We painted our wooden floors white !!
lettiepayne
10 years ago
My husband had the floors sanded professionally and he then painted them.
We have had the white floors for 5 months and love them, even with 2 dogs and one teenager.
The trick is to treat them as "floors" and not be too precious about them. I mop the floors once a week and sweep every three days or so and they look terrific.
We have had the white floors for 5 months and love them, even with 2 dogs and one teenager.
The trick is to treat them as "floors" and not be too precious about them. I mop the floors once a week and sweep every three days or so and they look terrific.
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10 years agoWe are in Sydney, Australia... unsure if the following are international brands? My husband used Feast & Watson Floor Paint in White Satin (water based) and then 2 coats of Intergrain clear finish (also water based... so with sunlight the floors won't yellow if you use water based)
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8 years agolettiepayne
8 years agoHi Cathy, glad you like the floors... extra photos ... one with dogs taken today, other one taken over 2 years ago... floors still look very good.
Cathy
8 years agolettiepayne
8 years agoCathy
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