allison’s rental gets a new kitchen new floor
I pried, with a screwdriver head, three different generations of linoleum from my miniscule kitchen floor last week. It must have been at least 40 years worth, if not more. It was gross. I put baking soda on the dank sticky wood to dry it out. What to do? Luckily, my friend Jimmy had some extra knotty pine planks on the set of his HGTV show Hammered. With tools in hand he came over on Thursday. The wood floor was in place in less than two hours. I am contemplating using one of the stains from BioShield Paint. I’ve seen them on knotty pine floors and love the affect. The cost of the project? A nice meal at Esashi the neighborhood Japanese restaurant. The little kitchen looks amazing! It seems bigger too. By the way, Jimmy’s a genius. He can build anything. Last week we were hanging out, he showed me a picture on his phone of a king size bed made out of birch branches he had made that morning! I routinely shake my head in astonishment at him. Check out Season II of Hammered on HGTV every Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. — Allison R
April 5th, 2007 at 6:07 am
I, too, have been dying to rip out my kitchen (rental) floors. Any ideas for someone who doesn’t have an amazing carpenter friend or free wood? I am looking for an inexpensive replacement for the linoleum and may have to do something about the subfloor- there are screws and nails peaking through already! Thank you for the inspiration and congrats on a lovely new floor!
April 5th, 2007 at 7:36 am
Jimmy is a genius and the show is great. He and his brother are on their way to my house to film a segment of Hammered. He’s building my husband the ultimate computer desk. Look for it in an upcoming episode.
April 5th, 2007 at 7:44 am
It looks great and I am happy to see it done. I have wanted to do something like this in my living room. Can you post a tutorial?
April 5th, 2007 at 7:49 am
A tutorial is a great idea.. we’ll see what we can do!
April 5th, 2007 at 8:32 am
I can ask Jimmy what saws and tools he brought over and defintely break it down. It was easy. It would have taken a few days if I did it myself but still doable. It is great! Get rid of the lineoleum if you can!
We listened to Mos Def while working. That helped too.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Fantastic! This is one of those times when I really wish I would break down and get cable…
April 5th, 2007 at 10:19 am
what a great friend. i have always heard of such friends, but i’ve never had one like that myself.