Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Spring Projects now Summer Projects!, 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
Sally, we ALL have that problem, the concentration thing that is! Heck, I haven't even finished my copper arbor yet and you've got me searching for plans for a PVC arbor! LOL Sounds like a great project for an article :) I started putting together an article for the construction of a copper arbor but I've got to finish the darned thing to complete the article!

Well I can finally share my BIG summer project, not gardening related but I guess it works if you consider it's going to be easier cleaning up all the dirt and mud we track in from the gardens - new flooring!!! This project has been at least two years in the planning (budgeting) phase and we finally got it done! I'll never know what possessed a nurseryman/gardener to install light beige carpeting in this house when he built it - what was he thinking? I have to admit when I first moved here ten years ago it wasn't that bad really but add one more gardener and two aging dogs to the scenario and well, let's just say the carpeting had seen better days, it was more than disgusting and throw rugs were no longer able to disguise the "accidents", etc. :( Initially we chose engineered hardwood for the living room but we ended up with laminate. Long story short, when the flooring installer gave us an estimate we chose a warm oak and when he finally showed up (three weeks later after numerous delays) and opened the first box of flooring, it was MAPLE, way too light and NO grain, what??? I won't go into all the details but suffice it to say the guy's an idiot and fortunately we were able to select something within our budget and get him back on the job a week later. I'm not sure which was more frustrating, the whole fiasco with the wrong flooring or having to live with this mess for 3 weeks!