How To Paint Your Hardwood Floors White

Generally the best wall paint for dark hardwood floors is light.

How to paint your hardwood floors white.

If you want to balance your dark floors and create contrast white is a great choice. And i ve learned a few things since then. The amount of paint that you will need will depend on 3 factors. If i paint the floors in one room do i have to paint all of the floors.

Whitewashed hardwood floors are stylish again and quickly growing in popularity. After lightly sanding these dark stained floorboards i used ronseal perfect finish diamond hard floor paint to paint them white. The thicker the paint the more is needed but on a positive note you won t need as many coats of it so. I have speeded up the video.

I adore william mclure s white painted hardwood floors. If you think you can paint floors with regular wall paint you re sadly mistaken. The floors are inherently old and funky. For those who might balk at white floors for their perceived difficulty to clean oullette insists that s not the case.

When you use the right products the right primer the paint will take. How much paint is needed for your wood floors. And if you re planning a floor to ceiling paint party paint your floors after you paint everything. These floors give a light fresh and airy look for coastal decor contemporary modern farmhouse scandinavian decor or shabby chic styles.

So paint is a perfect solution. Ours again was done at home depot. If you are using oil based paint you will need a larger quantity than a thinner water based paint. The best stains finishes and techniques for whitewashed hardwood flooring.

So i thought i d revisit how to paint wood floors white because i took a little different approach when painting our closet hardwood floors. It depends on the room and the layout. But williams s homes tend to be in old rustic converted factories. There are three main options you can choose from for your walls when you have dark wood floors.

That should allow them to custom mix your wood floor paint. The thickness of the paint. If you decide you want your painted wood floors to be the same color as ours snap a pic of the label on the top of the paint can shown above and take that to your paint store. We frequently recommend painting floors white or otherwise to owners on a budget who have very old tongue and groove floors that can t handle the trauma of another sanding and refinishing.

First consider your supplies.