TAlking about floors. I saw the most wonderful thing for them a few years back, and if I ever had the chance this is what I would do. If your house is built on a cement slab there is a way to sand it very very smooth then paint it. The man that use to preach at our church was a painter and did it in his house and it was absolutly beautiful. I kid you not it looked like his floors where made of marble. His wife said a damp mop cleaned anything off it. It was the neatest thing I had ever seen.
Becky
We've got that where we live now. It's actually an acid-based stain that etches itself into the concrete so it's not as likely to flake off. The color we have looks like leather. I really like it, but the sealer that was recommended scratched off real easy, so we put polyurethane over that and it still scratches. I'm sure it's something we did, coz my FIL put it down and he's not the most careful person in the world, but he works for free so I can't complain. I'm sure there's something better, but we were tired of fooling with it and wanted to move in. I just put those Teflon sliders or a piece of carpet under all the furniture and that took care of it. If you look at my "about page" at the picture of the cat jumping after a toy, you can see a small strip of it between the rug and the entertainment center. You can't tell much about it, but it'll give you an idea. The stuff costs $50 a gallon and 1 gallon will cover 400sf.