Sorry, been a long time since I rapped at ya. The tribulations of being a landlord and a more than full time worker (not to mention a tenant) in New York is enough to keep one away from ye olde blog. Actually, I’ve had an empty apartment for almost two months because I’ve been a little hesitant to pull the trigger on a contractor for the floors. I’ve also been waffling between two options:
1. Put in new bamboo flooring .
2. Sand and refinish the current subfloor.
I decided today to use the current subfloor. My main attraction to the bamboo was its renewability, but a friend of mine reminded me “The most renewable thing you can do is use what’s already there.”
The other thing is that bamboo can be soft, and putting in new floor in a rental is a heartbreak waiting to happen.
We have gotten some great goodies from Build it Green recently and I hope to put those in. We found some great stainless steel mirrors and some lights.
I hope to have quite a few before and after pics here for your consumption.