How to paint wood floors.
Hardwood painted floors in old houses.
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Hardwood floor medallion photo by deborah whitlaw llewellyn.
It lasted for over 20 years.
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Bay harbor beige and patio white by benjamin moore.
In our first house we painted old green vinyl flooring in the kitchen and bathroom.
While trends like linoleum and shag carpet eek went out of style as quickly as they came into it hardwood flooring has for centuries been a failsafe choice for any and every aesthetic.
Make sure your floor hasn t been waxed before painting and remove the wax if it has.
In the next house we painted the oak hardwood floor in the master bedroom and also the new pine plank floor in the hallway.
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Painted floors were most common in new england but originals have shown up in the midwest and texas too.
The trick is to add color to a floor without covering up the beautiful wood.
Yes occaissionally i d touch it up but that was easy because the rooms were small and it took hardly any time.
Follow these steps when painting a floor.
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A painted framed medallion can enhance the beauty of your hardwood and ease the transition where two types of flooring meet.
The majority of floors were constructed of wood planks from 8 to 18 wide because narrow boards were expensive to prepare in a pre industrial era and therefore reserved for the best rooms.
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In early houses every feature had a practical origin and wide board painted wood floors were no exception.
Using a square pad sander or by hand rough up the finish on the floor with 150 grit sandpaper.
Recently this old house senior technical editor mark powers used their techniques to create a similar floor in his own house.
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Here he shows how a little measuring and a couple of coats of durable floor paint can add a little personality to a room for a small price.
If you re a commitment phobic shopper choosing interior flooring can feel like a never ending process.
I m painting old oak floors and i have tried to do everything by the book sanding from 150 to 250 two coats of sw paint and primer not by the book 24 to 72 hours dry time sand between coats vacuum and removed all dust then 3 coat oil fast dry poly for floors same dry time 24 72 and 250 sand paper the finish is pretty but the satin dried.