Handy-Man Corner

[Iowanian]

I'm tired of bad Chiefs news.....


I thought it would be a good idea for a thread on the Handy-Man.

Do you have any Home remedies, gadgets you've made, advice on car repair, home maint, sollutions to kill weeds in your yard, bugs in your garden?

Use Coke to clean your batteries? That type of stuff.
Home made floor dry?

[RJ]

Also these from another manufacturer, I have one of these installed in our showroom.....


http://www.mannington.com/residential/Adura/style.aspx?type=('15','16')&style_id=Manhattan

[RJ]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Very cool! I'll bookmark that and have the wife (give someone a design degree and they think they get to make all the decisions) take a look when she returns from Indy.

If it wasn't for people with design degrees my job would get really boring. I can only sell so much cheap beige carpet.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by RJ

If it wasn't for people with design degrees my job would get really boring. I can only sell so much cheap beige carpet.

I need to get some more installed pics of the Metroflor. That's pretty much our look. I may have to flip through some back issues of Dwell and see if they have anymore.

[NewChief]

BTW, here's the bathroom my wife is using as inspiration. I'll not comment on the choice of fecal brown as a wall color...okay, maybe I will.

http://chicago.apartmenttherapy.com/...rn-bath-013538

I actually love the clean lines of the bathroom and like it as inspiration. Just not sold on the brown.

Brown is a really hot color right now. We're using a lot of chocolates and oranges in our place. I like it.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Brown is a really hot color right now. We're using a lot of chocolates and oranges in our place. I like it.

I know. The problem is that it's been hot for a few years. My wife's job is in trends, so I try to steer her away from "hot" things toward more classic things, otherwise I end up in a constant cycle of repainting and remodeling as she follows the next hot trend. I actually love the brown, I just don't want to be remodeling again in two years when she decides that brown is out.

[Fairplay]

Originally Posted by NewChief

BTW, here's the bathroom my wife is using as inspiration. I'll not comment on the choice of fecal brown as a wall color...okay, maybe I will.


I actually love the clean lines of the bathroom and like it as inspiration. Just not sold on the brown.

Thats a cool bathroom. Im not keen on dark colors. Also the cabinet space for that sink sucks. I think that sink is way too overated for practical purposes.

But the bathroom does look cool overall.

[Fairplay]

Originally Posted by NewChief

I actually love the brown, I just don't want to be remodeling again in two years when she decides that brown is out.

Painting over that to hide the color would be a bitch.

Originally Posted by NewChief

I know. The problem is that it's been hot for a few years. My wife's job is in trends, so I try to steer her away from "hot" things toward more classic things, otherwise I end up in a constant cycle of repainting and remodeling as she follows the next hot trend. I actually love the brown, I just don't want to be remodeling again in two years when she decides that brown is out.

Yeah - that's why I wouldn't agree to paint anything of ours chocolate. We have a very bold gold in our master (which I still intend to faux over)and an orange accent wall in our kitchen. That's about as crazy as we go.

Oops, I just forgot... She had me paint our accent wall in the master bedroom a very dark green. I hated it. She hated it. I think we're gonna go over it with chocolate.

[RJ]

I get the idea. Straight lines and uncluttered, it's a cool look.

Dial that brown down to taupe and you probably get the same effect without being trendy.

Metroflor has done a great job creating retro/industrial/modern/loft type looks. I'd bet you'll find something there that you'll both prefer to VCT. Problem with VCT is that you won't update your home. The looks today are basically the same as the looks in 1965.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Fairplay

Painting over that to hide the color would be a bitch.

Yeah. Kilz does wonders, though. Believe me, I'm an expert with Kilz at this point.

Originally Posted by RJ

Problem with VCT is that you won't update your home. The looks today are basically the same as the looks in 1965.

That's exactly why I wouldn't use it unless it was on a specific retro project - but then who wants to do a retro kitchen to the 60's?

[PastorMikH]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Yeah. Kilz does wonders, though. Believe me, I'm an expert with Kilz at this point.

I have a feeling that I will be too in 3 weeks. As stated earlier, the lady in the house now is a heavy smoker. I am thinking it will take a good coat of primer before we paint to kill the nicotine/smoke smell bleed-through.

I hate that runny stuff too. (I'm giving serious thought to taping and spraying).

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

I have a feeling that I will be too in 3 weeks. As stated earlier, the lady in the house now is a heavy smoker. I am thinking it will take a good coat of primer before we paint to kill the nicotine/smoke smell bleed-through.

I hate that runny stuff too. (I'm giving serious thought to taping and spraying).

Do it - especially since you're replacing floor coverings.

I'd open every window in that sucker and let it air out for a few days as well.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Phobia

That's exactly why I wouldn't use it unless it was on a specific retro project - but then who wants to do a retro kitchen to the 60's?

My next door neighbor (single guy, college prof, sort of a loner) has a late 50s house that he's totally restored to 1950s specs, all the way down to the appliances. It's cool, but kind of creepy as well.