DIY

These are the dark, dark days of the reno when it feels like we've been living in chaos forever and will be, forever. However, I can hardly complain as progress continues, relatively smoothly.

This weekend signals the first and only "do-it-yourself" portion of this project. Early on, Scott and I agreed that we were (1) largely inept in construction skills, (2) impatient and unwilling to learn, and (3) likely to divorce if we tried to build something together.

The one place we do have a little bit of experience is installing flooring (from GFP02, the great Galiano Flooring Project of 2002). Coincidentally, the one job that seemed more complicated to hire someone was to put in the cork floors that we'd chosen. So here we are.

I'll say up front that I'm staying out of it. Scott and his brother, Dave, have gamely taken on the work. This was Scott and Dave an hour ago:


Alas, there's been a hiccup which means they're now wandering the depths of Dave's basement or the aisles of Home Depot looking for the right tool to help with the job. As for me, I think I'll stay far, far away from this particular problem: my marriage depends on it.