On 25 Feb 2004 19:19:05 GMT,
[email protected] (PENMART01)
wrote:
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> That's the natural wood, no stain is used on brazilian cherry, and it gets a bit darker with
> reddish purple tones over time when exposed to light. I wanted something dark and with some
> character... it will get four coats of some expensive ($80/gal) urethane type finish made in
> Sweden...
I have a friend who used that. She had to move kids, cats & dogs as well as adults out of the house
for 2 or 3 days due to the life shortening fumes involved. She has to stay out of the house for a
day or so even when she gives the floor a "tune up".
> I used the same stuff to refinish the living room when I first moved in, beautiful job.
Yes, it is and if I remember her last comment to me about it correctly, it's also now illegal in CA.
> The entire rest of the house is floored in a light colored oak, this area will have a very
> different look, I chose wider boards too (3"), all the rest is 2" width.
It's a "primative" look... sorta like subflooring, but very fashionable. I had no idea you were such
a home designer at heart! I shoulda knowed when you sent me the arial view of your property. Sheesh.
It's a place where most people would think that they'd died and went to Heaven if they got near it.
You actually beat my mother's property.... only because you have a real river (not a year round
stream like Mom's) flowing past. The best part is that your big river is between you and the
highway! Mom just has 40 acres and a few trees.
> The original owners used commercial grade vinyl tile, 12" squares, in a *horrid* green and
> white marblized pattern... they lived with that grotesque kitchen flooring some 41 years, I
> don't know how.
I don't know if they picked it, but it must have been something they could live with. LOL. Try
living with the pink & white kitchen with pink & green striped wallpaper on the ceiling and '60's
style funky flowered wallpaper that came with my kitchen. Eeeew. My bedroom had a bright orange
(gloss) paint and wallpaper that was a brown grasspaper with and ORANGE background. Yuck. Combine
that with eye-ease green paint on all the walls and some sort of horrible green carpet that "co-
ordinated" with it. Nasty.
> And all the rest of the kitchen is beautiful custom cherrywood cabinets and wall paneling, all
> from the same tree that was cut from the property...
Your're so lucky to have the local resourses who can do that for you! My sister has a very tasteful
kitchen that was done frugally... the cabinets were made with wood from an old barn. They are full
of character! Although I wouldn't do that sort of thing in my city house, they are absolutely
PERFECT for her country house.
> in fact all the doors in the house are from that same tree.
That was a HUGE tree!
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