Painted Hardwood Floors

I go through spurts working on my own home, and one project I’ve taken on recently has been painting my daughter’s hardwood floors.

We decided a few months ago we wanted a different look from what she had, and as the summer rolled to the end, it was time to tackle .

So with an idea in mind, we put our thoughts on paper.  When you are talking about a pattern being painted on your hardwood floors, you have to know exactly how it will lay out.  No time for guessing.

Painted hardwood floors are beautiful, but it is a process.  The floors were stained, so we first began by putting a coats of Kilz on top of the stain.   After it dried, we painted two good coats of a custom mixed porch paint to match the wall color.

As you can see, the entire family pitched in.

After the base coat was finished, I called in the experts at Paintworks to paint the pattern. The drawing we created was detailed for them to follow, and I thought it was best to leave this part to someone who does it on a regular basis.

Danny at Paintworks told me we should have painted our stripe color first.  NOTE: If you try this, this is a big point, because it led to having to repaint our base coat.

As you can see, the humidity caused the tape to pull up a little bit of the gray color, but after he fixed these places, the floor looked great.

Stay tuned on social media as I share pictures of the room as we furnish it.   It’s already made quite a transformation.

Dana

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