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Point Whitehorn Blaine Wa New Birch Hardwood Flooring Installation

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After carpet, pad and tack strip removal and disposal, new birch wood flooring has been installed.

 

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Refinishing Hardwood Oak Stairs Semiahmoo Blaine Wa

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This older home located in the great Semiahmoo  golf community. A color change of the 80’s white wash stained stairs was needed to update the home…….

 

 

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Hardwood Floor Installation Lake Padden Bellingham Wa

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This house had an existing “select” red oak hardwood floor. We are going to add additional flooring in the rest of the house.

Scope: Remove old carpet in the living, halls and 3 bedrooms with closets.

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American Cherry Hardwood Flooring Bellingham WA

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Experience counts and something not always found on Craigslist. Do it right the first time!

 

 

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Custom Book Shelves in Bellingham WA

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After this nice little “Grammas house” (search our website for gramma) remodel, little extras finish the look and homes functionality. Like this book shelf.

 

 

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“Restore” A Recycled Gymnasium Maple Hardwood Floor Install Refinish Bellingham WA

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Take old gymnasium wood flooring, found at a local building materials recycling store, clean up all the old glue and filler, cut ends square, reinstall in a new location then refinish to new glory!

 

 

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Bona Traffic Recoat for Restaurant Hardwood Floor Seattle Wa

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Wood floors in restaurants need ongoing upkeep. Especially if the wood floor surface is distressed. As chairs and tables slide across the uneven surface, the high spots of the handscraped surface wear very fast. Recoating the floor surface with a new coat of clear finish will extend the life of the floor. (Recoat process info here)

This project is at the renowned Tilikum Place Cafe

 

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Wood Flooring Refinishing and Installation in Bellingham WA

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Prior to floor refinishing, repairs were needed. In this case, we removed all the damaged fireplace tile and reinstalled new with a new wood picture frame.

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CTK Ferndale Church Remodel at Pioneer Center, Ferndale WA

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CTK Ferndale Church asked for help finding a new facility. After we found 3 unused spaces at The Pioneer Center business park in Ferndale, WA.

We sourced recycled items, scouring Craigslist, local salvage yards from Bellingham to Seattle. People donated and volunteers put in over 3000 hours.

Project manager, budget, material source, architectural elements, interior designer, exterior revamp designer, supervisor, laborer, scheduler are some of the tasks I held for this project.

 

 

 

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Restaurant Hardwood Flooring Recoating Bellingham WA

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See other post for details, but this floor is still going strong!

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Prefinished Plank Hickory Hardwood Floor Installation San Juan Island WA

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A 14 minute airplane commute to a San Juan Island dock from the Bellingham airport, brings me to heaven…

 

 

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Ebony Stained Plank Hardwood Floor Kirkland,WA

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Beautiful home has oak floor installed, sanded and finished on site

 

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Wear Protective Gear When Refinishing Hardwood Floors Lynden Ferndale WA

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When working with dust, noise and chemicals, make sure you wear the appropriate protective gear!

 

Using……Vacuum, dust mask, glove, ear protection, solid footing

 

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Installation and Refinishing 210 Oak Stairs Ferndale,WA

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This great project included sanding and pre-finishing off the project site with ebony stain. After off site work is complete, transport, installation and final clear coats are performed……….

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Hardwood Flooring Swedish Finish Bellingham, WA

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Careful staining and application of the Swedish finish is very important. In this picture, care has been taken to prep the surrounding walls and trim prior to performing work. This house has 40 stairs, with arched, curved, convex and concave shapes.

 

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Lopez Island School Fir Floor is Restored

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In an old school on Lopez island, the commons walkway had this 100 year old fir floor covered under VCT tiles and underlayment!

 

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Distressed Hardwood Floors Lynden Bellingham Whatcom WA

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Some floors are damaged to the point of needing repair. Why not just add to the age and damage by distressing the floor? People pay for pre-finished hand scraped flooring. If you have an existing floor, try distressing it to create impact!

 

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Remove Carpet, Hardwood Floors Reduce Asthma Bellingham Wa

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Do you have breathing problems? Many times the carpet in your home looks clean, right. You have always vacuumed and steam cleaned it. Such is the case with this customer. However upon removal of the carpet, you can see what the carpet has been doing all along: becoming a dust and dirt catch. Kids rolling around on the carpet. Take a look at these pictures of “clean” carpet!……

“The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute recommends removing the carpets in your house, but in particular in your bedroom.”

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Hardwood Floor Installation Semiahmoo Blaine WA

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My client on this project, purchased an 80’s golf course home. The home was starting to show its age. On top of that, the previous owner purchased a cherry toned pre-finished floor product. They started to install most of the flooring in the house but the kitchen and dining were left unfinished. Scope: Tear down wall, remove white stained flooring then install new wood to match for continuity.

 

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