Comments on CREED: My House: Dining Room Progress

Hi Ray, It depends on whether your dealing with an...

2013-11-16T11:05:11.521-05:00

Hi Ray, It depends on whether your dealing with antique floor boards (planks) or tongue and groove flooring. If antique boards are not rotted or eroded from termite damage etc., and theres a stable sub floor underneath then sand away (test for lead paint if the boards were painted). Antique boards are typically face nailed if they're not pegged so each of the nails has to be counter sunk before sanding. With tongue and groove flooring if the floor has already been sanded to the point the nails are visible, its beyond the point of refinishing. ~ Carol

Hi Carol, the floors look amazing! How does one d...

2013-10-15T16:54:52.934-04:00

Hi Carol, the floors look amazing! How does one determine if an existing floor is capable of being sanded? What do I need to do?

Hi Virginia - yes the timber beam construction (pe...

2013-08-01T11:26:19.025-04:00

Hi Virginia - yes the timber beam construction (pegged and notched) is typical of the area and age of the house. They're very rough and still had some bark on them and a dark residue had built up on them over the years. We scraped them down so now they have what I refer to as a rough hewn finish (not milled) or undressed as you called it. (at the lumber yards in North America the milled wood is actually labelled as "dressed 4 sides" or 2 sides etc. so yes it would be fitting to call these "undressed"!). We think the wood is either pine or hemlock not certain. I do plan on leaving them natural in colour but will be applying clear oil finish. ~ C

It is so, so gorgeous. Those beams. That floor. Ja...

2013-07-28T20:06:12.030-04:00

It is so, so gorgeous. Those beams. That floor. Jaw-dropping!

Oh Carol I am gob-smacked a those beams! Is that a...

2013-07-28T18:24:06.648-04:00

Oh Carol I am gob-smacked a those beams! Is that a common construction detail in houses in the area of the same age? With the undressed finish? (Actually, maybe that is an Australian term...meaning not planed all round....not sure if that is the same term all over the world....)

They are impossibly beautiful. Are they Oregon? They give the room the most amazing atmosphere...I can imagine many, many years of happy dinners in that gorgeously warm and welcoming space.

Looks like a marvelous space to share. Surely wort...

2013-07-28T14:33:52.792-04:00

Looks like a marvelous space to share.
Surely worth the wait. Beautifully set table.
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