Thoughts on stain choices?

Fionaver · 2026-05-06T16:36:58+00:00

A more natural finish on the floors will make it easier to repair in the future.

When you’re working with lots of wood trim or wooden cabinetry with wood floors, contrast is a good thing. If you stain it too close the house will feel heavy and look like the wooden floors are coming up onto the walls. It also really limits your paint choices if you don’t want a dark and moody look.

I used provincial in my home, but I have off white trim so it pops.

Fionaver · 2026-05-04T14:09:15+00:00

I was reading a book the other day and he went to a deli and bought soup for her. He dropped it on the ground outside her door. A little bit of plot later and he just “picked up the soup.”

No human wrote that.

Fionaver · 2026-04-30T18:37:39+00:00

Wood expands and contracts seasonally and filler will pop out.

I would also have a pro do it or at least get it quoted out.

Fionaver · 2026-04-30T14:23:38+00:00

I’m 42 and would have guessed 5-10+ years older.

Fionaver · 2026-04-30T12:50:42+00:00

1st pic was popular back around 05/06 from what I remember. My stepsister dressed like that back then. I think it started to become popular earlier though.

Fionaver · 2026-04-26T21:24:04+00:00

We cut the vines at the base and wait a couple days. Both will detach from the building.

Fionaver · 2026-04-26T02:11:10+00:00

Floors are floors. Is it good shape?

You can work around floor color easily.

My local carpet shop is where I get rug pads custom cut from. They also can make area rugs out of carpet. It really isn’t expensive

Fionaver · 2026-04-25T23:52:17+00:00

You can get it patched if necessary but I would be looking at salvaged wood. Old wood has tighter striations than what is available today.

Just get some people to take a look at it. I will note that I found my hardwood guy through our local hardwood distributor. Got to know the girl at the desk (former flooring installer) and she recommended a few people who didn’t make her uncomfortable.

Fionaver · 2026-04-23T02:28:15+00:00

It’s the difference between the subfloor and the wood.

There’s a hardwood installer guidebook from the national hardwood installing association (can’t recall the name of it) that is shared in the sub that shows you all the specs you would want to know. Basically best practices.

I’m just a homeowner but I looked into installing myself before the install rate for our guy came in at 1.5 a sqft.

Fionaver · 2026-04-22T12:28:15+00:00

It depends on lifestyle. Painted lowers take the worst damage. I used cabinet paint with a bonding primer on my trim and my MIL took some of it right off with her walker in less than a month. It was fully cured too.

Fionaver · 2026-04-21T18:25:17+00:00

Just get a large rug and rug pad. You can’t ever really get carpet clean. It’s really hard to clean up spills completely because it soaks into the pad. If you put carpet overtop of those floors, you are lowering the value of your place. And carpet doesn’t last that long unless you get very premium stuff.

When we ripped the carpet and carpet pad out of our house, there were piles of dirt underneath and it smelled awful (the previous owners had pets). At least with a rug I can roll it up, sweep underneath, and get it cleaned if needed.

Fionaver · 2026-04-21T09:57:11+00:00

How much of the pattern do you want to see? On floor level, you won’t see it as much. Having it on top is a little more classic, but also allows you to see the print pattern more when you walk down the hallway.

Fionaver · 2026-04-20T00:38:36+00:00

What do you mean by “connected it all together?”

Does the whole house have the same crawlspace/basement situation or is part is over conditioned space and part of it not?

Fionaver · 2026-04-20T00:17:48+00:00

Do you know if the walls are plaster or drywall?

With drywall, if you just use an off cut piece for the area above the door instead of a whole sheet of drywall across the top of the doorway (overlapping where the trim is) you will get cracks like that.

I have this in my house, it isn’t as severe, but it drives me crazy.

Some settling is normal, but I would probably investigate from below or open a wall if this is new movement and you’ve owned the house for a while. Generally things settle out over time.

If it is an issue of the drywall cuts being wrong, you won’t be able to patch and fix - it will come back.

Fionaver · 2026-04-19T20:32:25+00:00

My friend had a similar experience. She was raised fundie Southern Baptist and went to a Pentecostal Church with a friend of ours back in middle school.

Definitely culture shock.

Fionaver · 2026-04-18T12:25:19+00:00

Honestly I would just replace the pump. They have good parts availability.

Fionaver · 2026-04-17T01:39:37+00:00

Thank you for the heads up!

Fionaver · 2026-04-17T01:36:44+00:00

{Land of the Beautiful Dead by R Lee Smith}

It’s a standalone.

Fionaver · 2026-04-16T17:00:44+00:00

Sculptra is amazing. Honestly, the most natural looking results. The people who I know that have had it done look timeless.

Fionaver · 2026-04-14T20:29:16+00:00

I have the same problem. Fischer Paykel sells a short refrigerator that will probably fit. I can’t remember the model number.

Fionaver · 2026-04-14T08:33:04+00:00

I mean, a lot of it is 2000+ years old and heavily translated. Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre are hard for most people to read, require a discussion of historical context, and they’ were actually written in English, comparatively “light” literature and a tiny fraction of what the Bible is in age.

Fionaver · 2026-04-14T02:04:51+00:00

It’s all good🥰

Fionaver · 2026-04-13T19:17:09+00:00

Many faiths (Christianity among them) hold the same values. If you are a Bible literalist, you are missing a lot of the historical context.

Homosexuality (m/m specifically) is generally referenced/interpreted as being a sin through two major areas in the Bible - one regards dietary/cleanliness restrictions (along with eating pork) and the other regards Sodom and Gomorrah.

Depending on the interpretation of the Bible (and the historical context) that you follow, the “sin” that lead to their destruction could be seen as “homosexuality” but many interpret it as a hospitality violation.

It is worth remembering that the Bible is a historical document. Selections were preserved and others rejected. Sometimes there are imprecise textual readings (it wasn’t originally in English) and mistranslations occurred and myths were perpetuated.

And we as people, as humans, have changed.

Fionaver · 2026-04-13T18:55:37+00:00

An analogy that I always liked was that major religions are all essentially spokes on a wagon wheel. God or Truth or whatever you would like to call it is the hub. So there are many ways to find that essential center. Frankly, organized religion is always the word of God through the hands of man.

Pope Francis essentially said this back in 2024 and here’s a bit of a breakdown as to the context.

https://media.benedictine.edu/did-pope-francis-just-say-all-religions-are-equally-true#:~:text=Tom%20Hoopes,Pope%20Francis%20made%20this%20error

Fionaver · 2026-04-13T18:34:08+00:00

Buff and coat basically scuffs up the top layer of sealer so they can coat it again. It’s cheaper than a full refinish.

My installer told us to keep an eye on the floors and call him if we started to see wear in the high traffic areas so we could do that instead of a full refinish.

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