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Frazzled
I’m posting a non-political topic because at this point in the evening I’m too weary (long day) to post anything meaningful on the hot topics of the day.
Is there anyone else there who has an HGTV addiction like I do? It’s almost unhealthy … they have so many cool shows – and the nifty little tricks they show you for how to redo a room for under $500? Somehow I never can seem to do that with rooms I want to add extra flair to 
Candice Olson’s show is my favorite. She’s awesome – I’ve seen her make some of the dumpiest rooms look like a million bucks (see some of her work here). One of these days, I’m going to have her redesign my living room Since I’ve bought my own home, I’ve definitely become a design show junkie. The only problem is, I don’t have the design budget I really need LOL.
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I bought a “fixer-upper” 5 years ago…I’m still fixing it up. Everything functions, and has from nearly Day One, but cosmetically there’s still a lot of work to do. It is worth over twice what I paid for it though, already…
Pathetic. Almost as bad as Food TV. My wife is addicted to both and as a result accomplishes nothing whatsoever. But man, can she tell you what you SHOULD be doing!
The C.S.O. was once addicted to HGTV, but she’s better now…or is she? When I try to change the channel away from The Food Network, she screams and wrestles me for the remote.
“I used to be a heroin addict, but now I’m a methadone addict.” — Woody Allen
For the life of me I simply cannot understand the fascination with watching other people do things while you sit on your lazy ass watching them perform these tasks; cooking, building, redecorating, re-arranging the crap in your house, or whatever. There’s a point where the nominal value of the instructions provided simply gives way to a totally ironic kind of perversity whereby you vicariously imagine something has been actually been accomplished.
Red,
Oh, sort of like how liberals fantisize on “Daily Krap” how they’re going to change the political landscape and punish all the conservatives who tried to make them obey rules, kept them from having fun, and actually made them physically work?
PCD, I think Red’s comment was somewhat tongue in cheek. Let’s keep this thread non-political, please. –ST
I think this quote kind of fits todays liberals:
The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life
Theodore Roosevelt
I’m into home improvement big time and catch myself watching those shows also.
This week I went and got tile for my kids bathroom for $40 from Restore as opposed to $145 from Home Depot. Tiling is fun to me. Immediate results and long lasting durability as well as the good looks.
I’ve already pulled out the toilet and linoleum and scraped the floor and am ready to cut the tile the next two nights. Hopefully I can mortar them to the floor Thursday and grout on Friday so that my kids can see a wonderfully new bathroom floor.
If someone took a video camera into my home to make a show out of it… they’d be bored silly. I love how they’ve made those shows interesting. The personalities are funny and they complete a project in 30 – 60 minutes.
Baklava I did our kitchen (The floor 20′x16′) in tile and went through scraping the vinyl (That’s southern for linoleum) off the concrete slab the installers glued every square inch of it down. I will not do tile again it is worth paying someone.
Just replaced a toilet it was builders grade and didn’t flush worth a damn, upgraded to a Kolher but before I could install it I had to replace the flange it had two cracks in it and it just took time too break it out in pieces. But once installed and leveled it’s much quitter and if it works like the one in the master bath (Which I installed a year ago) no more problems stopping up.
Also trying to keep the heat out of the attic this summer so I installed turbine roof vents it was fun on a 12-12 roof pitch one slip and you can’t stop. I just keep saying it’s not the fall that hurts it’s that sudden stop.
Now my wife wants a hardwood floor installed it a high traffic area its about 6ft wide and about 10ft long with a hallway leading to the laundry room. From what I have read and looked at it doesn’t look as hard as tile I should start that in about two weeks.
Jim, maybe you can then show me how to lay down some hard wood in a hallway I have. 125 year old house.
RT, what do you mean? Wives play a critical role in the heavy duty work that needs to be done around the house: they supervise
(note for anyone reading that who may be PC: that is not to say that ALL women don’t do heavy work around the house!)
Jim M: I will not do tile again it is worth paying someone.
Me: I love it. I must be sick. This will be my 4th tiling job.
I did the hardwood floor (the fake stuff). It was fairly easy book took the better part of a day. The trick with the stuff if you are going lenghwise is to get about 4 people’s hands because then you can have the whole row laid in real easy each time you are ready for a row.
ST: Wives play a critical role in the heavy duty work that needs to be done around the house: they supervise
And cheerlead, and feed me food as my hands are dirty, and provide scenery [my favorite part - gotta have a flash of scenery here and there - makes me work harder
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I’m just kidding!!!
When I had cable, I liked to watch Rachel Ray. She can cook for me anytime! Only because ST just won’t give me the time of day! *sigh*
PCD, Baklava I am thinking of using Bella wood the same as Rush advertises what caught my eye was a commercial on TV for Bella wood floors. I have looked at the fake wood flooring and a neighbor installed it in the same area my wife wants wood flooring I like real wood just my own preference.
PCD, Wow a 125 year old house built a few years after the War Between the States I would love to restore an old home like that but my wife would have an anxiety attack with “Things in Progress” and the dust. After I install our wood floor I’ll let you know how easy or hard it is to work with.
Baklava, The floor tiles in our kitchen are 12″ x 12″ and I laid them down diagonally it makes cutting around doorways and corners interesting and I have to replace a few as they are hollow under them and cracking. I must have done something wrong when mixing the mortar or I have been told that sometimes the mortar doesn’t adhere to the concrete floor. Either way its very labor intensive maybe with practice it gets easier. I bought a diamond bit for my dremel tool for grinding out the grout or I have an air driven high speed grinder. I’ll see which one works better. Then scrape or grind down the high spots and reinstall the tiles.
Jim M, I build nearly all my things out of “real” wood and often from either my own trees or log auctions that I then mill into the shapes I require.
PCD, I’m back in the world for a few months. Do you either you or Jim need a hand?
Forest, I appreciate the offer but I have a neighbor that every time I start a project he seems to know and drops in to give a hand. He is retired and Korean War Veteran and working with him can be difficult some times because it has to be done his way. But he does know how to work with wood and how to paint and he works cheap I just have to have cold beer available at the end of the day.
forrest, I wish I had the money to start and to put you up. Just got cleaned out at the courthouse. I really appreciate the offer.