{"id":23242,"date":"2010-02-11T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T01:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2016-09-13T19:28:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T16:28:37","slug":"flooring-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/flooring-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooring Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The flooring saga has come to an end. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

I wasn’t happy about the options available at the store, so I spoke to an associate. He confirmed that the pine Allure is back ordered indefinitely and thinks it might even be discontinued. He had a sample to show me and I was surprised to find that I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would have. The knots were there, but the colour was wishy-washy. That left my second and third choices, hickory and rustic respectively<\/a>, both available in store. I laid out a few pieces of hickory and decided that it was way too dark. That left the rustic, which was now back up to its original price (drat it). Tibbar had made me doubt that choice enough for me to not feel comfortable paying the $54.99 per box price for it.<\/p>\n

My remaining choices were limited. There was a dark cherry that was too posh for me, a blonde maple that was much too pale, a honey oak that was too yellow, and the one I finally picked. Get ready to laugh! Tibbar, this is your fault! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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cascade oak<\/p><\/div>\n

Does this look familiar? It should!<\/p>\n

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When in doubt go with what works and cascade oak definitely works in Miranda. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

My decision-making process never ceases to amaze me…<\/p>\n

It sounds sacrilegious to replace solid oak planks with vinyl ones, but the vinyl will make so much more sense since the oak is in the two wet rooms. The vinyl will also be a lot less heavy; if my math is correct I’ll be gaining about a 100lbs in carrying capacity.<\/p>\n

Since I’m keeping the wood the same throughout the rig, the place won’t look so ‘half done’ until I get around to doing the painting.<\/p>\n

So, now I have to install the flooring. It sure won’t be as easy this time around, not with Miranda being full of stuff!<\/p>\n

My initial thought was to start in the lounge because that’s the room that needs the most work and is the most visible when I come in. However, I am working on a kazillion different things and need a functional study ASAP.<\/p>\n

My current layout<\/a> has been okay for casual work, but I’m now going to be working twenty to forty hours a week in here and I need to feel less cramped. I am going to achieve this by not only removing the the second bed frame, but also not replacing it with anything. This would give me room at a future date for a filing cabinet if I end up needing one.<\/p>\n

I also want to switch the desk to the other side. I dithered back and forth about that when I put the desk in the first time and should have just gone with my gut. By putting it on the other side it won’t be as visible from the rest of the rig, I’ll regain easy access to my electrical panel, and I’ll be able to make much better use of the plugs in this room. I’ll lose my view of the ocean here in Campbell River, but will gain a nicer view in Dawson. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

This is going to be a big job, but it’s going to pay off and I can’t wait to start!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The flooring saga has come to an end. \ud83d\ude00 I wasn’t happy about the options available at the store, so I spoke to an associate. He confirmed that the pine Allure is back ordered indefinitely and thinks it might even be discontinued. He had a sample to show me and I was surprised to find […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1442,1085,632,6,635,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britishcolumbia","category-campbell-river-vancouver-island-bc-canada-travel-bc-canada-travel","category-canada","category-homemaking","category-north-america","category-rving","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}