Project Wood Floors

Derrick and I replaced the carpet on the first floor with wood and it made such a difference. We did it ourselves and let me tell you, it was a lot of work but totally doable.

It took the entire weekend to complete not going into the kitchen. The flooring was a tongue and groove click floor with a rubber backing. It is floating on a vapor barrier because we are on a slab foundation. As we get more of the living room finished, I will take more pictures but I am so excited about how it turned out. We love it!

Folding Books......

...Shocking!
OK I found this super cool tutorial on folding old books to make them fun accessories and displayable objects and as a merchandiser, I had to try it. We have home office furniture that we sell and my job is to make it cute. I accessories with books all over the store but I wanted something different for the office area. I watched this video on youtube and loved the turnout.

 

This took me so little time (maybe an hour if that) to do two of these. I would recommend a book with at least 300 pages. This book I did was only like 240 and it wasn't as full. My other one was a little over 350 and it lays flat completely. Another thing to look for is a flexible spine, new books don't do as well. Now to all that are asking how I could have done such a thing to this poor book, we stage with so many books on a major level that don't even get opened. They are just objects for display. I thought I would make the pages look special too.