flooring photos

so here are some updated photo's of 

that 

BEAUTIFUL

Larvik Flooring

and my Annie Sloan 

"Paris Grey" trim..

I love the softness of the room 

see... 

purty lovely 

i like how the guest room floor looks..

(still need to paint that trim...)

what do you think?

Pinch Me, PRETTY!

so 

my Machine Man's Brother came

with his lovely Bride

AND

(drum roll please)

their beloved daughter

Yippee!

another one of my nieces came to the farm!

At 17 Months she really 

IS

"Pinch me Pretty"

a TOTAL cutie patootie 

She's most ALWAYS happy

pleasant

and cute

now...

having had four this age

I know that things may not 

BE

as they appear

(toddler-hood WHAT it is)

but we have been SO blessed

to always seem to catch her on her BEST days!

She's a BLAST!

and hard to track down with a camera !

Meet J.J. !

Little Man and J.J get along JUST fine!

he's pretty glad to see her 

she's pretty happy to see 

well

EVERYONE! 

Posing so like a 

Ballerina

what a pumpkin! 

Her lovely coloring makes me think of a 

wee

Anne

of

Green Gables! 

look what she found to dance upon!

my beautiful

PINCH 

me
PRETTY

floors!

for all you who guessed 

here and/or on facebook..

The color that won

was Larvik

the black one!

it has rich brown tones

but the stain is a black

and 

we LOVE how it looks

with the Paris Grey Trim

and the China White walls

what do YOU think

LL Flooring... Stang-Lund part 1

so... it 's all done that is gonna get done

BEFORE 

the "Flooring Guy" comes over

the boxes and stuff are just WAITING for him to open

and put together 

The trim looks good in the Living room 

In the LL Guest Room, I only painted the Windows  

WHY???

well.. Machine Man mentioned something about 

replacing the base boards because of NOT having any

where the closet WAS

and he is project "planning" thinking...etc

MY THOUGHT

is that Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

costs a bit of money

and IT is never meant to be wasted on trim that 

MAY

or

May NOT

come out..

not doing it..

I will wait for his final thoughts before wasting paint and energy

wouldn't YOU?

there is the ceiling

still drying... 

and here is phase ONE!

The "flooring Guy is laying down

the Scuba liner!

isn't it cool?

it's a good moisture barrier 

it cracks me UP!

That said one more day to GUESS the color!!!

Which one...

do YOU think 

that we picked???

come on..

you can do it..

GUESS!

LL Guest room patch work !

So when Machine Man left things looked like this

Whilst I THOUGHT he was upstairs unpacking

I suddenly realize

I am hearing the sound of a drill..

Then it stops..

finally I think.. perhaps I ought to investigate..

yep.. there is a drill

and sounds of talking coming from LL Guest Room 

so.. I slowly came around the corner to peek

at what was happening.. 

Woo hoo!

Time for the Repair! 

it really helps that Machine Man is so tall.. 

no.. we've not figured out exactly what we want to do.. about that

long gap in our wall..

thinking creatively..

it'll come to us 

time for the tape stuff 

it is never fun to work on ceilings...

Thankfully he has some pretty good 

products to work with.. 

I love my DAP... 

now..

dry ceiling DRY

the flooring guy is coming soon

and we must be a wee bit 

MORE done with this room

than we are right now..

Kitchen flooring!

a little bit of stretching required...

when you don't have traditional cabinetry..

YUP

I had a volunteer in my sidekick Princess...

and now that the floor is primed 

with coats of Zissner

it's time for our Porch Paint..

(not oil based)

we are thankful at how little this smells... 

the first coat we did edge out by hand and then 

Roller In.. 

we were shocked at how thin the porch paint is 

compared to wall paint

and primer...

but the next morning there were too many little spots

and for the following 2 coats I painted only by hand 

It is so fun to see the stark difference of it all!

and I LOVE how I can see that beautiful grain beneath the 

Black Jack color

so pretty!

Now Machine Man can get that guy over to help with

my copper pipes for our propane..

Which we don't YET have..

and then....

so exciting!

Floors floors floors....

The time has come, to get the kitchen floor DONE!

and first comes some scrubbing

ok.. a LOT of scrubbing... 

and I have my trusty sidekick to help me ...

we wanted to do that in the evening..

and then... 

when it is all completed..

take the time to prime it really GOOD before bed

so it can dry before Little Man wakes

and gets curious 

first coat is done

and looking really good! 

funny as small as the kitchen is..

painting by brush it takes time 

we had to stop before we got to the dining area

or what WILL be the sitting room/buffet room..

why stop?

because nearly everything that goes IN the kitchen

is IN this room.. and I can barely FIND the floor for walking...

in the morning AFTER some little boys were up,

dressed and BEING fed

I did the second coat

and then we had to LEAVE

to keep curious stomping feet OUT...

Where to go?

somewhere to look for flooring for the family room!

and the guest room!

it was quite the adventure

and we found a super gallery about an hours drive..

(after a LOT of other spots THIS was the place for us!) 

beautiful.. but not quite the look for us

really neat.. but.. again..

it's an old farm house..

not a cabin...

love the dark side on the left.. but it seems almost

TOO rustic 

gorgeous but too... perfect..

oh this IS going to be a challenge!

We need something that won't off gas

that is LOCAL

and is clean

for varying health issues 

and this is what we stumbled across...

This ..

local wood, treated the old Scandinavian way

with oils and it's NO VOC, no off gasing..

all safe and pretty for me..

AND

we've picked our color

but can you guess WHICH one???

come on..

leave a comment with the color YOU think we picked

and what YOU would pick!

Walking on pretty

Floors are DONE!

I used White Semi Gloss Porch Paint

and Forgot

to take a snap of the can...

next room...

sorry

here are some shots

I LOVE the look 

I find it dreamy

and clean 

and lovely 

i do wonder...

if i ought to have gone with gloss

for better durability and clean up

but I simply adore the look..

o MY 

pretty! 

next the trim!

Annie Sloan Chalk paint!

so exciting!

and you wonder...

was I inspired by the nature all around me?

take a look at these sweet flowers I got a shot of...

tell me what YOU think ! 

would YOU be inspired?

shades of whites...

I am LOVING the Littlest Room!

Bed Bought! 

Night Stands Bought

Bedding Bought

Armoir... need to buy

Art... in works (smiling)

it's all coming together!

Littlest Room...walking on...

so to START with

the floors in the littlest room were SCARY to say the least

remember this???

and this??

and how even after sweeping all that mess up

it STUCK

like THIS???

and 

???

well  friends,

CLEAN UP TIME

 HAS COME!

and try as I might

I could find no ACTUAL way to get the floors clean

other than 

a good old fashioned scrub brush

some Murphy's Oil Soap

H20 in a bucket

and

 a wee bit of elbow grease

and

 knee grease for that matter ...

 (ouch!)

yep... 

it was a LABOR of love 

I started to feel the connection one feels to Ma Engles 

of Little House in the Big Wood

that floor was FILTHY!

started remembering the Last Samuri

and how that gal shot dagger eyes at tom cruise

when he just walked across the floor with his muddy boots 

after she cleaned the WHOLE floor...

yep..

after using all sorts of fancy floor cleaning items

and owning nice shiny floors

I started feeling a kindred spirit to women of the ages

and it was good

(painful) but good...

not that I need to bond with them all too often...

just once per room it would seem...

ugh

doesn't THAT look nice..???

wash your feet before entering!

I waited till the floors were dry

and got out my SMART PRIME!

by guess who?

Zissner ! :)

I edged it out keeping with the grain

i ended up going over that far wall on the right a second time 

realizing my mistake.. the people had previously stained AROUND only the rug

leaving beneath the rug BARE! 

thus where they stained will be more difficult to cover...

so I will go over that again

there all done..

time to dry!

tomorrow..

time for painting!

color?

white!!!

this is the smallest

darkest room in the house

and I want it to be the lightest

airy-iest

most romantic

dreamiest

room in the whole house

because it is going to be MINE!

now..

to shop online for MY new bed!

bliss!