TOPIC: Jay's Floor 8 - Grand Finale

It is about time I got this out.  As I have said, time is time is time.

The first picture is the dining room, left side.

We used to have a large Persian rug under the table, but my wife likes the flooring so much we will have to find another place for it.

The next is the view of the dining room, right side.

The gate is to keep the kids (meaning the dogs) out of this room.  Too much opportunity to mark the "new" space...

The third views the living room, left side. Everything in the living room except for the grandfather clock is very antique.

The his/her chairs at the end of the room are circa 1820.  Am I allowed to sit in either one?  Noooo..  I am not even allowed to look at them. This is the "her" chair.

You have brief permission to view them, but don't look for long.  I don't have written permission.

This shows some of the antique rug around which this room was designed, right down to the bubble gum wall color.

The last picture views the living room, right side.

That is the "his" chair, although NOT mine.  You are correct, I do not use the living room for anything.

Well, I do wind the clock every week, but must leave quickly.

This was a fun, though difficult, project.    It was made more difficult by my schedule.    That is the problem we all have, don't we?  Would I do it again? Yes!

Together we looked at the rooms again last night.  They have been transformed from comfortable spaces to very  beautiful, formal spaces.  They really pop.

I am pleased, we are pleased, with the results.  The way I figure it, the house has grown in value by, what do you think, $200, $300K?

Gotta be...

Thanks for coming along for the ride, however slow it was.

Looks good.  Don't think the floor I just put in looked quite that good.  Course it was a 1100 SQFT rent house.  lol

Thanks Adrian!  We try, don't we...

I'll get better at this carpentry stuff as I do more of it.  I think my next project my be putting in a turbine vent, they maybe replacing some windows.  Those are going to be fun projects.

If you are in a windy area it might behoove you to put on a ridge vent instead.  Turbine vents can turn when it is windy and actually suck heat out the house in winter and cool in summer.

That's if I understand what you mean by "turbine vent."

Yes that's what I meant.  And yes I live in a VERY windy state.  And the main reason I'm putting in the turbine vent is to fix a leak.  The house I'm living in for the moment is one of my rent houses that I'm trying to fix up enough to look good and sell.  It has an old vent pipe for the old floor heater that is leaking and I'm just going to cut it and put in a turbine vent to fill the hole.  And the attic NEEDS better ventilation.  The roof is only about five years old give or take and its starting to curl and get wavy.  Sure wish I knew then what I know now about houses!  lol

But, after last nights hail storm, I'm heading up there in a few to see if there is any damage.  Had two windows get broken in my living room.