Painting wood floors

I’ve rewritten this blog post over and over again in my head. In short, this is a very mixed review on our painted wood floors. It’s been a year since we’ve painted them and I’ve collected all of your questions from over on Instagram into an FAQ section below. Here’s the blog post on How We Painted Our Wood Floors

a.k.a. What I Did Over Spring Break

Follow these simple tips to paint wood floors that will last! I’m sharing how to paint wood floors today. I just made a last minute decision to paint the wood floor that was hidden underneath carpet on the third floor of the North House Lodge. Wowsa, what a difference it made in the room! Painting...Read More »

The Best Wood Floor Paint - The Ultimate Guide

Ok, we just spent the entire weekend painting the floors. We thought this would be a quicker process, but we forgot about the part where we are literally playing tetris with all of our furniture as we paint. That means we are shoving all of the dining room furniture into the kitchen when we paint that room & then vice versa as we moved along. It added a lot of time & work to shuffle around all of the furniture as we we went along, but at this point we have the dining room done & we are…

a.k.a. What I Did Over Spring Break

Rust-Oleum RockSolid Home Floor Paint System is a two-step interior floor product meant to cover up unsightly wood, tile, and linoleum floors without sanding, stripping, priming, or other prepping measures (let me repeat - NO SANDING!). Last summer, we pulled up the ugly carpet in my boyfriend’s house to reveal the original hardwood floors, which were in desperate need of refinishing. The wood itself was in good shape but the finish definitely needed some love. And guess…

Learn how I achieved the perfect rustic black painted hardwood floors with this tutorial.

Follow these simple tips to paint wood floors that will last! I’m sharing how to paint wood floors today. I just made a last minute decision to paint the wood floor that was hidden underneath carpet on the third floor of the North House Lodge. Wowsa, what a difference it made in the room! Painting...Read More »

It’s Week Three of the 555 Room Challenge and I’m back with the easiest flooring update you’ll ever see! Today I’m showing you how we rejuvenated the hardwoods in our daughter’s room in just two days and for free, using leftover project paint we found in our basement! It was a quick DIY project that’s made a huge impact in her bedroom. Let’s take a look …