Floor stain ...white wash or dark?
jolsie
8 years ago
Hi there I have an older style house and at the stage of doing the flooring. It's a dark home with minimal light. Do I try to lighten it up with a white wash style floor board & polish finish or stick to its original style of dark floor boards to match the dark skirting boards, window frames etc? Very very torn as to what to do. Please help!!
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8 years agoWe have just had old boards sanded and vanished in a water base finish, we have large skirting boards painted white also in an old home.
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8 years agoOur house is older, boards also sanded and sealed with water based sealer. I am love them, but on flip side our house is on the darker side, I am thinking of adding a sky window to south side roof/ceiling to resolve this issue. The boards are original except where there is an existing built in verandah now dining that we re did the floors as they were tiles covered with cheapest floating floor ever invented.
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