Hey y’all!! I’m a day late with this post. I planned to share it yesterday, but I was most delightfully interrupted by the birth of my precious new niece! It was such a joy to be at her birth! If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you probably saw a sweet photo of her. 🙂 Okay, on...
I sanded my hardwood floors, and here is what I wish I had known before I started! This complete guide shares everything about DIY refinishing wooden floors.
Step-by-step instructions on how to easily refinish hardwood floors yourself.
Just sharing a tid-bit-tip!We just bought a house that is 200 years old..I love the markings in the floors. Gives great character!HOWEVER, I do NOT like the dog…
Stain wooden floors using a gel stain to bring them back to life, for under $50.
Lay down a towel on the floor and run a hot iron over it. Using steam can improve the effectiveness, but be careful not to damage the wood further with too much steam.
Water stains on wood furniture and hardwood floors can lead you to think they're permanently damaged. However, there are several methods you can use to make ...
Don't make these common floor sanding mistakes! Find out exactly what you should be doing and how to sand your floors and floorboards!
A step-by-step guide to painting over stained wood. Wood stain can be hard to cover, but it’s not impossible!
Come and see How I Stained Our Wood Floors with Coffee! It created a beautiful aged finish I'm so happy with! Coffee lovers unite!
Need to refinish floors - We tore up the carpet in our new home and there are stains everywhere!! The lady had TEN dogs! What's the best way to tackle this? I w
Have you ever tried stripping and sanding an old piece of furniture so you could restain it? It’s soooo much work! Is there an easier way? Can you stain over stained wood? Yes you can!! We show you how to make stain darker on wood without stripping or sanding. The before - light stairs before making stain darker on wood These are the stairs from the main floor to the basement of our house. When we bought the house, the hardwoods upstairs were a very unattractive red. Our floor refinisher said the only option was to go darker to cover
It can take time to remove black stains from hardwood floors — even ones you are cleaning on a regular basis. Here is a complete guide to getting dark stains off.
Instructions on how to remove pet urine stains from hardwood floors.
Learn how we transformed our 100+ year old wood floors in less than 6 hours. Including sanding and sealing! I’ve included step-by-step photos of the process and shared some amazing before and after photos!
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.
Stain wooden floors using a gel stain to bring them back to life, for under $50.
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.
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For flawless wood floors, avoid these installation and finishing mistakes
Bleaching your hardwood floor is an option when you have stubborn stains that will not disappear. There are three common methods for wood beaching: household bleach, oxalic acid, or a two-part kit containing hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide. Choose a method based on the stain composition.
Before you begin a refinishing project, learn how to remove stain from wood. Even new DIYers can do this easy home improvement project in an afternoon!
Alright everyone, this is part two of my bathroom countertop adventure. (If you haven't read the first part you can do that HERE.) When I left y'all we had successfully made a counter out of maple wood flooring, which happens to be particularly hard to stain. Here was my first attempt... It looked terrible and Adam vetoed it right away. And that's saying something because he never vetoes things, he usually just lets me gush about weird new ideas that my brain comes up with and then tries his best to make them happen. So we sanded off the terrible stain job (twice, cause I tried to stain it again) and then we just sealed the natural maple with tung oil. But, I hated it. So here I am, still trying to make a maple countertop dark and NOT have it look like poo. I spent some time googing for answers and come across a lot of different ways to successfully stain maple. But most of these ways used tools I don't have (sprayers) and supplies I didn't want to buy (dyes), so I decided to just branch out on my own and experiment. I had heard of pre-stain before but had never used it. We talked about using it when we built our farmhouse table but got lazy and just....didn't. So I figured I'd try my luck with it on this project... after all, I certainly couldn't make it any worse.
Scratches, scuffs, and dents are inevitable on hardwood floors. Don't worry! We've found 15 wood floor hacks to help you keep your floors looking like new.
