# Started Working on the house **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 4, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653 "2008-08-04T11:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/1 "2008-08-04T11:35:22Z")
undertook my first project of the new house… took me about 3-4 days total to get this done working about 4-5 hours a day after work/between dealing with the puppies. Replaced all the floors in the living room/dining area with Hand scraped Brazilian Cherry Laminate Flooring. Before pictures during Open house. ![http://www.viper966.com/house/DSC01827.jpg](http://www.viper966.com/house/DSC01827.jpg) ![http://www.viper966.com/house/DSC01826.jpg](http://www.viper966.com/house/DSC01826.jpg) After (about 2 weeks ago, still have not decorated anything) ![http://www.viper966.com/house/DSC01910.jpg](http://www.viper966.com/house/DSC01910.jpg) ![http://www.viper966.com/house/DSC01911.jpg](http://www.viper966.com/house/DSC01911.jpg) ![http://www.viper966.com/house/DSC01912.jpg](http://www.viper966.com/house/DSC01912.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/2 "2008-08-04T11:38:19Z")
Looks great, but expect to be cleaning it constantly. My neighbor put in dark wood like that in his kitchen about a year ago and they’re replacing it soon. He loves the look but every little spec of dirt/dust shows up like it’s under a magnifying glass. ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/3 "2008-08-04T11:38:26Z")
looks nice, I would of stripped that wallpaper in the kitchen first though. I hate wallpaper ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/4 "2008-08-04T11:38:28Z")
thats an odd fireplace insert. ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/5 "2008-08-04T11:40:15Z")
Looks nice. Are you going to replace all of that base molding with something different? Maybe something stained to match or white. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/6 "2008-08-04T11:42:15Z")
looks good ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/7 "2008-08-04T11:42:43Z")
> [@Jagermeister](#): > > Looks nice. > > Are you going to replace all of that base molding with something different? Maybe something stained to match or white. werd. i think this is what anonymity was planning on doing as well. how funny. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/8 "2008-08-04T11:43:47Z")
wiring at its finest 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/9 "2008-08-04T11:46:42Z")
Looks Good. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/10 "2008-08-04T11:49:19Z")
i like it you can tell you dont have lil kids ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/11 "2008-08-04T11:49:50Z")
i love the floor color. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/12 "2008-08-04T11:51:39Z")
I should have done that. It was hard work watching my wife tile the kitchen floor. :lol: (Yeah, my wife did most of the work. I did the cement board and grunt work. She mixed the mortar, set the tiles, grouted…) ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/13 "2008-08-04T11:54:24Z")
Im replacing all of the moulding with new white stuff… the walls are being repainted with color soon, now that the floors are done, im gonna pick a color a bunch had to come off during installation of the floors, and it cracked, so im gonna redo the entire room Wallpaper in the kitchen is LONG gone… took about 2 weeks to get it ALL off… the previous home owners loved the stuff… it was 2 layers deep. The kitchen has been overhauled as well, ill have pictures up next weekend after paint is done TV is mounted to the wall with all of the wires hidden, and the DTV box/all AV boxes in the basement on a rack mount i built and im using an IR repeater ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/14 "2008-08-04T12:18:38Z")
nice work! ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/15 "2008-08-04T12:31:18Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > I should have done that. It was hard work watching my wife tile the kitchen floor. :lol: > > (Yeah, my wife did most of the work. I did the cement board and grunt work. She mixed the mortar, set the tiles, grouted…) How’d you train a woman to do that? 🙂 Mine helps me pick the paint and sometimes put it on the walls. Thankfully I’m 99% done with my entire house, all except for finishing my garage interior On topic - Nice work ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/16 "2008-08-04T12:33:45Z")
looks good, it took me nine months to finish hiding all my wires for my tv over my fireplace. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/17 "2008-08-04T12:36:14Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Looks great, but expect to be cleaning it constantly. > > My neighbor put in dark wood like that in his kitchen about a year ago and they’re replacing it soon. He loves the look but every little spec of dirt/dust shows up like it’s under a magnifying glass. yep… with teh dog hair, ive had to sweep the floor every 1 or 2 days to keep it clean ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/18 "2008-08-04T12:52:23Z")
looks great, wood floors for dogs is a must imo… only way to not secretly have dog hair all over the place. carpeting and dogs = fail. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/19 "2008-08-04T12:56:50Z")
wood floors plus 90# dog = hand scraped, as it were. :\ even trimming them once a week ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653/20 "2008-08-04T13:01:49Z")
> [@camarojoe](#): > > How’d you train a woman to do that? 🙂 > > Mine helps me pick the paint and sometimes put it on the walls. > Thankfully I’m 99% done with my entire house, all except for finishing my garage interior > > On topic - Nice work Mine picks the paint, then paints. I can paint pretty well without masking anything, so I take care of the detailed shit. Otherwise its all her. If I was home I’d post a pic of her hanging drywall in a bikini. One of my favorite pics. Well, no I wouldn’t post it. The best part was that I got to pawn off all the drywall mudding on her too. I effing hate drywall. She said she wanted to try so I handed her the knife, explained the basics, and walked away. Came out pretty good. OK /hijack [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/started-working-on-the-house/52653.md?page=2)