Okay, here’s my blog post about the “cushions dancing rubber tree assembling wooden flooring” project, written in a casual, personal style:

Alright, so I started this whole wooden flooring thing, right? I’d ripped up the old carpet – man, that was dusty! – and the concrete underneath was, well, concrete. Cold and hard. I knew I needed some kind of underlayment, something to make the floor a little… bouncier? Softer?

That’s where the “cushions” came in. I went with this rubber underlayment. It’s like a giant yoga mat for your floor! Seriously, it came in a huge roll, and I had to wrestle it into place. Unrolling that thing was a workout in itself! I felt like I was setting up a bouncy castle, not laying a floor.

Cutting and Fitting

Next up, I had to get out my utility knife. The instructions, which I kinda-sorta glanced at, said to leave a small gap around the edges of the room. Something about expansion and contraction. I’m no scientist, so I just did what the paper said. Cut, cut, cut… It wasn’t pretty, some of my cuts were jagged, some were too much. It will be covered at the end anyway, right?

I used some tape that said that it should be good to hold things together. I am not sure, but it seems to be working so far!

Assembling Time!

Finally, it was time for the actual wooden flooring. I’d picked out this nice, light-colored stuff – I think it’s called “rubber tree”? Sounds fancy, huh? – and it came in these long planks.
Click, click, click!

It was oddly satisfying, getting those planks to snap together. It took me all day of work, but, I made it!

Dancing!

I had music playing, and I was kinda dancing around on the rubber as I went. It’s got a nice spring to it! I made sure to stagger the joints, like the instructions said, so it wouldn’t look too… uniform. You know, like a real wood floor, but without the splinters.

And there you have it! My floor is done. It’s not perfect, but I did it myself, and it feels pretty darn good under my feet. Time to put the furniture back and… maybe do some more dancing!