May. 23rd, 2010

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No reaction post for Hungry Earth. I'm still mulling over my reaction.

Instead, I need going to bitch about major mission creep in the pantry project )

tl;dr: I need to hear the experiences of DIYers out there who've laid their own flooring, be it carpet, wood, or linoleum. What were your experiences, prices, difficulty levels? [livejournal.com profile] faireraven, [livejournal.com profile] tchwrtr, I know you've done it. Anyone else?
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My review for the Lost Story Song of Megaptera is up on Unreality SF.

...The audio equivalent of wobbly sets and bubblewrap monsters...
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sjarl marker (Sunday)
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On the possibly mistaken assumption that anyone cares about this... (And thank you, y'all, for your flooring suggestions! Much needed.)

The molding around the door, the molding along the floor under the pantry built-in, the linoleum under the pantry built-in, and the shelving, supports, and dividing wall along the lower half of the pantry are all ripped out.

I also have a smashed finger and what's going to turn into a really impressive technicolor bruise along my right arm, and because the molding had been nailed into thin plywood, there are lots of gaps where I tried to lever it out and just poked holes in the backing instead. So "install new molding" is now one of the tasks, but I'm expecting it to help hide a multitude of sins.

Even more annoyingly, the dated decorative wooden thingy over the kitchen window -- which I had particularly looked forward to ripping out -- can't come out. Not without ripping out all the molding over ALL the cabinets and that's just too much to load onto this job with all the other mission creep I'm dealing with, especially as it would mean either adding new molding or taking out *all* the wallpaper and... no. Just NO!

On the other hand, I've found a very interesting set of Art Nouveau stencils )

ETA: Chas. Rennie rose stained glass pattern (free) http://stained-glass-patterns.co.uk/2charlesrenniemackintosh.html

Art Deco blanket (Ravelry link) http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/art-deco-baby-blanket

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