The sanders came at about 11:30 this morning and were here for at least 6 hours.  I was kind of surprised, since I don't remember the li...

And I don't have to do it this time!  Lately we've been taking the "Y" out of DIY and just paying people to get it done.  ...

Yep, I'm cheating again...!  Since the baby came along, we actually have more time than money.  We rarely go out, and between our work s...

Shayne and I stopped by the Habitat for Humanity ReStore yesterday to look for a "new" front door. We didn't have much luck w...

Shellacked living room floor eye candy! I'm still going to put one more coat of shellac on, but it looks awesome. The floor is glossy wi...

The floor has gone through quite a transformation this week. We went from this: To this: Back to this: And finally, to this: We're not d...

Due to my really crappy shellacking, I decided to start from scratch. Again. This time, I did it right. We rented a drum sander and truly le...

I woke up at 8:30 this morning to return the floor sander to K Wood Products, which is the hardware nearest our house. We kept it under $175...

After working most of the day, I am just about finished sanding the floor. Shayne is downstairs working on sanding around the edges, and I...

I can't believe I was excited about having floors with the original finish intact, since it means more layers of crud to get through bef...

I should know by now that nothing ever goes as planned. I should be downstairs sanding the floor, but here I am upstairs piddling around on ...

It's official: The floor refinishing madness will begin on Thursday. On last Thursday, Shayne and I stopped by a local hardware store to...