A New Skin #2

So Hubby and I didn't get as far as I hoped. The bottom of the couch is done with extra padding. The back has the extra padding, but not it's outer shell. So far so good. Hubby is not too thrilled with having to do this as he hates anything that smacks of building projects. But though I'm not gone on doing this so close to Christmas, I am glad it is getting done. I think we will finish the skeleton tomorrow and then I will have to finish the cushions. Once the couch has it's new upholstery it will be up to the new furniture that is coming on Saturday.

Next project before Christmas will be the floor. We have taken the carpet up three years ago with the intention of laying new flooring in the near future. Problem is, flooring is horifically priced and so two years have passed and still the flooring is not done. I, at one point, got the idiotic idea to make flooring of our own by making plywood tiles and wood burning them with vines. I have not got the satmina to complete 175 tiles. I did 49 tiles and stalled. So I have decided to keep the tiles done for my studio room when it is built next year. I just need 35 more tiles. The ones that I completed look really great. I just wish I could do enough for the whole house. But I'm a realist.

Meanwhile we have been walking on rough plywood subflooring in the living room... the kitchen has a nice laminate flooring on it and the front porch has vinyl tiles. A friend recently redid their flooring and so we are jealous. It looks great. They used vinyl plank flooring from Home Depot. We want that through our whole house. It looks like wood until you get down on your hands and knees and look closely. But who's going to do that? The laminate flooring in our kitchen is getting old and chipped and we were very disappointed in it's ability to stand up to the wear and tear of our family. The flooring in the bathroom is in bad shape too from a leak we sprung from the laundry area two years ago. So we want to do our whole house like theirs.

Meanwhile we can't afford it right now. Sooo.... I have to paint the plywood subfloor between now and Christmas if the new furniture is going to make a debut. One of the reasons I like living in a log house is because I don't have to change colours every few years. BUT I HAVE TO CHOOSE A CCOLOUR FOR THE FLOOR!!!! I'm not sure I can do that. I walk into those paint places and all those paint chips get me excited. I start to lose any sense of reality and then..... and then..... I just can't do it!

Ask me what my favorite colour is and I start to panic.... I love them all.... it depends on the day... on my mood... what the weather is like.... I just can't choose.

So, I chose green for the couch now I need to decide what to colour the floor. Help!!!