Painting a Wood Floor Ideas

Painting a Wood Floor Ideas

Old floors can always be painted, although they require several coats, each well dried. A light coat of shellac is the best final finish. This coat of shellac should be repeated whenever it is worn down to the paint. So long as the paint is protected by the shellac it will never wear through to the wood and the well kept appearance of the room will be preserved.

Painted floors are preferable to shabby carpets, and no floor is ever in such bad shape but that several coats of paint will make it presentable, especially if rugs are used. Thus an old fashioned dining room can have a pumpkin yellow painted floor, and will be attractive and seemly if one uses a rug and keeps the furniture very simple.

Sage green is another good floor color, especially when buff and mulberry rugs are used upon it. The same is true of a gray floor with a border in a darker tone.

Bedroom floors can be painted white and kept in good condition by applying five or six coats of shellac over the paint. A white floor with a simple black pattern border is a good foundation on which to build up a black and white bedroom. A large flat black velvet cushion rug in front of the bed will give weight and color value sufficient to hold the floor down in effect.

These suggestions may seem unusual, but they are perfectly feasible. As a matter of fact, we should seek new tones in our floors. It is astonishing how little ingenuity and imagination is used in painting floors. They present an unparalleled chance for variety without being restless or grotesque.

Floors should not be wiped up with crude oil or kerosene. At first they will have a good polish, but they immediately collect dust and dirt and ruin rugs and one's clothes. Soap and water is the best wash to use; when the floor is dry it can then be polished off with a waxed cloth or one of the patent dustless mops.

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