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Thinking about the quiet work of hand-fitting border pieces
I used to spend a whole afternoon fitting those tricky border pieces by eye and hand. You'd get into a zone, measuring twice and making small cuts with a saw. These days, template tools and lasers do it in minutes, but it feels less personal. Last week, I did a herringbone pattern and went back to the old way for the edges, and it just felt right.
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fiona_henderson4d ago
Herringbone pattern by hand without templates must have taken forever.
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robin_morgan344d ago
Taping down chalk lines as a guide first saved my sanity (and my fingers). It still takes ages, but breaking it into small sections makes the process feel less huge. The key is accepting it'll be a slow, kinda meditative project. You just have to love the process, or at least really love how it looks when it's done.
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