९ ऑगस्ट, २०१३

The floor project, Day 5.

It's all over but the drying.

Untitled

It will be ready to walk on in 8 hours, and we've got an 8 day break before we move the furniture back. So... ideas for things to do on a big, empty, shiny new floor. Don't say bowling!

३८ टिप्पण्या:

David Aitken म्हणाले...

Contra Dance!

Graham Powell म्हणाले...

Obvious: dancing!

Lyle Sanford, RMT म्हणाले...

The acoustics should be very lively - sing, make music, declaim?

Sarah from VA म्हणाले...

If the windows were mirrors, you could hold an aerobics/yoga/pilates/whatever class in there. (I guess when it gets dark outside and the windows are reflective, you still could!)

Slide around in your socks. I think that's probably the number one thing that happens on new floors. I remember my parents had the sort of wood floors that you had to wax periodically, and so every couple of years that would happen and then we'd get to "help" buff the floors by putting on old socks and sliding around. We had an inordinate amount of fun with that.

And of course just sit and enjoy your big empty space! We just moved to a much larger home than previously and until we got new couches the family room was just completely empty. It was nice. Restful to the mind. (With two kids and all their associated clutter, we don't see a lot of empty spaces!)

LarryK म्हणाले...

Ballroom dancing, to a re-elect Walker soundtrack

Deirdre Mundy म्हणाले...

Dancing. Sliding around in socks. A really big puzzle. An indoor picnic. yoga. Laying out sewing patterns. Sorting out clothes to figure out 'keep' and 'donate'

Bob_R म्हणाले...

Stay off as long as possible. The finish will get measurably harder over a period of months. It's an exponential decay process, so most of the curing occurs in the first week, but it will be even harder in a month.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

I'll repeat my vote for a dark paint, at least around the windows. Dark paint there will draw your eye outside, where it belongs.

Your floors look spectacular.

gadfly म्हणाले...

Here is what you should do during the eight hour drying window.

Amichel म्हणाले...

Rollerderby! You could go by Ann A. Mosity for your derby name; as
jammer for the Mad City Rollers!

Bill Crawford म्हणाले...

Have the dogs play fetch. A dog sliding on a slick floor can be quite amusing.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Let the dogs in...

Brian म्हणाले...

Dancing, of course.

Shawn Levasseur म्हणाले...

Party at Althouse's place!

The dance floor opens in 8 hours!

Tim म्हणाले...

Dancing of course!

gadfly म्हणाले...

Something to buy in the next eight days in order to preserve your new floor.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Has anyone guessed Roller skates? It's like mountain bikes but with smaller wheels on each foot.

RecChief म्हणाले...

fire up the Glenn Miller records and dance, of course.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Sock "ice skating". :-)

chickelit म्हणाले...

Open up unfiltered comments and make that room into an echo chamber!

Ron म्हणाले...

Curling?

Some kinda dancing!

Twister!

JackOfVA म्हणाले...

Square dance?

Ron म्हणाले...

Make a video where you read comments aloud with various forms of background music and/or costuming! Who doesn't want to see Hippie Ann reading comments to the tune of "Incense and Peppermints"?

Ron म्हणाले...

a video of "live" comment responding!

Meade reads 'em, while Ann replies. (with cute dogs in video also!)

MadPohl म्हणाले...

No dogs!!! Their nails will do nothing but harm.

Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...

Beautiful!

Basketball?

MathMom म्हणाले...

Square dance or Polka!

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent म्हणाले...

As someone else noted, do as little as possible. Dry does not mean cured.

policraticus म्हणाले...

No one has said the obvious.

So I won't either.

Enjoy the new floors! They look great!

Heartless Aztec म्हणाले...

Sock sliding for distance or channeling Tom Cruise in Risky Business. Get Meade to don some Ray Bans and righty whiteys and put on some Bob Seegar. Snap and post pics.

Wince म्हणाले...

It's very romantic. To use the very 1960s term, you could make whoopie.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Gorgeous! What a great place to be online, almost like being outside.

kjbe म्हणाले...

what surf-ed said.

Almost Ali म्हणाले...

Beautiful. Lighter than I expected, which may make it easier to graduate the paint color - a shade up from the floor, a shade down from the wood.

Would like to see the long view showing windows -and- back wall... from where you normally enter the room.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

No dogs!!!

No Capes!

Sorry, that's just how my mind works.

madAsHell म्हणाले...

Slip-n-Slide anyone?

Elliott A म्हणाले...

Curling!

southcentralpa म्हणाले...

curling with something non-scratching ...