In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Beneath Your Feet.”
The photo prompt near had me floored,
But then imagination soared,
For which I need to offer thanks
To newly sealed and sanded planks
In bedroom, where they’ve been restored.
© Colonialist August 2015 (WordPress)
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Looks so pretty and fresh.
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Long may it continue to look that!
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nice job there 🙂
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Worth all the noise and dust!
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That floor makes me want to dance!
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The surface is ideal; the space a bit lacking!
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Pity, I always fancied doing a Tango!
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Can you come and do ours now? Wonderful job.
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All it takes is to hire a heavy-duty sander, clean up, and then diligently apply the sealer coats. Essential to leave the floor completely to its own devices while that dries properly.
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Sjoe dis mooi!
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Ek is bly dat ons gevind het dat die hout so wonderlik is – vanaf die goeie ou dae.
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Looks stunning, Mister N.
I see what you mean about nicking your Sole line. No wonder you tackled me on it.
But I promise I didn’t come fishing for inspiration over at your spot.
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At least neither of us sank to the depths of talking about a cat singing for a fishfood supper – ‘O sole meow’.
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On a scale of 1-10 that almost-sole-iloquy would get the average person battered.
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May I also offer congrats on your achievement, as much as the visual aesthetics as on the practicals. Can’t say now that you’re not level-headed!
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As long as you don’t think it came off a bit flat!
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I absolutely adore that floor. I love wooden floors and you’ve done an excellent job on restoring it Col. Well done! 😀
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I cannot personally take the credit, but thanks!
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A really clever offer—ring
I’d say it went with a good ‘ping’
A floor so clear and free from dust
Solitude really is a must
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A paradox, though, we have here –
To get the floor of dust so clear,
The sanding made more than enough
Of very fine wood-dust-like stuff!
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Very nice!
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A definite improvement! Thanks.
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Beautiful looking floor, Col. You’re getting there with the renovations!
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Awfully slow, but as long as it keeps moving!
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the floor looks gorgeous.
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The reality of it looks even better, with those cupboards moved to their proper station.
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Great progress on the restoration. Your louvred windows reminded me of our home beside the Indian Ocean – hard to believe it was more than twenty years ago.
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Wow – twenty years with an entirely different (but lovely) scene.
btw – the louvres are an optical illusion created by burglar bars. The windows are normal aluminium-framed ones.
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I liked louvres from the ventilation point of view, but they were terribly vulnerable to burglars of evil intent.
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Burglars do applaud the consideration of those who fit them, indeed!
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Here, where we have no need of such ventilation, there are no burglars either!
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Ironic. But you are lucky. They are nasty pests and hard to eradicate.
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We’ve suffered in the past, and are happy to live in the lowest crime area in Europe.
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I wish we could learn how it is done.
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There’s something wonderful about a freshly done floor. Like all steps now will be new and in the right direction.
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We just wish the steps had less of a plodding pace!
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