Somebody stop me!

I cannot believe that this soon after finishing this I decided to

tackle that pesky hallway floor.

Gapetto and I moved into this cute little house almost 12 years ago.

Just prior to moving in I had some ceiling dry walled (over the old

plaster - a move I have come to regret - but that is for another blog)

and the floors refinished. Because I like making things incredibly

complex I had the floor guys leave the hallway floor bare as in no

finish as in buck-nekkid. You see I do custom floor designs,

admittedly pretty much exclusively for me, and I had some amazing

ideas for that floor.

Well weeks turned to months and months turned to years and guess

what?I never did do that effing floor. Thank goodness my mother-out-

law had replaced the thin sheet of plastic with some sensible (ugly)

but durable outdoor carpet of the brown variety to protect all that

nekkidness.

In the meantime Ihad done a pretty funky floor in my kitchen just a

few steps away.

Pretty much negating any of the ideas I'd had for the hall.

So.

My kids did not return to school UNTIL TODAY. Luckily

Grammy and Poppy took them up to the lake for a few

VERY cold days so I decided to finally tackle that dern floor.

I decided on a simple inlaid mahogany look. Done with

stains - not mahogany. (Remember? Champagne taste -

beer budget?) It turned out amazing. In fact The Husband

Understudy stopped by and thought I had laid the whole

floor with a mix of woods! Woot! Woot!

Now I have to strip the dang baseboards sand and paint

and replace the toe mold and then the walls will need

patching and the ceiling should really be painted and

then there's the den wall and the ceiling that has some a water damage

and I wanted to build that window seat with the book shelves all around

it and........................................................................