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Hey friends! Today I’m finally sitting down to explain the stain mixture that we used on our red oak floors!

We’re often asked to perform magic. It seems many homeowners with existing red oak hardwood floor would prefer to go lighter, brighter and achieve a “white oak” look instead of the typical red oak look which tends to read orange. We’ve mixed and experimented and mixed and experimented some more. We’

Caring for 240-year-old pumpkin pine wood floors has been learning experience! How the floors were made, laid, and finished with shellac. Here's the scoop.

Are you struggling with choosing a hardwood floor color? These 5 simple tips are sure to make your decision much easier!

How we stained, finished and installed our new pine flooring in our renovation. #flooring #pinefloors #diy

When getting wood flooring, whether matching your trims with the floor is a good idea will linger in mind. Your trim, especially the baseboard, should seamlessly blend with the floor. But the million-dollar question is; should the trims and floor have the same color for a seamless blend? It is not a requisite for your […]

Choosing Hardwood Floor Stains can be overwhelming. See a selection of DuraSeal stains on white oak hardwood flooring.

Our house is over 20 years old and has narrow plank natural maple hardwood floors. We would like to update our house some by refinishing the floors so they don’t have such a “yellow” look to the wood. (Someone recommended we rip up all the wood flooring. We can’t afford to do that.) Is it possible to stain maple a different color? I’ve read maple doesn’t take stain well, but would like to go for a totally different look. Any recommendations?

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Rustic interior not necessary has to be decorated with expensive furnishings and materials to give that plain, simple look. http://gonautical.wordpress.com/

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…

The upper floors in most of the old houses in our area are finished in pine. The material is often covered over with carpet because it is a “soft wood“, not hardwood flooring. However, pine can have a beauty all its own, and we’re always barefoot by the time we get upstairs anyway:My mom tells an old story about her husband hopping across their old pine floors years ago on a pogo stick, leaving a trail of dot-dot-dot across the room.

Choosing Floor Stains: Top- bottom- 1) Waterborn clear coat 2) Polyurethane 3) DuraSeal Nutmeg Stain 4) Duraseal Provincial Stain 5) Minwax Weathered Oak. Note: DuraSeal Stains are by Minwax. Left side 80 grit sanded, right side 150 gril sanded. The level of sanding effects the stain appearance.

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…