When There Is Hardwood Floor Beneath.

The living room flooring in our house

when we bought it

was in desperate need of repair:

the tiles were loose

and damaged.

We started by tearing the tiles up

and then the subflooring

which was held down by thousands of nails.

 It was tedium,

to say the least,

but we could see the old wood flooring underneath,

so we knew there was a bright future for it.

 However,

when we got the floor all cleaned up,

there were paint patches all over it,

and it was rough.

Really rough,

like,

"Park your horse outside before you come into our barn, please."

It was very dark colored

and

even after sanding it,

was as if made of raw planks,

guaranteeing slivers in waiting.

So we decided to paint it...

 with a sealer

and then several coats of white.

A stencil borrowed from my mother

was added around the border,

 and although some stencilling has become dated,

I've never tired of this one.

Knowing that white floors would be impossible to keep clean,

 I watered down some of the trim paint

and painted it on,

quickly wiping it off.

I had to work fast before areas dried

so it wouldn't look patchy;

a glaze would have probably been a better option,

but I didn't know about it then.

 When the floor was thoroughly dried,

we painted 2 or 3 coats of polyerthane on the floor,

letting it dry several days between coats.

 Seven years have passed,

and I still love our floor,

although it is getting worn in places

like where the door stop slides to hold the back door open.

I will probably need to put another 2 coats of poly on it in the next year or two.

Before that,

I'm trying to decide whether I need to paint this big closet cupboard that sits on it

(what a bear this thing was to move!

How we'll ever move it to polyerthane again

is a question I'd rather not think about right now!)

 (My Farmer just added the trim to the base of it as it was missing a section.)

I love this old cupboard that was his grandfather's storage

for his carpentry tools.

It has lots of use worn into it.

 Any suggestions on what color to paint it?

I might just try staining the baseboard to match the rest

and leave it as it is.

 But that will have to wait because I have been totally consumed with

painting the porch floor.

I forgot how long checkerboard floors took to plan out

and then paint.

I can't WAIT til it is done!

Here's a peek.

Now I better get out there and back to work.

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