Advice from DIY folks

shadowsgin

My sweet boys can be really rough on the floors, that would be human and furr :).

Hehehehe.  Yeah, our kitchen is a high traffic area that gets abused pretty regularly.  I have all fall and winter to soften (or beat into submission lol) my significant other into this idea.  The way I look at it is:  I'm the one who cooks the vast majority of the time and spend the most time (overall) in there.  Therefore I should be able to do what I want *pouts* 

the_gopher

I should be able to do what I want *pouts* 

 Actually my Plan B is to just rip up the floor and stain it lol.  Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission right...?!?!

the_gopher

Actually my Plan B is to just rip up the floor

Good plan.  Don't stain it right away and just keep whining about how horrible the concrete looks and keep wondering out loud how cool it would look stained. :) 

JackieG

Good plan.  Don't stain it right away and just keep whining about how horrible the concrete looks and keep wondering out loud how cool it would look stained. :) 

I like it! 

 Other DIY projects I now what to tackle over the next year:

Painting my ugly as all heck kitchen counter tops (saw a paint kit called Giani Granite that has good reviews and looks pretty cool!)  Figure that would be a much less expensive way of fixing them versus replacing them altogether.

Paint my cabinets (that will be time consuming, they will definitely need some sanding down - plus taking them down and putting them back up lol)

Fix the grout in one of my bathrooms.  It looks like crap and in some places just crumbling all together. Of all my DIY projects I want to try to tackle, this is probably the easiest. 

the_gopher

Painting my ugly as all heck kitchen counter tops (saw a paint kit called Giani Granite that has good reviews and looks pretty cool!)  Figure that would be a much less expensive way of fixing them versus replacing them altogether.

ETA: used a small smooth 6" roller and it made the job quick and easy.