Post #647321 by littlegiles on Tue, Aug 7, 2012 5:25 PM

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I'm really trying to reuse stuff that I have removed from other areas of the home.

I have been collecting things for YEARS and have never had anywhere to display them so hopefully I'll be able to finally enjoy them in the kind of setting I have dreamed of.

The last few days I have really been working on that wood floor. I think it has some great character and I'm glad I didn't strip it down. Hard to believe it was buried under ugly carpet. After a day of scrubbing it by hand and applying almond oil, I laid down a couple good coats of liquid wax. Wish I had my mom's old Kirby Floor Buffer. That thing could polish poop. HAHA

When I was working in the kitchen, I had to remove an old cabinet to make a place for the fridge. I kept the cabinet and have now installed it on the wall in my office to hold collectibles or such. Just needs repainted or covered with something.

Remember that floral border I was bitching about? Well it has started to disappear. Today I started the job of cutting the old pine panelling and reusing it. What ya think?

One last thing for today. While I was in Big Lots I saw some bamboo beach mats for $5. Knowing that money was tight and also knowing that I could surely use some bamboo matting somewhere, I picked up a couple. I attached one to the door. I didn't know the color was so close to the wall color. You can hardly see it, but I think I can trim it out and perhaps attach a piece of plywood and some tiki artwork and have a really interesting focal point.

that's it for this update. I hope tomorrow to finish the panelling around the top of the walls and perhaps install some shelving.

Any suggestions on what I might do to hide the unsitely self brackets? I thought maybe camo with some bamboo and rope. The pine is really giving the room kind of a nautical feel, but maybe that is just me.