Kitchen and Living Room Combined Designs: Painted Floors

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hWiHag-_GINIHTRpIEiOapiKO5gssuRfzitSOtE40-8IUw1Th6wn_wcP-R_LawQ68GmsV3EH9MmTmp1pXQSaCgRC3vYKvu-2nSqkZF1C6YeXyk2jNxl65RtwZtFZ3JzKyOA7naKdWNU/s1600/1-0+samples.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hWiHag-_GINIHTRpIEiOapiKO5gssuRfzitSOtE40-8IUw1Th6wn_wcP-R_LawQ68GmsV3EH9MmTmp1pXQSaCgRC3vYKvu-2nSqkZF1C6YeXyk2jNxl65RtwZtFZ3JzKyOA7naKdWNU/s400/1-0+samples.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know if it happened staining the deck or slinging the new windows</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">around but somehow I end up with a dislocated sacroiliac joint--medical</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">term for "pain in the ass"--last weekend.  My chiropractor helped a little bit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but it took a few days of icing before it finally popped back in when I sat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">up in bed on Friday.  Not a fun thing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aside from hobbling back and forth to work and sitting on the couch </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">watching the World Series with ice packs, I wasn't able to get a lot done</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">except contemplate kitchen cabinets and do a few more floor samples.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAByIi1w2gSY2TcZAmkAihiVh6nDEox5AFXpVqJA-jIyahb2SyRRmW4XwiZvmc2u5Q648S_9P7B39wcXmOK13kX3IXMgx9lDaIIPHkl3xnwPHSTQOJInusAv-0Ky9gwtuzi0SjxDtCCRo/s1600/P1050040_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAByIi1w2gSY2TcZAmkAihiVh6nDEox5AFXpVqJA-jIyahb2SyRRmW4XwiZvmc2u5Q648S_9P7B39wcXmOK13kX3IXMgx9lDaIIPHkl3xnwPHSTQOJInusAv-0Ky9gwtuzi0SjxDtCCRo/s400/P1050040_2.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ever since I painted my bedroom floors Benjamin Moore Gray Owl,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've wanted to paint more floors in the house.  Painted floors seem to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">be very transitional and work well in both traditional and modern settings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a light painted floor makes it always feel like summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, if you've ever had a painted floor, you'll know it's not very forgiving</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in terms of showing dust, pet hair and miscellaneous pookies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bGo7Fr5nTpxM56KREbniNDVEcSkNvx7nYFlzj1Wi5rmbRJlZt2JTgajUiqKYu8S5ow-iOtgKgdFdR4afjUz3ti6UYdM3wl67PBEuTJ1YhG3ix203GTo3Bxsi3VxLtmkBgGukggYPj-Y/s1600/IMG_1694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bGo7Fr5nTpxM56KREbniNDVEcSkNvx7nYFlzj1Wi5rmbRJlZt2JTgajUiqKYu8S5ow-iOtgKgdFdR4afjUz3ti6UYdM3wl67PBEuTJ1YhG3ix203GTo3Bxsi3VxLtmkBgGukggYPj-Y/s400/IMG_1694.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sherry Hart's bedroom floors, photo Sherry Hart</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Inspired by <a href="http://toneontoneantiques.blogspot.com/2013/08/swedish-style-light-floors.html" target="_blank">Loi Thai's post on Swedish floors</a> and Sherry Hart's</div><div style="text-align: center;">bedroom <a href="http://designindulgence.blogspot.com/2013/08/staining-floors.html" target="_blank">floors</a>, I set out to find some techniques for pickling,</div><div style="text-align: center;">bleaching, staining and liming that I might use to create a light-colored</div><div style="text-align: center;">floor that still has some texture and variation to hide crumbs.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOR5L3rO4ddEq4-75-BkWVlgSGjQ-tuCfsXK5dn_HJ_QOEi2X_yGLkx8Ma3YI7-7Ol1tyEznlJHlNvaFUS8HjHMTHhJTUvGl9TAmn6LpUzzbbdJx1N_Jnkca1dj5gUsk2v7uK4IUjTdpQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-11-03+at+5.53.25+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOR5L3rO4ddEq4-75-BkWVlgSGjQ-tuCfsXK5dn_HJ_QOEi2X_yGLkx8Ma3YI7-7Ol1tyEznlJHlNvaFUS8HjHMTHhJTUvGl9TAmn6LpUzzbbdJx1N_Jnkca1dj5gUsk2v7uK4IUjTdpQ/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-11-03+at+5.53.25+PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo:  Eleish Van Breems</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I found a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8JMH12RWE4" target="_blank">youtube video</a> video featuring Rhonda Eleish and Edie Van Breems</div><div style="text-align: center;">of Eleish Van Breems design firm--recently seen on the "This Old House"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cambridge modern Swedish project--that demonstrates pickling and liming floors</div><div style="text-align: center;">using Minwax and Briwax liming wax.  In my later research, neither Minwax</div><div style="text-align: center;">nor Briwax recommend using these products on floors and one of the designers</div><div style="text-align: center;">concedes the [tortuous] process must be repeated every year or two.  No thanks! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVOGuoZeccgrMX_jOq9tNSop4E3lXQrhCcFDUTZVPYNUUMYvdfxtqVBAZrttv13TzRXEusQhfjwhZ2Nw0Pj8GLflhavI06DhzxfLEroka4JFc3Q7tUmrzaKqYwObT6J9xLS28xby79Y0/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-11-03+at+6.28.54+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVOGuoZeccgrMX_jOq9tNSop4E3lXQrhCcFDUTZVPYNUUMYvdfxtqVBAZrttv13TzRXEusQhfjwhZ2Nw0Pj8GLflhavI06DhzxfLEroka4JFc3Q7tUmrzaKqYwObT6J9xLS28xby79Y0/s400/Screen+Shot+2013-11-03+at+6.28.54+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the Briwax on-line help forum I found a reference to using white grain filler</div><div style="text-align: center;">to get the limed look on floors.  But I can't seem to find it for sale anywhere.<br /><br />I did a few google searches for white wood filler and found two for sale.<br /><a href="http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2020580/24868/Timbermate-Wood-Filler-Water-Based-8-oz-White.aspx?keyword=&refcode=10INGOPB&device={device}&network={network}&matchtype={matchtype}&gclid=CPPItd3jyboCFUGd4AodqDUAiQ" target="_blank">Timbermate </a>and <a href="http://www.goodfilla.com/" target="_blank">Goodfilla</a>.  The consistency of Timbermate was putty-like<br />and it smelled a little like magic markers; Goodfilla was a little more paste-like<br />and a lot easier to work with.  Here are a few of my test pieces:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECePBQ5cNnPKxUgrW7dbB5T4UW8J7mxDmtGA1PVC02IykvcU7nIDAdAXdZBWHNITSibhpQmQHrucKCP7f_tUPi_VjoA4ODPRGVxkDjvt2mRZ4Ll3day4Y1-mENgLplCETmHGlXYCIUjg/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECePBQ5cNnPKxUgrW7dbB5T4UW8J7mxDmtGA1PVC02IykvcU7nIDAdAXdZBWHNITSibhpQmQHrucKCP7f_tUPi_VjoA4ODPRGVxkDjvt2mRZ4Ll3day4Y1-mENgLplCETmHGlXYCIUjg/s400/1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please note that all of these samples are on white oak.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a sample of Benjamin Moore's oil-based pickling stain on top versus</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">white wood filler on the bottom.  I used a putty knife to apply the white wood filler</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and when it was dry, I lightly sanded the surface which leaves the wood filler</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the grain.  I immediately loved the effect of the white grain.  It almost looks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like wood that was painted and has worn back down to the natural wood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcc8tRtgwZZpb8MUOXxRrOWY2e_JBTAta2QGZzaqR9tbTj8l9aBAmzdLNQfrGUqEcxRcQ0DkIP4Gu9MDMMnFIeo5A9UnPfrMdihRvBL8vTNRUaYJbRhNJIg5s5prHR-Xi_00AisY-p7w/s1600/1-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcc8tRtgwZZpb8MUOXxRrOWY2e_JBTAta2QGZzaqR9tbTj8l9aBAmzdLNQfrGUqEcxRcQ0DkIP4Gu9MDMMnFIeo5A9UnPfrMdihRvBL8vTNRUaYJbRhNJIg5s5prHR-Xi_00AisY-p7w/s400/1-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But when I added a Varathane top coat, a lot of the effect seemed to dissolve away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wasn't sure if it was the water-based finish that dissolved the water-based wood filler so</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">tried using Benjamin Moore's oil-based pickling stain (no longer available) on the bottom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">half to see if it preserved the wood filler in the grain.  It didn't work very well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaly4zuqN6feATGivptjZgW0FHx8UpZojGxp7AC1GjhKEgaH9h5PSOC_Yu5wBpub8XBYDQrCDhZ-kdLpGxdXc3D9JrsTdEOVMxJYM0pADxfVaWz1Rni9sTroBYGsSBQfJ0DmaZ7gAdG4M/s1600/bleach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaly4zuqN6feATGivptjZgW0FHx8UpZojGxp7AC1GjhKEgaH9h5PSOC_Yu5wBpub8XBYDQrCDhZ-kdLpGxdXc3D9JrsTdEOVMxJYM0pADxfVaWz1Rni9sTroBYGsSBQfJ0DmaZ7gAdG4M/s400/bleach.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I tried bleaching the natural color of the oak using Savogran wood bleach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took a few coats of bleach to lighten the wood and it really raised the grain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of the wood.   I'm not convinced I want to go this route.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tOYgs5xGJ7d4rZY3J1Mm5mc0-FUoIDCUszwewe3HwKJkOoLoib9xpXgssMGcyp-lzufGIS8jBu3eA0V19qifUFDvbSTq77TYbgZXmdv4O8SwQrTc5E73lQCW_CVFKUjvc7jf8bIvWEY/s1600/1-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tOYgs5xGJ7d4rZY3J1Mm5mc0-FUoIDCUszwewe3HwKJkOoLoib9xpXgssMGcyp-lzufGIS8jBu3eA0V19qifUFDvbSTq77TYbgZXmdv4O8SwQrTc5E73lQCW_CVFKUjvc7jf8bIvWEY/s400/1-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I tried using the stain I used on the back porch.  It also dissolved the grain filler</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and after the debacle on the back porch, I'm not sure I want to give this a try in the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSTk2g2G1AU4A1OLddyTJYXTqM3VtzEPB0FzdsuSLUdyCqrQtiAmk7gPEhBgtd_TgU10OgCXvLlqA4zuoatIVFSawAXz0WxfXRrr9D1J5-IotRWurwLh9jBECw34KpjgDgxMw-uYj90M/s1600/1-4+classic+gray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSTk2g2G1AU4A1OLddyTJYXTqM3VtzEPB0FzdsuSLUdyCqrQtiAmk7gPEhBgtd_TgU10OgCXvLlqA4zuoatIVFSawAXz0WxfXRrr9D1J5-IotRWurwLh9jBECw34KpjgDgxMw-uYj90M/s400/1-4+classic+gray.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought I would try a few Minwax stains right out of the can.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Classic Gray.  Don't like it at all.  It seems very fake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkjk7A7xgsT1G-gOhwv5AJgxxcXs8JT0dKWDe_S6wXq0-pxyssMLqUjH4XmSIDfB9nJq6f1kkEG9hxHhNK78L80IB5Nk4POYMNIzsh4C2FedY6fhMbYGwMjSIqveE2FceTb36TOiGwBQ/s1600/1-5+limed+oak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkjk7A7xgsT1G-gOhwv5AJgxxcXs8JT0dKWDe_S6wXq0-pxyssMLqUjH4XmSIDfB9nJq6f1kkEG9hxHhNK78L80IB5Nk4POYMNIzsh4C2FedY6fhMbYGwMjSIqveE2FceTb36TOiGwBQ/s640/1-5+limed+oak.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Minwax Limed Oak sitting on some of samples with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">white grain filler.  Another awful stain.  It was thick and white</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but none of the white penetrated into the wood.  There's nothing about</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this that looks limed and I wonder if it was bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURb2vyM1ge0rS8OgETLqMsZJmpiiOvRd_1ZfUK8mn_QqNVQiwPGBIZ2SJqH5FZWCCnw0FEZoHr-AakbpccFgMFdmwQFqfOSUBa_RgWvtUrcyxmL9mWUCoMOFgePNidAEg0-Na46VF12w/s1600/1-6+weathered+oak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURb2vyM1ge0rS8OgETLqMsZJmpiiOvRd_1ZfUK8mn_QqNVQiwPGBIZ2SJqH5FZWCCnw0FEZoHr-AakbpccFgMFdmwQFqfOSUBa_RgWvtUrcyxmL9mWUCoMOFgePNidAEg0-Na46VF12w/s400/1-6+weathered+oak.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Minwax Weathered Oak.  It actually darkens the grain.   A friend of mine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">said it reminded him of church.  Not a bad color  but it's too similar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to my other floors that are stained English Chestnut.  I don't think</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it would be a good juxtaposition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the lower sample, I tried the Weathered Oak stain on white wood filler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the lower right, I tried tung oil on the white grain filler.  Again, it goes away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XHbB7it5kLD8FyBXVaoVYm3pW3Sp59TvzQxO0Bvkz7UZ7eDixzn3vNx46NQdOzQhbhKuHt3F_4kY4djis7bzanZ57Z6Bi2u5ZjbPL6exH_dbB0sZ-akjidq-VzSSOhFy7qpdKd19KNM/s1600/1-7+paint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XHbB7it5kLD8FyBXVaoVYm3pW3Sp59TvzQxO0Bvkz7UZ7eDixzn3vNx46NQdOzQhbhKuHt3F_4kY4djis7bzanZ57Z6Bi2u5ZjbPL6exH_dbB0sZ-akjidq-VzSSOhFy7qpdKd19KNM/s400/1-7+paint.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I thought I would try Sherry Hart's method of applying a solution</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of 50% paint (BM Aura, Icicle) and 50% water.  It looks a little</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">blue in the photo because it was cloudy outside but it looks good in person.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quite white but with some wood grain and texture showing through.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the upper piece, I wiped off the paint with a wet rag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can compare these with the white wood filler samples in the background.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQgbFzUsxHr2BzA5BoJAVr98O4y673IjefX6Bcs_0iDuzPGkzQ0Y5QtAL0pcEg6njbIVyxdVdqwCTLsXR8y94Mbqz4cJSilGOsQJ1-7vn_oW9M6p1wOjyINc0ewgjw3bvVca6ogy9iOY/s1600/1-8+paint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQgbFzUsxHr2BzA5BoJAVr98O4y673IjefX6Bcs_0iDuzPGkzQ0Y5QtAL0pcEg6njbIVyxdVdqwCTLsXR8y94Mbqz4cJSilGOsQJ1-7vn_oW9M6p1wOjyINc0ewgjw3bvVca6ogy9iOY/s400/1-8+paint.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally, I tried lightly sanding the painted sample from the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">above photo which left the paint in the grain and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then I adding a top coat of tung oil.  This most closely</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">imitates the sample of white grain filler with no top coat. </div><br />I think I'll try doing a larger sample to see how it looks.</div></div>

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I don't know if it happened staining the deck or slinging the new windows around but somehow I end up with a dislocated sacroiliac joint...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVg8N4C_pqNmSj5dXF8d-vZbqGGsDltaKe4sotXCPjjf77_Teh3WSpjdJmyj_l7UG0ESl-1z9P8mrIwrVX8pXYcfUiGHCmL4VJnls9AYTFJxvoymLNeFNQafUjvn15u2KqPX9KI2jHQM/s1600/stencilled_floor_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVg8N4C_pqNmSj5dXF8d-vZbqGGsDltaKe4sotXCPjjf77_Teh3WSpjdJmyj_l7UG0ESl-1z9P8mrIwrVX8pXYcfUiGHCmL4VJnls9AYTFJxvoymLNeFNQafUjvn15u2KqPX9KI2jHQM/s640/stencilled_floor_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did you ever click on a commenter's link and get taken to an entirely new blog universe where you don't know anyone?  That's just how I felt when I discovered the blog <a href="http://www.lovelyetc.com/2012/01/amazing-painted-floors-how-to.html">Lovely Etc.</a> and found this post on these amazing stencilled floors that had 100 comments from people I've never met.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, since I've been slacking off and have nothing to show you, why not go check out how Carrie ripped out her old carpet and transformed her subfloors into something really creative and beautiful on her <a href="http://www.lovelyetc.com/2012/01/amazing-painted-floors-how-to.html">Amazing Painted Floors</a> post.  Please let her know I sent you by leaving 100 more comments.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd really like to try this on a finished floor so the wood shows through.  What do you think?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju59bIse5-C6jzlHeNUPWNhvpG6n2mC-SJQJzUelT0w0G3GcsMi34LeVtjWV79CmW-p-x1h4tCgPqMAQXfRaqMRqxw-SUbMH-PXAC8-5mmdBSA73KfNlJeWXu0kDokDJKfb0ryCv2OXsM/s1600/Allover_Modern_Stencil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju59bIse5-C6jzlHeNUPWNhvpG6n2mC-SJQJzUelT0w0G3GcsMi34LeVtjWV79CmW-p-x1h4tCgPqMAQXfRaqMRqxw-SUbMH-PXAC8-5mmdBSA73KfNlJeWXu0kDokDJKfb0ryCv2OXsM/s400/Allover_Modern_Stencil.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This seems like a pattern that would work well on a finished floor.  It doesn't cover a lot of the wood.  And what if you did it in stain or thin gel stain so the wood showed through.  It might look like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9F02zy2ssiyxgChotACYu64CeZw9HPEsebF29x6-IpLMoNhTxxadTt8-tMjFw0biKH1a9I4Qydl8CKOAEQhauKujoMYczjaW9EoUJVcHEURy8ehpTcyP6GYKu_CBDziK1CFGHdFY0SXs/s1600/17029304810663593_XlqpHhW6_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9F02zy2ssiyxgChotACYu64CeZw9HPEsebF29x6-IpLMoNhTxxadTt8-tMjFw0biKH1a9I4Qydl8CKOAEQhauKujoMYczjaW9EoUJVcHEURy8ehpTcyP6GYKu_CBDziK1CFGHdFY0SXs/s400/17029304810663593_XlqpHhW6_c.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Go ahead and try it and let me know how it works out, okay?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

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