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Originally Posted by Mistress
Jordan- You do know this requires after photos....this is a very visual crowd.
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Alrighty - you came thru on the other thread with some photos.....so I must be a man of integrity and heed your flooring request.
Behold, the mighty african paduak. For the most part, it went pretty well- took me 3 evenings after work to do about 300sf myself. Pulled up all the baseboard and I've still gotta repaint the nail holes. And again - for 0.75sf, I'm pretty freaking happy with it.
The only problem - is now our humble living room needs a complete makeover (furniture, etc) as the carpet is no longer the weakest link. Yes, that's a homemade rug - my mother-in-law made it because we're amish.
I also made some concrete test pieces - just to play around with tinting....but I'm not really happy with the results so far. Keep in mind, these are crudely formed and completely unfinished....I just wanted to see color results. The rectangular piece is face up - after stripping the forms.....and the other ones haven't finished curing yet (untroweled or floated as well).
At this point - I'm thinking black and NOT casting any stones into the surface. I'll be pouring a solid concrete coffee table this weekend, hopefully.