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The living room floor is almost finished and we are turning the corner…

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Trying to save some money and move things along, my husband is staying ahead of the contractor with brute force prep work.

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Ripping out the old carpet…

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As the contractor makes his way into the hall.

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This particular area is two hallways.

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One short.

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One long.

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Both covered in nail ridden carpet strips and those nasty little sharp padding staples.

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When that was done my husband started removing trim…

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Which I really didn’t want him to do.

My guy is great with the rough stuff, but when it comes to careful finish work?

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Not so much. He broke off 4 small pieces and split the trim in 3 spots.

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This is the trim I’m trying to salvage of course. We’re putting all new in the living room but it’s priced by the foot and gets costly quickly.

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My repair skills only go so far.

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