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I left a pot of coffee for Nick and his dad as I headed to work this morning. Yesterday we finished all the prep work and the first planks of the bamboo floor were glued together.  There's a lot of pictures, so I hope they don't take too long to load. Here's a recap of the progress: Sunday, April 26th. Nick and his dad finished building the ...

In order to lay the bamboo flooring, the cabinet bases need to be installed first so we know exactly where/what the floor butts up to. That also means that we need to run the electrical along the wall with the stove, insulate,and hang drywall before we put that base cabinet in place. Despite thinking a lot about this project and drawing out what ...

This weekend is off to a pretty good start.  In fact it’s gone so well that I’m now completely pooped and am laying horizontal on the couch as I write this.  I don’t think I’m gonna move for an hour or two, at least. Mostly I’m tired out because I carried a full palette’s worth of bamboo flooring up the 33 stairs to the house.  I ...