The Legacy Of Wood
Our Landmark Dalton in a clean select grade was chosen for the borderless herringbone floor in this cosy Victorian terraced family home.
[Sponsored content] . Over the winter months, we've been working hard on project 'strip the floors', most of which were given an orange pine varnish treatment many moons ago. Rob managed to sand his office (pictured) which was previously carpeted and the kitchen in three dusty, sweaty days. Despite
Wondering if dark or light hardwood floors are better? We've created the ultimate list of the pros and cons of dark vs light hardwood floors!
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Restoring Floorboards - From Start To Finish The Ultimate Guide. Varnished wooden floors in a period house are tough in character, easy to clean, and look really attractive, which is the reason they work great in any busy family home. It is still popular to expose the floorboards instead of carpeting in many of the older houses. So restoring floorboards is a good way to go.
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Description You will receive more than enough compliments from our gorgeous range of engineered wood flooring. Our popular Oxford Herringbone Honeycomb Oak features a rich colour palette with bronze, copper and rust tones. Auburn and Honeycomb hues combine to create a truly stunning floor. The plywood core is extremely durable and strong, while the 3mm wear layer of oak is perfectly suited for a busy home. The top layer is oiled to bring out its best features and offer you an amazing canvas for your current decor. Don’t forget to look at our accessories page, it is fully stocked with products to help you get the best results. We recommend oiling this product to ensure your wood flooring continues to perform at its optimum level. For information on when to re-oil and further advice on the best oil choice for the desired look you’re going for, please contact our specialist sales advisors who are always happy to help!
Is your hardwood floor damaged in spots? No need to refinish the entire floor. Here are two quick and easy ways to repair and restore it for good!
How to Refinish Wood Floors without Sanding! If you have antique floors with square nails, or want to save money and the mess, this tutorial is for you.
We made the rustic wide plank plywood flooring ourselves, which took some time. Installing the floors didn’t take that long, to do the dining room and
The ultimate DIY guide on how to sand wooden floors yourself and achieve a professional finish! Step by Step guide with tips, tricks & budget breakdown
...and I'm back! I took a random week off blogging as my creativity were seriously lacking and I just couldn't get my head into gear and type the words I was trying to say. I mostly blame the chaotic environment which surrounded my PC (an overloaded lounge full of storage boxes and DIY equipment!). Being
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
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February 9, 2015 - And before you say "keep it"..Too late! It had been under carpet for all it's life it seems - was manky around the edges/cork coming up, and I don't like
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Description Are you looking for flooring that will transform your home? Georgian Oak from our Real Woods range will create a chic and modern design in any room. Our Real Woods range of high quality vinyl flooring brings realistic wood looks for contemporary and traditional homes. Featuring bevel elements which gives the vinyl a genuine wood plank look. The entire range is quick and easy to fit, and is suitable for underfloor heating. Georgian Oak consists of warm caramel tones, with deep brown undertones. Don’t forget to take a look at our accessories, to ensure you get the best results.
Baby, you light up my world like nobody else. This song must be on your playlist, but you don’t need someone to light up your world because this polar star wooden floor lamp will do it for you. This bohemian-inspired lamp will be an artistic and unique addition to your home décor. Welcome your guests with this light spreading across the home, and they’ll be mesmerized by the colorful glow this lamp spreads. What you’ll get: Unique home décor: Decorate your home with the 3D multi-colored lights coming from this lamp and take your guests into a beautiful and imaginary world. It is ideal for dinner parties, get-togethers, or even camping. Spruce up dull corners: The bright-colored light coming from this polar star wooden floor lamp is sure to spruce up the dull corners of your room. Excellent gift choice: Surprise your friends and family members with this lamp as a gift on their birthday, anniversary, or Christmas. Every recipient will love getting this lamp. No charging: You don’t need to keep the lamp plugged into the socket or keep it charged to light it up. Use 3 AA batteries (not included in the package) to keep it on. Portable: The compact size makes this lamp highly portable. You can carry it with you on camping, picnics to the office, etc.
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How to clean engineered hardwood floors and regular hardwood floors Some of us love to clean and have our home smelling spectacular and looking spectacular as well. Every house will have floors, its either wood, tiles or carpet. You will need to clean it often because its where most bacteria are. Everything on the outside
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For six years, Cleveland, Ohio photographer Brandon P. Davis, 26, has researched old spaces, taking sombre yet breathtakingly beautiful pictures of their interiors, which have long been forgotten by their human inhabitants.
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Justin at Materialicious forwarded us this rustic Wine and Fruit Flooring from German flooring company Parador. The pattern was inspired by flooring found
Your hardwood flooring gets a beating every day. Learn how to polish wood floors to give them like-new luster with a few simple steps.
Okay, this is going to be a yucky one - don't say I didn't warn you! When we moved in about two years ago, there was carpet in the living room, the bedrooms and, wait
Description Tired of the same old boring flooring? Engineered Vintage Cellar Oak has plenty of character and luxurious appeal with an undeniable modern charm, all in one, meaning it can look spectacular in any setting, from classic country homes with antique furnishings to urban flats or even a modern, open plan home. This rustic, sustainably sourced oak, has been hand brushed with wire brushes to enhance the grain patterns and its natural beauty, and then finished with a high quality German oil, designed to protect the floor from the demands of a busy home. Don't forget to head over to our accessories section where you can find those finishing touches! We recommend oiling this product to ensure your wood flooring continues to perform at its optimum level. For information on when to re-oil and further advice on the best oil choice for the desired look you’re going for, please contact our specialist sales advisors who are always happy to help!
Floor is painted! It was a long road to get here but I am so happy with it. As promised, I am going to go over all the details. I also got the grasscloth up and I have an excellent video I found that shows you how to paste the walls, not the paper, which was so much easier and so much neater. Watch it here. Back to the floors... So some of you might know that back in the day I used to be a Decorative Painter. I painted floors, walls, gilded ceilings, faux marbled and grained, painted murals, you name it, for several years out of college. I was a little rusty, and my knees and back definitely have aged, but I was glad I could still crank one out. These floors were painted over plywood sub-flooring... remember this nightmare from a couple weeks ago? STEP 1: Prepping the surface of your floors is key... I scraped, sanded, wood puttied nail holes and seams, sanded some more and vacuumed like a madwoman until I had a surface I was happy with. You want to make sure there is no residue or oil that will repel paint, and since I had disintegrated carpet pad stuck to mine, I had lots of scraping and sanding to remove it. STEP 2: Prime and base coat your floors. I used California Paint's ALLFLOR for my paint. My paint store tinted the base coat to a cream tone, and I also had them tint two separate quarts to match Farrow & Ball "Red Earth" and "Parma Gray" for the stars and checkers. They told me I didn't need a primer since I had prepped my floor well, but I would recommend it just in case. I had a funky spot in the closet area where paint lifted. (Think I got lazy in there because I knew noon would see it.) My floors were well covered in two coats. Be sure to allow ample dry time between coats! STEP 3: Laying out the design This is the part that requires lots of math. I prefer to have my design fall evenly across the floor, so I need to determine how many squares will fit along each wall. Hopefully this picture explains what I mean. Notice how I have perfect half blue checkers along the edges, and the tips of the white squares touch the wall. On the perpendicular wall, the same is true but in reverse: I created my design in Photoshop first so I could play with colors: Planning out the layout will save you big headaches as opposed to forcing a particular sized square to fit your room. If you must have, lets say 18" squares and won't budge, you can do it by finding the exact center of the room and then drawing two cross lines that run through it. You would then start in the center and work out. Only problem is that you might end up with tiny pieces of squares along the edges. I prefer the above look so I try to find the size that will fit best. Take your time, grab a calculator or use one of these handy right triangle calculators - and grab a notebook to sketch out your floor. I am so sorry for what's about to follow. I tried my hardest to have this make sense, but I'm a do'er not a teacher. First you will need to revisit the Pythagorean Formula... OK. If you made it this far, we should hang out because you'd probably get me. Last part...if you have nooks, all you need to do is trace one of your squares and create a template out of poster board. You want to line this template up with existing squares you created with chalk lines. Trace it faintly with a pencil and continue moving it, lining it up and tracing into any nooks and crannies. Good lord, I hope this makes sense. I wish I could just come over and floor whisper to you. Once this part is done, time to tape... I screwed this part up big time because I had my kid's calling for their Uber rides. DO this when you have no distractions, and no drinking wine until your second coat of paint. You will need to mark off every square you DO NOT want to paint, I used a small piece of tape in the centers to do that. Next you will tape inside of the lines of all those squares. That's it. Use an Exact-o knife to trim your tape edges where they overlap. Also, use good quality tape- Frog Tape or Sensitive Surfaces by 3M. I had a roll of both so excuse the 2 colors here.... Now paint the squares that don't have tape int eh centers. Mine took two coats. Pull your tape carefully, I like to pull, angled all the way back from the painted edge, keeping my tape low towards the floor. There will be blood. I had lots of bleeding due to the texture of y plywood. Grab a small angled brush and touch up using the base color. Lastly, if you want to embellish further... I made an 8 point star stencil using an unused piece of old peel and stick wallpaper. Contact paper also works great. I sketched the design onto the paper and then cut it out with my Exact-o knife and a straight edge. Just keep the backing paper on the outside edges of your stencil, but remove it close to where you will be painting. This allows for you to lift and position the stencil easily. Find the center of your square and adjust your stencil. When its where you like, press the peeled sticky edges down. I used a foam roller lightly coated with paint. I rolled a coat on and used a hairdryer to speed drying. There was lots of bleeding, it I fixed it with touch up paint. Also , dry the back of your stencil with hair dryer each move, it keeps paint from spreading... And that's all she wrote. I hung the grasscloth shortly after, and have started bring pieces of furniture in. Originally I thought I would have my desk in the window, but it felt too close to the bed. Desk will be getting painted, and the wall behind it will be completely curtained to hide my closet/ storage/ sewing area... This will also hide the fact hat the closet is off center. As far as the day bed goes, I am now building something like this. Canopy has not been determined. Here are 2 options... Ignore the crappy photoshop. I also am using this rug... Stay tuned. My goal for next week is to build out the closet and start the daybed. Be sure to check out all the Week 4 ORC Updates here! See you next week...