Pine wood flooring

Holy cow guys. I feel like I might finally be able to sleep tonight after weeks & weeks of trying to decide what we should do with our new pine flooring. So if you remember a few months ago we made the decision to install 8 inch pine boards into our house. Well, that was an easy decision... & I thought deciding whether to paint or stain would be easy as well. No. No it wasn't. I completely locked up & didn't know what to do because I loved painted & stained floors equally. So, I asked you…

How to install an inexpensive wood floor at Grandmas house diy. Tips and tutorials to lay down a pine floor for under $300, wood

The floors in our front living room & the dining room are stained!! Can you believe it? We started Friday night & after working all weekend we finally finished them up Sunday morning. & man it felt good! We have yet to seal the flooring, but we will be doing that soon & I'll be sharing that process with you then. For now I wanted to share our flooring so far & how we got here... We started by laying 8 inch pine planks in our front living room, dining room, kitchen, & sunroom area . The…

You may or may not remember that we took a different route when finishing our wood floors in our home. Instead of installing pre-finished floors or using polyurethane, we chose to finish unfinished yellow pine with pure tung oil. And in the two years we've been living with these floors, we have received hundreds of questions about how they are holding up. I guess we aren't the only ones who are interested in this beautiful, natural, nontoxic finish.

02-05-17: We have loved the floor so much we just put it in another room (dinning room). It is amazing how much my son still continues to help out. He is a dad’s best friend. I had to cut …

Flooring for the home remodel has been one tough decision for us. I like the look of hardwood flooring and wanted it throughout the house. But my gosh, the price!! We looked in to other options, like using carpet in the bedrooms, but my heart was still set on wood. Plus, my eco-minded husband loved that they were not packed with chemicals and toxins that are found in other flooring options. via But then it came to what type? In an effort to keep our costs down, and to bring in the rustic…

All you need to know about installing inexpensive pine boards as flooring. I give you the tips and tricks to make the job easier.

If you have been following my Instagram stories or if you saw my blog post a few days ago, you know that we are getting all new pine flooring the main level of our farmhouse. I'm a little sad after all the word we did to reveal the 1800's flooring, but Jose was right, it was so unsafe, holes everywhere, & were kind of beyond repair according to some flooring experts that came to look at them. Darn. So, we are doing the next best thing. We are instilling rustic wood floors ourselves. Now, I…

Last fall, when I dropped in on Mjölk, my favorite Toronto housewares emporium, owner John Baker invited me upstairs to see the newly renovated flat where

We are often asked about our floors. Are they original to the home? What is the brand of the flooring? What finish did we use? The truth is, a very unique but simple process helped our simple pine wood planks get this beautiful look.