 REMOVING THE OLD FLOOR COVERINGS  CARPET STILL DOWN THE HALL  A SLAB OF CONCRETE UNDER THE KITCHEN BENCHES  ENTRANCE WAY IS HARDWOOD, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE HOUSE IS BALTIC PINE  ONE RUGGED LOOKING KITCHEN FLOOR  CLEAR FINISH SHOWS THE COLOUR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HARDWOOD AND PINE  CAREFULLY REMOVING A LARGE SECTION OF THE CONCRETE SLAB  SOME REPLACEMENT BOARDS HAVE BEEN GLUED IN  COLOUR SAMPLES TO HIDE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TIMBERS  BEGINNING TO SAND DOWN THE REPAIRED SECTION  THIS FLOOR IS RIDDLED WITH STAPLES AND OLD GLUE  ONCE THE STAPLES HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT THE GLUE IS SANDED OFF  THERE! ALL CLEAN READY TO FINE SAND  BLOODY LOT OF NAIL HOLES  WHICH REQUIRES A SHIP LOAD OF PUTTY  THE STAINING GETS UNDER WAY  COULDN'T WAIT TO GET SOME COLOUR ONTO THIS BIT  ALL COMING TOGETHER NOW  MISSED A BIT  SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WET AND THE DRY STAIN  AT LAST. THAT WAS THE FINAL STRIP OF STAIN.  FIRST COAT GOING DOWN IN THE KITCHEN  THE EDGES ARE BRUSHED ON  WHEREAS THE MAIN BODY OF THE FLOOR IS ROLLED ON.  FIRST COAT ALWAYS LOOKS AS ROUGH AS HESSIAN UNDIES  SECOND COAT IN A BED ROOM  SECOND COAT BEING ROLLED ON  SECOND COAT OF TWO PACK IN THE KITCHEN  LOOKING THROUGH FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE LOUNGE  ENTRANCE WITH THE FINAL COAT  FINAL COAT DRY  THE STUBBIE HOLDER GIVES THE CAMERA SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON, OTHERWISE THE FLASH JUST WASHES OUT THE COLOUR.  LOUNGE LOOKING THROUGH TO THE DINING AND ENTRANCE  A STUBBIE HOLDER ALSO GIVES MANY A GOOD MAN SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON DURING A HARD DAYS WORK.  CLOSER SHOT IN THE DINING ROOM  DINING ROOM  CLOSE UP IN THE KITCHEN  KITCHEN THROUGH TO THE DINING ROOM  PRETTY EASY TO FORGET HOW ROUGH THIS KITCHEN WAS. FRANKLY, IT WAS A PILE OF EXCREMENT  DOWN THE HALL .  CLOSE UP IN THE HALL  ONE OF THE BED ROOMS  HALL WAY  THE STUBBIE HOLDER IS TALKING TO ME, WHAT’S THAT? OH, I SEE, JOHNNIE WALKER |