What could be better than getting the flooring right in your own house? Well, having the Hometalk community celebrate your flooring success. Post photos of your updated floors for everyone to love, or ask questions about the best type of flooring materials. Whether you have tiled floors in your kitchen, or hardwood flooring in your living room, there are DIYers and professionals who have worked with flooring like yours, and can give you advice based on their flooring experiences. Every day is a great day to Hometalk about flooring.
The Fun Part
After 5 days of sanding, I finally get to see the beauty that can come from doing proper prep.
This is a Red Oak Floor refinish for a client of mine. These pics shows the main living ...»
How to paint outdated linoleum floor
Last week I showed my oak cabinets that I painted white. Several people remarked about not painting wood. I hope no one has objections to me painting linoleum. :)
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I love this! I have been trying to find a way to update my dad's kitchen and bathroom floors ...»
Flooring: Do I need underlayment, when installing new wooden floor over old
I want to install a new floating engineered hardwood floor over an existing hardwood floor. Do I have put down underlayment in between?
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$3 a sq foot is a pretty common rate for a full sand refinish. "Screen and recoat" can be down ...»
RV Remodel on a Budget - Floor Update
We gave our little pop-up camper a brand new floor! It took a little money and time and now we have a "new" camper! Come see how we did it over on our blog!
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Well keeping my fingers crossed!
3 Floor-Cleaning Myths Debunked
Sometimes conventional wisdom checks out, but in matters of floor cleaning, some of those tips and tricks you've been told may actually be less-than-reliable. In fact, a little bit of research reveals that the quest for film-free wood or spotless carpet has inspired more rumors than a teen pop star!
You (and your floors) deserve the truth, so here are three common floor-cleaning myths debunked: https://brightnest.com/posts/3-floor-cleanin...
DIY Painting Old Laminate Floors #BeforeandAfter
My laminate in my kitchen was worn, scratched and well, just awful! I painted them using a process I learned from some fellow bloggers. It has held up quite well too! To learn more about
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Penny floors
Saw this kitchen floor made by mosaic artist Amanda Edwards using pennies. Seems like a great idea. I was actually thinking of using this idea for a backsplash, but still a lot to consider.
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WOW....very impressive!!! Would NEVER have thought of this...how creative! Thanks for sharing.
Home Maintenance & Repairs: How do I protect painted floors?
We recently painted over our worn hardwood floors in the house, because we could not effort to have them refinished. We used a good porch and patio floor paint from BEHR, two coats in a walnut brown. It looks very good, however, it is so sensitive to scratches, scuffs and dirt. You see every footprint! If I wipe it with a moist rag, you even see the wipe! (It says its not supposed to get washed until it cures after 4 weeks). Is there anything I can do to protect the floor and make it
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Thank you for your help. We have decided to go ahead and lay a new wood floor on top of it.
DIY wood floor made from lathe!
A tutorial on how we went from beige carpet in the hall to this beautiful wood floor by using lath. An unsual material for floors but...it looks great! Here are the 8 steps we took to get
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love the floor, love the idea. people like to say you can't do that, it's good to prove them ...»
The home was listed on a Friday, had an open house on Sunday...they got an offer on Tuesday and accepted it on Wednesday. Selling the home in less than a week.