We have oak hardwood floors in our open-plan house. They cover the living room, dining room, foyer, stairs, kitchen and eating area. They are in fairly rough shape and we don't have it in the budget to refinish and are interested in painting them.
We have a leather sofa and neutral chairs in the LR. one armoire in the LR is mustard yellow and the other armoire is a mid-tone green. The chest and tables are ebony stained. Walls are a bit deeper than butter yellow.
The DR has a dark mahogany finish on the table, chairs and large wall unit. Walls are pumpkin orange.
The kitchen has white cabinetry with lime green walls.
We are willing to change the wall colors.
There is no division between the rooms, so I think we will have to finish the entire floor in the same finish.
We have 2 young kids and 3 dogs.
We like color!
We are thinking of painting the entire floor a brownish red (barn-red). any designers want to offer their input? Thanks!
That would be so cute but you will definitely have to change the wall colours orange walls??? What were you thinking?
You don't want to sand down and stain them? I have seen some painted hardwood floors come out horrible. look around online and maybe do a test spot in one room of your house to see if you like how it looks when you actually see it. good luck!
If they are in rough looking shape, that means they will sand off very quickly. Rent a floor sander. The bad stuff you see is surface only. Paint does not stick well on oak floors without a lot of sanding and priming anyway. The individual boards on old oak floors have sufficient movement play from both temperature and walking on them that it will end up a cracked pattern mess. this is especially true for the brittle finished of oil base paint you will need to use. then you will be stuck with carpeting.
I'm thinking of painting our hardwood floors a barn-red color.?
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