DIY weekends

Hi folks! Sorry for the absence- life has been hectic as usual. And we have been quite busy with the house. We so want to finish our flooring so that we can move on to other things, like the landscaping (our yard is simply concrete and dirt at the moment

So it has been 2 DIY weekends (we thought we could finish it all in one! hah- what a joke!). Hubby measured and cut the quads (which have been sitting in our lounge room and garage for over a month now), while our eldest son and I stained and glossed them. I haven't done anything like that before and I have to say I didn't do too bad. Hubby reckons they look really good. Mind you it's not hard work at all :). In fact, it is such easy work- just tedious and a bit time consuming though.

So this is what the quads (moldings etc) look like before:

Our equipment: The mitre-box and saw:

And the cans of stain and gloss:

Here is the finished product:

And our assembly line (i.e on our deck)

My best friend during this whole messy process: (Mr Humble Turps!)

And here are the quads in their glory- nailed in to the skirting boards, matching the bamboo flooring perfectly. 

What do you guys think? Now I want to re-stain a few other things in our house! Yes, that's right folks. I have the DIY bug now... Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.