Flooring help needed

That's a pretty cool little thing - I may have to get one of those. I
have yet to knock my iron off but with 2 kids 5 and 3 I am constantly
paranoid about it. I bought an ironing board with an iron rack on the
end thinking that would be the answer....the problem with it is you have
to lay the iron face down in it. It just seems more dangerous to me
to have a hot iron face down with 2 little kids....

Roberta (in VA - wondering who invented such a stupid thing)



Pat in Virginia wrote:
Polly, and others who have pressing issues (irons falling off board.)
You might try the caddy or cage that Clotilde sells. NAYY!! It is
designed so that human and other QI do not knock the iron to floor. Go
to Clotilde.com & search for Iron caddy #285801. Would like to add the
link but it was longer than the Gettysburg Address!

About the floor: the people who installed the new kitchen flooring here
last week did a fantastic job. They carefully moved the stove and lifted
it into place. Lifted, not pushed! The fridge is huge, so they put it on
a sheet of luan (thin wood) and slid it off the luan onto the new tiles.
No gouges. The only problem is that now I am reluctant to pin baste
quilts on the new floor as I do not want to scratch it, so have to find
a new space. Will have to try carpet area now.

PAT in VA/USA

Polly Esther wrote:

I don't fling Ginghers but Mr. Kitty has been know to bounce a hefty
Rowenta. Our pantry has an ugly gouge in it where the movers shoved
the freezer back against the wall. If we replace the floor, the
freezer and refrigerator will have to come out and then back in on the
new floor. Somehow, it just is easier to live with the first gouge.
Thank you for the real thoughts on cork. Polly

Hi Linda, I have not painted a fireplace, but I saw one done on HGTV show
Designed to sell. The brick was really RED and they painted all the
existing brick a more bricky color. Then they went back in an used some lt
gray and dk gray to give it a new look. It was gorgeous. If you find a
brick type you like, get a couple to use as a model. Practice a bit first.
Oh and yes they did not paint the mortar. Good Luck, Linda in Tx

Sandy in Henderson. I am in the process of creating a new sewing room,
since the boomerang son returned home and reclaimed his bedroom. I was
considering a ceramic tile floor. My concern is how would my rolling
chair move on it. I thought that it would kind of clunk down into the
grout grooves. Your post says that your chair rolls around just fine.
Really?? No getting the wheels sort of stuck in the grooves?

I'm glad to hear this, as I really want the easy to take care of tile.

Denise

I had friends on a rural property years ago. They had three young children.
As everyone came in through the back door, shoes were stacked there. No-one
was allowed out without sturdy shoes on - even/especially in hot weather -
as this was snake territory! This also worked fine for inside - less dirt
on the carpets for mum to clean.

Until one night we three adults were slumped down on chairs with our legs
stretched out in front of us, relaxing after a day of tree planting (500
seedlings, but that's another story).

Suddenly he elbowed me. I looked over and elbowed her. We all sat there
not moving as the very large scorpion wandered past him and towards me. As
soon as it was well past him and obviously eyeing off the females present he
got up quietly, went into the laundry and returned with a boot. Squashed
scorpion! Then we all went back to watching the movie. No-one had said a
word.

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No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced......

"ALZ" wrote in message
...
We are shoes off people too. We have a pile of shoes near the front
door. I do feel embarrassed when guests think that they have to take
their shoes off also, so if I remember, I remove these when I know we
are having guests. Otherwise I leave my everyday shoes there so I know
exactly where they are when I have to leave.

Linda
PATCHogue, NY

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:07:15 -0700, DrQuilter
wrote:

me too! shoes come off the moment I am inside the door! and we have
yucky carpet in the living room, can't wait for the hardwood floors in
the new house! I think the quilting room/cabin has tile floors, which is
fine. my current one has vinyl and it is easy to clean, thought the
previous renter dripped bleach when she was cleaning to move out and it
is stained...

PS: what is it that you guys don't like about standing on tile for a
long period of time? I don't get it. Why would it be less comfortable?

Liz A. wrote:

Hi Mary,

I'm another barefoot quilter in Washington !

The other night, in the middle of the night, I had to go to the toilet,
and right outside the bathroom door sat this huge spider. Now I wasn't
wearing my glasses even, but still saw it. The spiders here are of
course quite safe (for humans, not for themselves).

Wnet back through the flat, collected glasses (why? I didn't really waht
to see it), and shoes (not slippers). Sad to say, the spider did not
survive.

Sorry, but those big ones don't belong in my flat, and I can't get
myself to handle them alive...


Hanne in London


Cheryl wrote:
I had friends on a rural property years ago. They had three young children.
As everyone came in through the back door, shoes were stacked there. No-one
was allowed out without sturdy shoes on - even/especially in hot weather -
as this was snake territory! This also worked fine for inside - less dirt
on the carpets for mum to clean.

Until one night we three adults were slumped down on chairs with our legs
stretched out in front of us, relaxing after a day of tree planting (500
seedlings, but that's another story).

Suddenly he elbowed me. I looked over and elbowed her. We all sat there
not moving as the very large scorpion wandered past him and towards me. As
soon as it was well past him and obviously eyeing off the females present he
got up quietly, went into the laundry and returned with a boot. Squashed
scorpion! Then we all went back to watching the movie. No-one had said a
word.

In article ,
(Denise in NH) wrote:

Sandy in Henderson. I am in the process of creating a new sewing room,
since the boomerang son returned home and reclaimed his bedroom. I was
considering a ceramic tile floor. My concern is how would my rolling
chair move on it. I thought that it would kind of clunk down into the
grout grooves. Your post says that your chair rolls around just fine.
Really?? No getting the wheels sort of stuck in the grooves?

I'm glad to hear this, as I really want the easy to take care of tile.

Denise


Hi Denise. Nope -- no wheels get stuck here! I roll around just fine.
I think that's because the wheels on my chair are a bit larger than the
grout seams, so they just sort of go-go-go. No sudden stops throwing me
to the floor.
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

I have carpet and like it a lot - it's fairly dense plush so needles
that fall are easy to see. And it's comfortable for sitting on - I put
my cutting mat on the floor to cut fabric.... I have a garbage pail
right by the machine so most of the clippings/thread _don't_ hit the
floor. And my ironing board is set up close to my machine so I only
have to rotate my sewing chair to get to it ..... And since my sewing
space is part of the basement living space it would be way too cold in
the winter to have it any other way but carpeted.

Allison

Mary in Washington wrote:
Once again, I am calling your expertise and experience concerning the
floor for my sewing room. Without dishing the dirt on the previous
owner, I do wish that his bellybutton pops out, his legs fall off and
the house inspect have to carry him around. What we thought was going
to be a simple update turned into a 3-year construction party.

We have worked hard for 3 years to get this house up to standards. New
carpet, paint, hardwood, tile, moldings, fixtures, so on and so forth
has brought us to the outside paint which will happen next summer and
the floor in my sewing room. This is the space that I have always
coveted and have been thrilled with the set up. The carpet now is gold
shag right out of the 70's and other then a good cleaning before I
move in it has had nothing done to it. I am ashamed to say that I am
even afraid to vacuum in there because when I am in a project it gets
totally trashed. But I pick up and put everything back in order after
each project...but I am sure I miss some pins.

That being said, I am also a bare foot quilter. Can't stand
shoes!!!! In winter I will compromise with socks but that is it and
nice carpet would be nice.

Do I put hard wood, tile, carpet, and if so what kind. Please tell me
what you have and why you love, like or hate it.

My gratitude in advance.

Mary

http://community.webshots.com/user/moondancewa
IN THE COOKIES OF LIFE, FRIENDS ARE THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS.

the grout lines would mess up the measurements. Vinyl tiles
worked in the other house. I was younger with a better back then
though. Can get down to work with the mess but have a tough time
getting back up!
TAria

DrQuilter wrote:
as long as you stay away for carpet, you should be fine. carpet will
hide pins, get entangled with threads, and be harder to clean in
general. I like your idea of tile... how about in 1 foot squares.. quick
way to measure and square quilts!

Mary in Washington wrote:

Once again, I am calling your expertise and experience concerning the
floor for my sewing room. Without dishing the dirt on the previous
owner, I do wish that his bellybutton pops out, his legs fall off and
the house inspect have to carry him around. What we thought was going
to be a simple update turned into a 3-year construction party.

We have worked hard for 3 years to get this house up to standards. New
carpet, paint, hardwood, tile, moldings, fixtures, so on and so forth
has brought us to the outside paint which will happen next summer and
the floor in my sewing room. This is the space that I have always
coveted and have been thrilled with the set up. The carpet now is gold
shag right out of the 70's and other then a good cleaning before I
move in it has had nothing done to it. I am ashamed to say that I am
even afraid to vacuum in there because when I am in a project it gets
totally trashed. But I pick up and put everything back in order after
each project...but I am sure I miss some pins.

That being said, I am also a bare foot quilter. Can't stand
shoes!!!! In winter I will compromise with socks but that is it and
nice carpet would be nice.

Do I put hard wood, tile, carpet, and if so what kind. Please tell me
what you have and why you love, like or hate it.

My gratitude in advance.

Mary

http://community.webshots.com/user/moondancewa
IN THE COOKIES OF LIFE, FRIENDS ARE THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS.

I live WAY north where winter is WINTER and I have a sewing "space" in the
basement of our 3 level split. I am a barefoot quilter. Heck I am barefoot
at all times and just cringe when it snows and I have to wear sox and
shoes/boot instead of my sandals LOL.

I have never been happier with just cheapo vinyl flooring on my floor in my
sewing "space" not a room, not even big enough to call a room In my last
place I had laminate flooring and it was a dream as well. I can roll from my
machine to my ironing place made a pad on top of an old cabinet, no room
for the whole board to my cutting place old tiny table with a mat and
dropped pins are not hard to find and threads pick up in a dry duster mop
thingy with ease. NEVER again will I do carpet in a sewing area. too vivid
of memories of in one day, three of the 5 of us with pins in our feetIt is
much easier to wipe blood spots off the vinyl than to scrub it out of
carpets :-P

JMO and YMMV but I think carpets are a pain. Another reason for my like of
non carpet is the static factor. No more zapping myself on everything I
touch when rolling around with my chair in the winter months and we have
winter from Oct - April

~KK in BC~ who must just be tough to endure winter in bare feet?

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"Mary in Washington" wrote in message
ups.com...
Once again, I am calling your expertise and experience concerning the
floor for my sewing room. Without dishing the dirt on the previous
owner, I do wish that his bellybutton pops out, his legs fall off and
the house inspect have to carry him around. What we thought was going
to be a simple update turned into a 3-year construction party.

We have worked hard for 3 years to get this house up to standards. New
carpet, paint, hardwood, tile, moldings, fixtures, so on and so forth
has brought us to the outside paint which will happen next summer and
the floor in my sewing room. This is the space that I have always
coveted and have been thrilled with the set up. The carpet now is gold
shag right out of the 70's and other then a good cleaning before I
move in it has had nothing done to it. I am ashamed to say that I am
even afraid to vacuum in there because when I am in a project it gets
totally trashed. But I pick up and put everything back in order after
each project...but I am sure I miss some pins.

That being said, I am also a bare foot quilter. Can't stand
shoes!!!! In winter I will compromise with socks but that is it and
nice carpet would be nice.

Do I put hard wood, tile, carpet, and if so what kind. Please tell me
what you have and why you love, like or hate it.

My gratitude in advance.

Mary

http://community.webshots.com/user/moondancewa
IN THE COOKIES OF LIFE, FRIENDS ARE THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS.

In article . net,
"Polly Esther" wrote:

I don't fling Ginghers but Mr. Kitty has been know to bounce a hefty
Rowenta. Our pantry has an ugly gouge in it where the movers shoved the
freezer back against the wall. If we replace the floor, the freezer and
refrigerator will have to come out and then back in on the new floor.
Somehow, it just is easier to live with the first gouge. Thank you for the
real thoughts on cork. Polly

When we finally get around to re-doing our Brady Bunch kitchen (complete
with harvest gold appliances) I am getting a rubber floor like
commercial kitchens - squishy and long wearing.

http://www.expanko.com

They also have a cork version called xcr3. Made with a combo of cork
and rubber it is said to last 30 years in a commercial kitchen, still
soft but more durable than cork. If you have your heart set on cork
this might be a better option than the plain cork flooring.

marcella