The kitchen floor is real wood, sure. And I can definitely see beyond damage and glimpse the potential in many things. I cannot, however, seem to appreciate that floor. Thin, short planks with bland grain pattern and uninteresting color is all I can see. Sure, I could change the color, but the best remedy for this floor would be to rip it all out. Having about a thousand things on the to-do list more pressing than this, Steve and I settled on a stopgap measure: a rug.
Yes, I know a rug in the kitchen is dangerous. High probability of spills. However, Steve is a neat cook, so I'm not too worried. Also, we focused on finding a rug that didn't cost a fortune, just in case.
We had been watching for a large, affordable, not-ugly rug for a long time. Eventually, woot.com came through for us.
I'm sure it's a bit bold for many tastes, but I am thrilled with it. The more pattern, the better as far as I'm concerned. And I love not having to see (most of) that darn floor. As an added bonus, it provides great traction for the bunnies to get around. Rabbits don't have pads on the bottom of their feet like dogs and cats do (just fur), so they slip around on most hard-surface flooring and don't care for it. Interestingly (possibly only to me, but here goes...) there are exceptions. I've found that occasionally a rabbit is able to figure out graceful slick-surface maneuvering. Of all the rabbits I've had over the years, only Kuipo and Kiwi have figured out how to get around proficiently on slippery floors, so it seems to be a relatively rare trait.
At any rate, before Steve and I rolled out the new rug, Steve deep-cleaned the kitchen floor. I snapped a picture of his cleanser-mixing technique, because it amused me.
You can take the chemist out of the lab, but you can't take the lab (glass) out of the chemist.
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