Refinishing pine floors

Last week we gave you a rundown of our progress in bringing our first floor bathroom's antique heart pine flooring back to life.It had been hidden beneath poorly installed tile for many years, so we knew there'd be some repair necessary. The end result was a floor that needed to be heavily repaired with new heart pine, some serious tar that needed to be removed from the old flooring, and the need for a whole lot of sanding. Our last post left off just before sanding some DIY wood filler…

Just wanted to give you all a quick update on some major happenings in our new home. A few weeks ago we told you about our heated debate involving just how we'd ultimately refinish our new home's nearly 110 year old antique heart pine floors. We didn't want to go the old stain and poly route and we were assessing at all of our various options to achieve the look we wanted. If there's one thing you might know about us, it's our mutual understanding that this isn't a matter to be taken…

Hey everyone! Today I’m going to talk about the floor sanding process, which is part two of our refinishing project!

We are often asked about our floors. Are they original to the home? What is the brand of the flooring? What finish did we use? The truth is, a very unique but simple process helped our simple pine wood planks get this beautiful look.

Historic houses are having wood floors ripped out, or trashed in any number of ways to make room for newer, inferior products. But there is a better way.

Caring for 240-year-old pumpkin pine wood floors has been learning experience! How the floors were made, laid, and finished with shellac. Here's the scoop.

Pine Flooring FAQs - I answered all of the common questions regarding using pine boards as flooring including the cost.

The Merrythought

This project is so much more than a refinish because the original floor was an orange-colored pine with a lot of wear-and-tear. ...

Holy cow guys. I feel like I might finally be able to sleep tonight after weeks & weeks of trying to decide what we should do with our new pine flooring. So if you remember a few months ago we made the decision to install 8 inch pine boards into our house. Well, that was an easy decision... & I thought deciding whether to paint or stain would be easy as well. No. No it wasn't. I completely locked up & didn't know what to do because I loved painted & stained floors equally. So, I asked you…