Painted Wood Floors

Installing decorated hardwood floors has become common, and while medallion floors are a popular variation of decorated hardwood floors, medallion designs are costly and have their own limitations. An alternate, cheaper way of making hardwood floors attractive and luxurious has evolved and it is painted wood floors. If you paint a room, it can make the room look larger than it actually is.

A dull room can be made the most attractive in the house by suitably re-configuring it with the painted wood floors. You can choose any combination of colors and customized designs to paint your hardwood floors, but it's common to use white with contrasting stripes. For any other higher quality configuration, you might consider using medallion hardwood floors. Inexpensive painted wood floors are ideal for a nursery or playroom.

Painted wood floors give unlimited opportunities to decorate one's own home. As they are easy to replace, you can continuously re-design ambience of your rooms. The quality and essence of your paints will largely depend upon the types of woods and finish. White Oak wood is an ideal wood type for painted wood floors. If you select Oak wood, you can paint your floor without covering the usual splendor of the wood grain. In case of poor quality finish and weak grains, layers of paint can act as the perfect hiding element. Your creativity should lead you in positioning of paints over the floors, but a diagonally placed paint gives the essence of depth.

Though any color can be used for painted wood floors, rich chocolate-brown color and its different sub-shades is commonly used. The basic tools that are typically needed for undertaking any floor painting operation include: paintbrushes of different sizes, rags, sponges, measuring tape, requisite paint colors, tints, a hand floor sander, etc.

Take note that painted wood floors demand special care and maintenance; paints are highly susceptible to foot traffic. Also, paint may cause water retention and this may lead to mold.

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