The upstairs floors are nearly done. The sanding wasn't exactly quick, but the shine sure was. We had a bit of a conundrum with the stain color. We had to decide whether to maximize hiding of the flaws and match the old reddish brown trim, or to keep it light and try to coordinate better with the new oak. Well, I decided on the latter--about an hour after I'd decided the former. Luckily I caught Dave while he was at the store with the varnish colors in front of him actually. This is some kind of "honey" or "wheat" color treatment and I think it looks pretty nice. I like that rustic/rugged look. Yay!
The upstairs floors are nearly done. The sanding wasn't exactly quick, but the shine sure was. We had a bit of a conundrum with the stain color. We had to decide whether to maximize hiding of the flaws and match the old reddish brown trim, or to keep it light and try to coordinate better with the new oak. Well, I decided on the latter--about an hour after I'd decided the former. Luckily I caught Dave while he was at the store with the varnish colors in front of him actually. This is some kind of "honey" or "wheat" color treatment and I think it looks pretty nice. I like that rustic/rugged look. Yay!
2 comments:
Holy moly, Deb, this is quite the remodel! It looks barely recognizable to me. Having just gone through picking out floor coloring, the key is to ensure contrast -- i.e., if you have dark furniture and window coverings, get lighter floors and visa-versa. We have 'blond' floors on our main floors but dark kitchen cabinets and furniture. If everything is the same hue, everything gets washed out and the space looks a bit undefined. It may work in some houses and not others.
Anyway, keep on keepin' on!
Tony
Thanks Tony, I appreciate the advice. I'm at a critical point in the kitchen, I plan to buy cabinets today. I'm planning to get dark cabinets to complement light floors. And I think I'll then go for light countertops too. Then I'll practically be done!!... With purchases that is. I guess the cabinets will take 6 weeks to deliver.
deb
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