Comments on: White floors, yet again.

By: karalya

karalya — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:33:11 +0000

Hi Anna,
I know this post is old, but I have a question about flooring. And as you love whitle floors and and I really think you have a great eye (I LOVE YOUR HOME!!!), maybe you can give your opinion. And then I can maybe follow yours idea in my home in Belgium!

I have a tiny apartment, it is 410 square feet. The setting is “railway-style”: you enter the place and stand in the living room with a small kitchen area in it. Off this room there is the bedroom and behind the bedroom there is a large walk-in-closet and a TINY! ensuite bathroom. No hallways, every room goes off the next!

I have old wooden floorboards and would like to change the look. Do you think it would look strange or inharmonic if I paint the wooden floor in one room darkgrey and go white in the other 2 rooms?

I am thinking about giving the closet (it is the last room of the three and about 115 squarefeet) some glamour with dark grey or black floorboards and dark wallpaper with bold flowers on it. The bedroom floor in the
livingroom/kitchen would be white. I would like to wallpaper the bedroom and leave the walls in the first room white.

What do you think? Would I be safer to have the same colour of floor boards in all rooms, as the place and the rooms are fairly small?

And: If I am fed up with the look after some years, can I remove the paint and go back to natural wooden flooring by sanding the paint off the boards again?

I hope my question is clear (english is not my first language) it doesnt cause your trouble to give a brief answer! THANK YOU!
KARA

By: seesaw

seesaw — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:03:48 +0000

such love.

By: Brett | Design Babylon

Brett | Design Babylon — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:23:01 +0000

I am SO with you on the white floors! I bought a great mid-century modern house that had some brick and terracotta flooring. Faster than you can say “Benjamin Moore!” I painted them out white — the paint totally changed the feel of the house!

By: maureen

maureen — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:01:21 +0000

I just adore white wooden floors so please, do post them as much as u can :)

By: Cat Sitter in the City

Cat Sitter in the City — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:15:04 +0000

I love painted white floors. I would love to do this in my bedroom, but I don’t think my landlord would be too happy about it!

By: jen

jen — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:36:56 +0000

ohhhh hubba hubba! you are inspiring me like crazy for a white-floored office space. hmmmmmmmmm.

By: ruth allison

ruth allison — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:37:25 +0000

Hi Anna, wow you got the bag!!! I am so happy for you and well done Evan. You guys are so well suited and wishing you all the best with the new apartment. Hope you get to have a few lazy hours with Evan, chillaxing on the sofa!! all the best Ruth :)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:06:42 +0000

Our dark hardwoods downstairs are in desperate need of a few coats of white paint. And we can’t wait! Lovely Post. :)

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:36:49 +0000

These are beautiful! I love the studio/office from Alvhem. Talk about a space inspiring clarity of the mind. Wow.

By: peggy

peggy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:31:08 +0000

I love white floors too! I really love the art in the first picture too.

By: melanie

melanie — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:06:59 +0000

couldn’t agree with you more. i love white floor boards!

By: monika/eco-stylista

monika/eco-stylista — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:03:26 +0000

Love these images, Anna! The first dining room is perfection and I can not stop loving the bedrrom from Hus&hem. It is so serene and simple!

By: casacullen

casacullen — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:11:31 +0000

oh my gosh, i’m SO loving white floors right now too! hubby and i are really contemplating painting ours white…it seems so daring, i don’t know why, but i’m just scared! hmmmm…maybe in the next few months we’ll cave because my FAVE is when it gets all worn in and USED looking…cheers to a great blog and congrats on your homies nom :)

By: Charlotta

Charlotta — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:43:46 +0000

i’m NEW to your WOrld and LOVE it!
What a huge never ending wealth of inspiration.
THANK YOU!
Char

By: Love

Love — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:53:31 +0000

I too adore white floors, although not so practical… especially with kids around…

By: call-me-Heidi

call-me-Heidi — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:38:34 +0000

I can’t agree more!! I’ve been obsessed with white painted wooden floor since age 15… I’ll get some one day, I WILL.

By: Vanilla Press

Vanilla Press — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:43:58 +0000

Love these pics!
I would love to paint mine, but we have semi-solid wood floors downstairs & wood upstairs…I wonder if it would work on “fake” wood?? Probably not!
x

By: Christina Diaz

Christina Diaz — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:35:02 +0000

I love painted floors as well and have been contemplating them for some time. The floors in the old part of our house are not in great condition but the longer I live with them the harder it is to imagine painting them, BUT I WANT to…..Don’t knwo very torn, think I just have to take the dive! I’ll just keep admiring them until I can bring myself to do it, I DO think they will look better once painted…yikes….:)

By: erin@designcrisis

erin@designcrisis — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:12:42 +0000

White floors are always stunning, but I can’t imagine trying to keep them clean with a baby, a fat cat, and my husband — the biggest mess of them all.

So pretty, though. Everything… floats.

By: Magchunk

Magchunk — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:11:33 +0000

Anna, I just realized you’d be the perfect person to approach with this question. We’re renting an older home that came with painted wood floors (they are kind of off-white though and I’d love to change them but that is a different story). Anyway, in our office area we’re noticing some wear and tear chipping where our chairs are scooted in and out. Have you noticed this in your office? Do you just habitually have to sand and repaint the area? The landlord used BM deck paint (he said) but just wondering if this is normal and how it’s dealt with.

Thanks in advance! You’re the painted floor expert as far as I’m concerned!