White painted wood floors

Ok, we just spent the entire weekend painting the floors. We thought this would be a quicker process, but we forgot about the part where we are literally playing tetris with all of our furniture as we paint. That means we are shoving all of the dining room furniture into the kitchen when we paint that room & then vice versa as we moved along. It added a lot of time & work to shuffle around all of the furniture as we we went along, but at this point we have the dining room done & we are…

For maximum transformation on minimum budget, you can't beat paint. A new color on the walls can change the mood of a room, but it doesn't stop there: a fe

We painted our floors again! If you missed our original posts about painting our floors you can check those out here & here. So the biggest question I've been getting since we announced we were looking for a new color for our floors is why we are painting them again! The answer is that I just felt like trying something new. Why did we repaint the floors? The new paint color on our floors is a bit whiter and brighter than the old color. There wasn't anything wrong with our painted floors, I…

Whitewashing a surface is a great way to add a casual and relaxed feel to the space. We’d like to tell you about whitewashed floors.

The floors in this room were never refinished, and were in bad shape. I've always loved the look of painted floors, so I decided to try it in this space. It was…

We've always loved the white painted floors that are especially prominent on Scandinavian design blogs and magazines, like these from the home of Danish stylist Sidsel Zachariassen. We wondered what the secret is to making them both pristine and durable. We found the answer in a Dwell slideshow about the smart, frugal renovation of a small two-bedroom apartment by two very clever Finnish designers who weren't afraid to d-i-themselves. 'It took Susanna several layers of sanding—and then…

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The floor in the back room is finished, and it is beautiful. I couldn't be happier. What used to be the dirtiest, most neglected and depressing room in the