This is a long overdue post for sure. I receive regular questions on our white flooring that we had installed in our new home. If you missed all of the other posts that I shared previously, you need to check them out. I have one post with pretty much all of the frequently asked questions, that covers about everything. So, today, I wanted to particularly focus on giving you all of the details on the products we used to finish our painted floors. Plus, you will get peek of our finished bonus room above the garage.
Like I said in all of our previous posts regarding our pine wood flooring. Pine flooring isn’t for everyone. We have lived with them in several of our other homes for years. Since pine is soft, they will scratch if you aren’t careful. Deb and I happen to be very careful when moving furniture across the house. However, this is the first home we lived in with them painted. That is another question that I have get on a regular basis… “Does the paint scratch easily?” And, again.. we are careful. So while being careful, my answer to that question would be NO.
The products we used to finish our painted floors probably have something to do with that. We actually used an enamel paint from Sherwin Williams that is specifically for flooring. We chose white right out of the can without mixing. And he applied 3 coats of this paint.
I did a bunch of research when choosing a sealer for for our floors. Polyurethanes can make colors to a yellowish warm color after a few years. We have personally experienced that in the past. And, since we chose to have them painted white, we needed a sealer that didn’t do that. Which meant it had to be a water-based product. I asked a few friends who have painted floors and they HIGHLY suggested the below product. He applied 2 coats total.
The sealer left the pine wood really smooth looking and really gave it a rich feeling to the floors. We absolutely love how they turned out and wouldn’t change a thing.
This room happens to be the bonus room above the garage. We weren’t going to finish it, but decided to at the last minute. We knew it would be way less expensive to do while the contractors were here.
As you can see, there is a lot of white. However, this post of our family room gives you an example of how I warm the space up with decor. We still aren’t clear on what we will do with this room but we are tossing up the idea of it being an office. Who knows. Whatever we do, you will be one of the first to know about it.
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Beautiful! So many possibilities for this area. BTW. I saw the ad here for the gym floor tiles y'all got. I/2 the price as The Home Depot. Thanks!
This bonus room is going to be amazing whatever you decide to do! The floor looks beautiful and thanks for sharing the finish as I have struggled with mine turning yellow on a couple of projects.
What gym floor tiles? I thought it was all pine planking.?
Love the size and finished floor. You've mentioned using it as a bunk room, office, etc.
It seems like a combo of the two would be helpful. Especially with so many littles in your life.
A safe place to play, nap, sleep, or watch videos. With a small office for y'all.
love all the interior stories and am so excited to see each room's function, especially with all the great pieces you collect.
I paint a lot of white furniture and have had pieces turn yellow from polyurethane also! Will definitely try this one! Thanks, as always, great info!👍🏼
I can see it being a room that will transition over the years. At this stage in your life it’s perfect for an office/playroom combination. As the grands get older it would be a perfect bunk room. I can just see the cute bunk beds Deb would build.
Whatever you do I know it’ll look great!
Hi how do you clean them?
With them being new, we have been extra careful with them so far, so they haven't gotten very dirty. We run a vacuum over them like any other floor, and then do a quick spot clean with water if Ivy happens to bring a little mud inside.
I love the floors and the whole house! I’m just starting to paint my floors white now. I’m doing it myself. It’s a lot of work but I love them. Love watching all the you two do.
thank you so much for you're advice! For some reason the picture of your water based sealer will not show for me. Could you post the product name and any specifics of the product? We just put pine boards down in the room over our garage and I want to follow your steps! thank you so much!
Yes.. It was ProFinisher Water Based Poly. We got it from Home Depot.
I forgot to ask you did your painter seal knots in your
Pine floor before painting? Thanks Lori
They did not seal the knots in our pine floor before painting. In the corners of the room where the warm daytime sunlight hits the floors, the knots do show discoloration through the paint.