Last week, K found a great deal on Craigslist. She often looks through the listings of free items to see if there are building materials she might want.
The big score last week was approximately 450 square feet of laminate bamboo-look flooring. Which had retailed for more than $1000 and had only been used for 3 years. In a yoga studio.
Which means it was cleaned gently and often. Shoes were not worn on it, pretty much ever. And it included an expensive and cushy underlayment.
The flooring was free if you came in and UN-installed it for the building owner. Which K did, and about 3 hours later we had a big pile of flooring under our kitchen table (including 2 unopened boxes that were in storage.)
Kristy removed some of the linoleum tiles that were loose, then installed the underlayer and started with the lengths of laminate.
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| Leftover tiles and cement with glue |
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| Mallet-ing, mallet-ing... |
Eventually, K had to call it a night. Finishing the floor and adding the floor trim will have to wait for tomorrow.
Side note: Friday night was K's birthday party, and our friend was in our kitchen and said, "Where did you get that flooring...?" Turned out it was from the studio she had worked at for years! She had cleaned that floor probably a hundred times! Hilarious! What a small city...
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