Painting parquet flooring

Whitewashed parquet floors; sounds like it could work, right? Wrong! In a perfect world every DIY project I did would turn out just the way I wanted it to. In case, you may not have heard, this isn’t a perfect world. Sometimes what sounds like a good idea turns out to be just plain awful. I would say I most definitely learned that lesson with this project. I realized that I really do love the look of whitewashing, just not on parquet flooring. When this horrible idea occurred to me, our…

Old parquet floors are actually quite easy to clean, as are other hardwoods. The trick to getting it right is to use the right cleaner while using as little water as possible. The thought of ruining your floor can understandably make you nervous about cleaning it, but you have nothing to fear.

Whitewashed parquet floors; sounds like it could work, right? Wrong! In a perfect world every DIY project I did would turn out just the way I wanted it to. In case, you may not have heard, this isn’t a perfect world. Sometimes what sounds like a good idea turns out to be just plain awful. I would say I most definitely learned that lesson with this project. I realized that I really do love the look of whitewashing, just not on parquet flooring. When this horrible idea occurred to me, our…

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Here we go... Part one of our floor finishing series. Buckle up! It's going to be a messy ride. Ok, so I thought about doing everything in one big post, but I think breaking it down will be a little better. As many of you know we put 8 inch pine plank boards throughout a majority of the lower level of our farmhouse that I blogged about . Now is the hard part... we need to decide how we are going to finish them. Paint, wax, stain, a mixture of both, oil, and the list goes on. You guys it's

See How Paint Transformed This Eyesore Floor - What do you do if your floor is too damaged to refinish inexpensively? Paint it! When Lara Edge ripped out her u

Hardwood floors or wood parquet flooring do offer a unique touch in a home or your industry. That is why parquet floors are the most popular feature for many people. Here is how to properly care your parquet flooring so as not to reduce the excess parquet flooring in your residence.

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Many of you want to know if you need to consider your wood floor colour when choosing a paint colour for your walls. So, here’s my colour expert advice for what to do when your wood floor colour is no longer neutral and when you can ignore your wood floor colour.