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 Thanks Maggie! We're hoping Staff writes: Sat, 10/07/2006 - 10:41am
Thanks Maggie! We're hoping to add some straightforward how-to videos in the next couple of months. If you haven't seen them yet, you might want to check out our animated tutorials (http://www.bejane.com/bj_tutorial). They're basic how-to demonstrations of a lot of common tasks.
installing carpet tiles jcr34 writes: Wed, 10/11/2006 - 6:47pm
Girls, Girls, Girls:
You forgot to mention one teensy thing when you did your nice story on tearing out the old carpet and installing those kicky carpet tiles! It makes me wonder if you REALLY have done this project, because anyone who has actually ripped up carpet knows that there are those pesky little TACK STRIPS along the edge of the floor near the wall. They are nailed into the floor and have lots and lots of little 'spikes' that help the carpet and pad stay down onto the floor. The main problem with removing them is that if they are old (and usually are) they will split and break as you try to pry them up, so you have to remove about 12 inches of the stuff at a time. You will also need to pry about 14 gazillion staples out of the floor, but that is nothing compared to what some older homes have: 2 ROWS of tack strips! I re-did my daughter's room, and painted the 6 inch wood strips with white gloss enamel, but it was definitely more than a 1 day job just to get the carpet and pad out along with the staples and tack strips. The tack strips are VERY SHARP, so for all the tender fingers out there, you may want to wear heavy duty gloves. Don't even ask what happens when you try to dispose of them in a plastic garbage bag!!!!!!
By leaving out this one little step, you are misleading the reader. Personally if I tried this project after reading the article (and discovering the tack strips myself, I would be very discouraged to try another project. If you tried getting away with leaving the tack strips (depending on the thickness of the carpet tiles) you'd either have a bump along the edge of the floor or you'd have sharp pointy things to step on if you got too close to the wall!!!!!! tsk tsk!
my previous post jcr34 writes: Wed, 10/11/2006 - 6:52pm
I meant to say painted her floor with white enamel. Her floor consisted of old "6-inch tounge and groove fir. Sanding and filling it was another 2 day job, as was the painting. But, it turned out fabulous-just like the pottery barn catalog that I copied.
Plant*SF: DIY urban park jane writes: Mon, 10/30/2006 - 8:39am
Please see www.plantSF.org for a non-profit started by a real Jane.
Jane Martin is founding director of this effort to beautify and bring sustainability to over-paved urban areas, one house or neighborhood group at a time. It started when Jane did-it-herself with a sidewalk garden and has since grown to encompass changing public policy and extended the effort city wide - making it easier and less expensive for janes all over to do the same.
Brely's Romantic Bedroom patsieber writes: Sun, 02/11/2007 - 10:37pm
I saw on one of the posts on the website that you list the products that were used in the videos. I can't find anything regarding Brely's bedroom. I'd like to know the colors that were used,where to purchase the bedding and any other info that would be useful to recreate it.
 Great question... Heidi writes: Wed, 02/14/2007 - 6:21pm
We had so much fun creating Brely's room, we're glad you liked it! As for where to purchase the products we used in Brely's room, the screen around the headboard was from Cost Plus otherwise all of the rest of the furnishings, including the bedding and the light, was from Z Gallerie. You should be able to find it if you check out their website at www.ZGallerie.com.
I'm sorry we don't have a paint color for you but this was the color Brely's walls were before we even got there. Though I will see if she will tell us what color they are. |
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Love the videos -- but can
maggie.david writes:
Fri, 10/06/2006 - 3:41pm
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