Staining white oak floors

The reveal of our huge floor renovation - from a combination of vinyl flooring, tile and worn out hardwoods to beautifully refinished solid white oak floors that are the perfect neutral backdrop for a home!

Back in May I shared a list of all the projects we wanted to have done before moving into our new house. At the top of that list?–replace all the flooring w ...

Transforming your red oak floors with a new stain color is a great way to modernize and update your home. We recently refinished our dark stained hardwood floors to lighter white oak look using Bona Nordic Seal and what a huge improvement!

Paige Bower | Budget DIY + Custom Carpentry + Design | You too can get the White Oak look for less, using Clear Pine + my favorite stain combo! We have used these exact materials time & time… | Instagram

In case you missed it, I shared all about the reason why we chose to install new flooring, how we landed on White Oak, and, some initial details of the project here. We started the project on a Friday, and the install was complete within just a few days – making it pretty easy to […]

Choosing Floor Stains: Top- bottom- 1) Waterborn clear coat 2) Polyurethane 3) DuraSeal Nutmeg Stain 4) Duraseal Provincial Stain 5) Minwax Weathered Oak. Note: DuraSeal Stains are by Minwax. Left side 80 grit sanded, right side 150 gril sanded. The level of sanding effects the stain appearance.

In case you missed it, I shared all about the reason why we chose to install new flooring, how we landed on White Oak, and, some initial details of the project here. We started the project on a Friday, and the install was complete within just a few days – making it pretty easy to […]

Construction Update It’s finally flooring week! It’s crazy to think that I’ve “only” been doing renovations for 4 weeks because it seems like it’s been MONTHS! I think the fact that I made an offer on my house in February (Valentine’s Day) -> started planning the renovations after getting