Sorta off the topic, but here's a link to
27 photos being voted on as the "7 Wonders of Nature."
Great shots, including several rain forest photos.
http://itineraries.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/11/8758322-tally-from-2-year-vote-reveals-new-7-wonders-of-nature
I think this is my favorite. The photos on the website are 1200
pixels wide, although a couple of 'em aren't the best quality
images.
r
On 11/12/2011 7:33 AM, Chris Lindh wrote:
We thought we liked exotic imported woods (Brazilian
Maple, Cherry, etc.), until we found out they all come from the
rain forests.
My understanding is the stranded bamboo is made from the leftover
pieces from when they make the horizontal and vertical bamboo.
Bamboo is a green flooring choice, except for the fuel used to get
it here.
We like our stranded bamboo; it is that same dark color:
"caramelized" / "carbonized"; I think it they toast it to darken
it, mmmmm toasted bamboo. It's holding up well 3 years later. We
did white baseboards and stained Oak shoe moulding to match the
flooring. If I were to do it again I might do the shoe moulding
white. The floor-colored shoe moulding makes the baseboards look
shorter, it is a good thing we used a taller baseboard (which
caused more problems with A/C registers). You have to watch when
handling the boards, you can get a wicked splinter.
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