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So, I tackled a project this weekend: putting down some assembled wooden flooring. And let me tell you, the “cushions dancing” part of the title? Totally accurate. It was a bit of a jig, but we got there!

Getting Started

First things first, I cleared out the room. Everything. Furniture, rugs, the whole nine yards. Gotta have a blank canvas, right? Then, I gave the subfloor a good sweep and vacuum. You don’t want any little bits of anything messing with your new floor.

The Underlayment

This is where the “cushions” come in. I rolled out this foam underlayment. It’s supposed to help with sound and make the floor feel a little softer underfoot. Cutting it to size was pretty easy, just used a utility knife. I taped the seams together so it wouldn’t shift around.

Laying the Boards

• Started in one corner, working my way along the longest wall.
• The first few rows were the trickiest. Making sure everything was straight and square.
• Used some spacers to keep a little gap between the floor and the wall (expansion gap, they call it).

The boards themselves were pretty cool. They had this click-lock system. You basically angled one board into another and then snapped them together. Sounds simple, but sometimes they didn’t want to cooperate. I did a lot of gentle (and sometimes not-so-gentle) tapping with a rubber mallet and a tapping block.

Cutting the boards to fit around door frames and other weird angles? That was a challenge. My jigsaw got a workout. Measure twice, cut once, as they say. I definitely messed up a couple of boards, but hey, that’s part of the learning process.

The Final Touches

Once all the boards were down, I removed the spacers and installed the baseboards. That really finished it off. Then, I gave the whole floor a good cleaning to get rid of all the sawdust and debris.

It took most of the weekend, and my back definitely felt it, but it was worth it. The floor looks great, and it feels pretty good to walk on. There’s a certain satisfaction in doing something yourself, even if it involves a little bit of “dancing” with some cushiony underlayment and stubborn wooden boards.