Runner for Stairs

Wood stairs can be a little bit slippery so a family friend called us up looking for a elegant runner to put down their stairs to add to the design of their home.  This is what we found.  It is nylon to hold up to the stair traffic.

More Progress...!

So... a long wile ago we posted some pictures of a house that we were 'flipping'  so now that I have some more pictures to share, I thought I would share our slow progress.

This is the progress that we are having on the cabinets, as you can see the beautiful cardboard flooring is custom to fit ( to protect the beautiful hardwood floors that were installed) Sorry for the mess I could'nt wait to take the picts till they were finished...

This room is coming along so well! We are going to continue the hardwood flooring into this level to create a beautiful dining room! If you look at the old pictures you will see that the Brown and cream paint made this level look so small and dark. The white on white opens up the room and makes it looks so BRIGHT! Love it!

BAD picture and messy but that is why it is a work in progress... This is the progress of the same room with the new paint ( we repainted the whole house... this just shows crazy change.)

Another shot of the cabinets with the guys working! (the light blue guy in the shirt... that's my DAD working hard.)

This is the front room that was Burgundy, I thought it looked good ( I like dark colors) but after the new paint... The white looks so good! Wood floor in this room also!

( that is a sneak peak of the tile that we are putting in the house! Same stuff that I have in my bathroom!)

This room was the 'ZOO' room... I have nothing more to say except, much better!

I dont know what the previous owners were thinking but the plug in lights weren't my favorite... Can lights is where is is at. New ceiling coming soon... Did I mention that there are new windows in the WHOLE house! Im jealous they are so nice!

More of the new cabinets... I couldn't get enough of them!  Also can lights in the kitchen!

Pantry and desk!

Knotty Alder Cabinets... I wont ruin the surprise of the counter top, so when they get installed I will be sure to post more pictures of that as well!

The laundry room is going to be a surprise as well! It used to be in the downstairs room ( the one with the new window sitting in it) shoved up against the wall... Creeped me out just looking at it so we moved it upstairs.  The plumbing just got finished and it looks so great! I will post picts of the progress!

Just another update for your carpet

When it comes to carpet there can be a few misconceptions when it comes to cleaning, foot wear, and well maintenance.  Carpet is just like any other flooring, it likes to be cleaned.  You cant over vacuum your carpet, especially on your stairs and in your hall way.  A rule of thumb is you should know is you should be vacuuming your carpet once a week per individual/ animal living at your house.  So in our house hold there lives 5 people a dog and a cat so with this  we should be vacuuming everyday... we don't, but we do our best.  When it comes to cleaning your carpets... STEAM is the only way to go. Chemical cleaning is very bad for your carpet, when the chemicals get on your carpet it makes your carpet fibers stick together. Steam cleaning your carpet should be done at least once a year by a certified carpet cleaner.  Every 6 months for people who have lots of pets or smoke.  When you get your carpet cleaned it has a tendency to get 'revived' from all the foot traffic that it withholds to.  With this is mind steam cleaning your carpet will keep your carpet looking good and preform better.  As a side note manufacture warranty's 'fine print' will take note that you need to maintain your carpet to their standards on vacuuming and steam cleaning.

Now for a side mark dealing with the blend of your carpet (Nylon, Polyester, ect.) Polyester carpet needs to be cleaned more often to have optimum performance.  Nylon has better wear when it comes down to it.  If you have high traffic areas ( stairs, hallways)  then those areas may need to be done more often than a low traffic area (bedrooms, ect.).



(images off google)

Adura Bathroom

So we just finished a bathroom and you may be shocked to know that we took before... during... and after pictures of the bathroom! the transofrmation is great!

The before was carpet in a bathroom... my personal opinion is Yucky!

These are just pictures of the sub floor!

The finished product! All Adura luxury vinly tile grouted with unstainable grout! HOW GREAT RIGHT!
It looks AmAzInG!

Our bathroom with new tile

I wish that before we installed this tile you could have seen what this bathroom looked like! Alose your eyes and picture PEACH and GOLD everything! YUCK! Peach cabinets, tile, walls, countertop... ect. But it was bad! So we painted, got a new cabinet and picked new tile! Now... The bathroom is complete bliss!!! :) I am so happy!

Flippy house update!

So when life gets busy... as it always does for us, we are still working on the house so we can flip it, slowly making progress. I hope from the pictures you will appreciate the work as much as we will when you see the before and after pictures! But seriously the paint they had in this house was... interesting to say the least!  There used to be cabinets in the above room!

I guess the picts dont really let you see all the pictures with the terrible paint but the house is undergoing alot!

The bathroom that is about to be gutted! Ahhh! peel and stick tile just will not do!

A little sneek peek! :) dont be to frightened!

Flooding and flooring

Water as we all know isn't good in the house... Out side fine, but inside it is bad... Kinda like children ( but that is neither here nore there).  In the sad case that you find water in your basement just a few things to look for.
What type of water is it?
        Sewer water... Take it up and throw it away. Call you insurance and have them pay you to fix it (we sell and install Hint Hint)
        Rain water/ Pipe breaking.... Dry everything out completely! Pull up the carpet put fans down and dry the carpet the padding.  Leave down all the tack strips and leave down the padding. The carpet can be dried and saved.
Hope this is helpful for you and the water troubles.

Tile with a little flare

We have a big job going on for a ballet studio addition remodel.  I am so happy with how it is turning out I wanted to share some of the progress.
For the sake of the post we will call my customer Mrs. C. As we were finding all the tile for the bathrooms meeting a short time window and staying warm but not going totally brown, and keeping it pleasing to the eye, we found a frosted tile to go with the large tile and the smaller floor tile. I think it is looking great if you ask me.

it still needs to be grouted and the pictures of that will be coming soon!  :)

Recent Jobs

These are some jobs that have been completed the past few months, sorry some of the places are still under construction. But the floors still look fantastic!!

this is a beautiful Laminate floor made by shaw

This is the grid pattern that we do with the adura flooring. Looks really good with lots of different patterns!

We do cabinets and counter tops!

The carpet is Shaw, Overland trail... Looks really good with everything because of the neutral color

Cabinets for a TV room! We did the cabinets and the flooring!


Flip house

With the incoming of spring and the 'newness' feeling it brings, we decided to take on a HUGE project that we are convinced happened in a moment of tempary madness, insanity, a small mental break. We baught a HUD home that looked... well it had better days. After gutting the whole house (Cabinets, counter tops, flooring and all) we are painting, putting in all new flooring, cabinets and countertops. I will get you a few before picts, during picts and after picts so you can see the transformation as it goes! hope you find it as exciting as we do! Sorry this beginning picture is so bad!

New Carpet

Our great installers just installed this carpet in a garage office.  The owners LOVE it. They were a little hesitant about putting in a pettern, nut after it was installed they wanted us to put more of it in.

They put it on a pad to help with some insulation in keeping the office warmer.

The stairs turned out so good as well.  They skirted the walls with the carpet as well and it looked really nice.

Just the closet.

As we finishded the garage we also installed carpet into their home. Not comercial carpet and not a pattern, but it looked very nice.

Work in progress

As the time came to replace our old flooring with something new and different and durable.  Obviously being around flooring pretty much all the time, we had to make it more complex. But the look that was achieved was well worth the wait.

The great thing about the floor is that it is not tile or wood.  It is a luxury vinyl plank.  It is so easy to maintain and very durable.  Being that it isn't tile, it isn't as cold as tile or as hard. 

(Sorry I know this isn't the greatest picture)

We chose not to grout our floor to give it a stone look.  But the grout (usually a downfall, is grout because it stains, this grout doesn't stain.)  We do cabinets as well.

                                

This is showing the transition from the kitchen to the dining room.  Being that it is all the same type flooring there is no edge or moldings.

The entry is done in wood look, as the third transition.  We had engineered wood in the entry and it was easily damaged.  This stuff is very good looking and durable. 

( Just a closer look...)