A Farewell to Cork Dust..

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A Farewell to Cork Dust..

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The floor is done.
For the first time since 1995 I have an almost-complete kitchen.*
I've cut my last cork tile, put down the final coat of poly last night, and moved the furniture back in this morning!
*excluding, but not limited to baseboards and window trim which can be considered the domain of an ADD adult with whom I reside.
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Very nice.A warm and cosy look.

I had to look twice at the chairbacks - I thought it was the back of a Stereo or something like that..Doh!

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What a lovely room! The floor is beautiful. I admire your ability to persevere. I would never have finished it in a million years. The windows are so lovely too. Your kitty clearly agrees!
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Now that's a room I could 'live' in. So, when's the party? :D
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That's a kitchen for tunes. And those stool-chairs are perfect for pipes. When can I come down?
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Ooooh! Niiiiiiice!
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Very nice.
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What's for dinner? :wink:

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Tell us more about that kind of flooring. It looks neat. Is it natural material, clear-coated, etc, etc....
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For one thing: it floats.
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yep. looks nice. looks american. :D
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amar wrote:yep. looks nice. looks american. :D
No way.If it was to look American it would have a fridge the size of an aircraft hangar.

Does look very restful and serene though.

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This is a more realistic shot, actually, full of teens and animals.*
*(not a space alien dog, but red-eye correction doesn't work when your eyes glow green.)

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This kind of cork comes in 12" squares which are glued to the subfloor with contact adhesive, then finished with 2 coats of polyurethane. I make flat cuts with a table saw, and fit around posts and whatnot with a utility knife.
Supposed to hold up well having been tested in most of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses, many of which have their original floors.
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dubhlinn wrote:
amar wrote:yep. looks nice. looks american. :D
No way.If it was to look American it would have a fridge the size of an aircraft hangar.

Does look very restful and serene though.

Slan,
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You can't see the fridge Dub!
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djm wrote:What's for dinner? :wink:
I don't think she knows:
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Very nice kitchen, emm! :thumbsup:
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