the ... Read More
Posted By Xerraire On Sunday, August 7th 2011 In Featured, Personal | Tags: enric, floor, laminate, living room, miquel, Rubí, Silas, yaya |
This weekend we carried on putting down the new flooring. Last weekend we finished the dining room area, and this weekend it was time to tackle the living room. The living room was more challenging as there was a lot of cutting to do. It went a little slower and it didn't get finished.
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Posted By Xerraire On Saturday, July 30th 2011 In Personal | Tags: Barb, dining room, enric, floor, how to lay floor, laminate, living room, miquel, miranda, mom, photos, Rubí, Silas |
Today we began in earnest pulling up the carpet from the living room/dining room and putting down new flooring.
This is an important event in our household, number one, because it means so much to Mom, and number two, so many people were involved in making it all possible.
We are so excited to get this done for Mom! She was all smiles and very happy.
I do believe we have a skate in our socks scheduled for this evening.
:)
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Posted By Xerraire On Saturday, November 6th 2010 In Personal | Tags: addition, floor, house, rooms, upper level |
"Our house is a very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard...."
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
For those who know, we have had some changes to our home.
Miranda took this photo in September of this year:
One floor, and five rooms later, this is what the front of our house looks like today:
Not everything is finished, but soon Enric and Miranda will be able to move into it! ... Read More








