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Forum: Floors and CoveringsReplies: 65, Views: 1,776
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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:18 AM

Post #3262832

This is the plywood subfloor. We took a router and screwed down a guide board and carved lines into the floor to give the effect of faux wood plank flooring. The router could not go all the way to the edge so we used a dremel with a V bit. We got a quote for hardwoods throughout and we just couldn't swing the entire house, so I got creative. I had not seen this done.. My inspiration came from seeing a bachelor pad that Nate Burkus did on Oprah. The entire floor was a beautiful solid high poly red and even though I have no idea how he did it, I starting thinking of what I could do to the plywood to make it look great.. I love the wood plank look.. so this was born. This room does not have the quarter round at the base yet, but I do have that in my other rooms where this has been done and it certainly gives a more finished look.

My husband was highly sceptical at first and now he's just so glad he married me. We had to at least try one room to see.. and even before it was painted.. I knew it was a great idea.
:)
Susan



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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:22 AM

Post #3262847

Pictures of how we did this in my younger sons race car room..

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:22 AM

Post #3262850

In a corner

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:24 AM

Post #3262853

My Lovely Hubby.

this is very messy work. The vents must be covered and put a towel under the door to keep the sawdust in the room and not throughout your home.

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:28 AM

Post #3262868

When we started on this wall side, he just laid the board up on it's side as a guide..Otherwise the board was laid down and screwed down to hold it in place as he went across the floor.

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:30 AM

Post #3262877

He knew how wide he wanted to have his varying boards widths. He knew how wide it was from the edge of the router to the place where it cut and he knew where he had to screw down the guide board to make his cuts so that the widths would be right.

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:33 AM

Post #3262892

He had already cut the other side of the room when he decided to make an easier cut in front of the wall and work his way back to meet the other "boards".

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:39 AM

Post #3262924

Here you can see how he ordinarily cut the boards.. Board screwed down in place to guide and then filled with wood putty before painting. Also, the cross cuts were marked randomly with a pencil mark first and then cut. At first we did fill in the plywood seams with putty.. but when we got to the second and third room, we realized it really wasn't that noticeable and the wood putty starts to crumble after so long.. so it's inadvisable to goop it up on the floor to even out the seams. Let them ride. Also, we did a light machine sanding of the entire floor.

Remember, if you do this you only want grooves. If you cut too deep you will mess with the integrity of your sub-floor, which is holding up your house.

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:43 AM

Post #3262940

My lovely family :)

Susan

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:47 AM

Post #3262955

A brief dark glimpse of the lovely 5' cherry hardwoods we did install throughout the main areas of the home- Living, master, dining, and halls. We had transition pieces installed into the boys bedrooms.

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:49 AM

Post #3262961

I purposely put their beds on the floor so that they don't have that far to fall when they play... and when I was a kid, I was scared of the monster under the bed :(

Unfortunately, my son has one on the side now instead.

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:50 AM

Post #3262964

The rest of the room.. now that we're here and all :)

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:52 AM

Post #3262972

Target.. Love that place :)

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:53 AM

Post #3262978

I LOVE THIS ROOM MOMMY!!!!!!

Spacey round thingy on right, Aliens on wall- IKEA

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:55 AM

Post #3262982

Spacey pictures and light switch- Ebay
I painted the background the bright color to match the room and the frames were Wal-mart Clearance.

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:57 AM

Post #3262988

This lovely piece of furniture was my husbands growing up in this home, which was his childhood home. We painted it Silver.

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:59 AM

Post #3262998

This was a match set, but I painted it to match the ceiling... yep, that's right.. haven't even seen that yet!! :)

Susan

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
03:01 AM

Post #3263005

Spacey Bookends

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
03:02 AM

Post #3263011

Personalized EBay art. :)

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
03:05 AM

Post #3263025

Rug from Home Depot Clearance, Curtains IKEA, Space bedspread EBay,
Chair was used by Grandmother and my husband as children and I had it recovered before the room was done.. so it doesn't quite match, but who cares?
:)

Susan

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
03:07 AM

Post #3263031

Rocket Hamper- EBay.. The dots glow in the dark.

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
03:13 AM

Post #3263046

And the last wall.. the ceiling! My inspiration for the entire room was this light fixture. We purchased it when a local lighting store was going out of business. Our son was still in a very undecorated baby room and when I asked him if he wanted a space room he wasn't too sure.. he does love it now :)

I had to paint this ceiling no less than 10 times.. I'm not a perfectionist, but I wanted a deep solid color with no streaks and it drove me nuts that it was still streaked time after time. As a result, I have certainly learned lots about paint and coverage and know which to buy now.

:)

Susan

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
03:19 AM

Post #3263057

The stars glow in the dark and were purchased on Amazon. They are plastic and we applied them with silcone. They are spaced evenly too.. the picture spacing is just an illusion. It's lots of fun to stare up at the sky at bedtime when we are talking about the day.
:)
Susan

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
03:20 AM

Post #3263060

Thats all folks!!
:)

Susan

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Georgiaredclay
lagrange, GA
(Zone 7a)

March 9, 2007
03:32 AM

Post #3263154

Susan, or should I say Supermom, that is really a good job. What a nice family.
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
03:36 AM

Post #3263165

Thanks Jim :) I do the best I can.. It's not always super!!

Susan
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)

March 9, 2007
04:19 AM

Post #3263247

Awesome job! Those bright colors are wonderful. Love the spacey theme. I bet those boys do too! I didn't notice a telescope. My Dad bought us a telescope on the clearance aisle at Target. He got it for next to nothing. We enjoyed it a lot. Hard to use in the city though with all of the lights.

Janet
Sheila_FW
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)

March 9, 2007
11:30 AM

Post #3263531

That is a wonderful room for the boys!! Great job too. I would replace the rocker with a bright colored bean bag though, boys are tuff on furniture! Plus it would mirror the cute little alien guys on the wall! Great floor idea also.
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 9, 2007
02:23 PM

Post #3264025

Thank you!! I really wanted to give them each a great room. :) This space room is my older sons and my younger sons is still a work in progress. His will have a race track going around the room with hot wheels cars glued to the track racing each other. Finding things that work to go in these rooms takes time!!

Yes, a telescope would probably get knocked over! We are a skip and a hop away from Atlanta and unfortunately, the brightest stars we see here are on the ceiling.

I have thought about a bean bag for that space.. much more "space" themed.. but the chair just wouldn't go in my other sons room either.. I guess I could put it in their play room.. the truth is.. they don't ever sit in it..so it doesn't get damaged in any way. It really is a piece that we use due to it having been passed down.. and then I spent the money to have it recovered. I'm really good (now) about letting things go that don't work in the house and are not loved, wanted or needed, but that chair is loved. :)

Truth be told.. I have spent much more effort in my sons rooms than my own, which still has (except for one love seat) the furniture that came with the house when we bought it from my in-laws 10 years ago... I'm working on it though. We just put in french doors so that we can get nice larger pieces that fit.. the halls were cut to narrow to turn large pieces in there, so I wanted french doors, and I have them now :) we've been in this home for 10 years, and it's great to finally be able to make some great changes. We will be changing the outside to accommodate the new doors. I've just worked on my kids rooms first since they will only be young kids for so long. The floors in this picture are new. I had ripped out the 20 year old carpet and I lived on plywood for an embarrassing amount of time before I finally put my foot down and got these!
:)
Susan


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PlantMomto3
Nevada, MO
(Zone 6a)

March 9, 2007
05:41 PM

Post #3264607

WOW!! That is one cool room. It looks like it belongs on the pages of a home decoration publication. I like how you incorporated their dad's old furniture in the room. You have two very lucky boys--from their faces, it looks like they know it!
Sheila_FW
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)

March 10, 2007
12:02 AM

Post #3265916

I love the idea for the second room, please post pictures when you start.
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 10, 2007
12:56 AM

Post #3266120

Thanks Stephanie!! How sweet! :)

Shelia, oh dear... don't start having expectations from me too!! I'm constantly hearing "when are we going to put the cars on the wall mommy?".. From my youngest.. he wants his room too!

I have completed a guest bedroom and my office where I currently sit.. They both are upstairs and have the faux plank and are painted white. I can show them soon, even if the finishing touches are not quite there.. or I could just hurry up and put the stuff I have on the walls already... We'll see.

Susan
Sheila_FW
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)

March 10, 2007
01:11 AM

Post #3266174

So much to do, so little time...LOL!
ga_peach
Jefferson, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 10, 2007
03:50 PM

Post #3267850

Susan,
In the room with the french doors, is that the plywood faux hardwood floor too? I would really love to see more pics of how that floor turned out.
I have 3 boys, a new house adn too little money to go around. I have been drooling over hardwood floors but they cost too much and my monsters can ruin stuff at record speeds. They ruined brand new carpet in 5-6 months. Plywood, if it looks good, would be such a great and cheap alternative for me and I wouldn't be so upset if they ruined that.
Please show me more! I'm desperate.
Olivia
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 10, 2007
04:32 PM

Post #3267950

Olivia.. Nope :(, those are 5 inch cherry hardwoods in the master where the french doors are. Gee.. if I could get plywood to look like that, I'd be in business! A friend suggested staining the plywood after we had put the grooves and cross cuts as well as sanding... but we just didn't thing it would look as good as the paint. There were too many nails that wouldn't have lined up right.. and putty and such... so we went with the paint. However, I did have many friends that didn't realize it was plywood even before the paint. They just thought they were looking and wide plank unfinished flooring, so someone might be able to pull it off. Also, realize that this is not plywood we went out and purchased.. This is the sub-floor of our home.. the plywood that was put down when the home was built. It's the sub-floor.

I will get the other rooms on my camera and post the floors in there so you can see more... it may take me some time, but I will do it.

Susan

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gardenwife
Newark, OH
(Zone 5b)

March 10, 2007
08:41 PM

Post #3268509

GREAT JOB! This is way beyond fun.

Where did you learn of the subfloor/router technique? I like it!
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 11, 2007
12:04 AM

Post #3269045

I came up with it in my head! At first I was going to try to imitate a solid painted and high poly floor I had seen Nate Burkus do on Oprah.. then I started brainstorming and realized that the plywood certainly was never going to look like a solid high poly floor like the one I'd seen for all the imperfections...I've always loved the country wood plank look... Then I figured I could groove the plywood to do this. I then googled it and saw very limited information on it, which is why I really wanted to share the technique :) There were no pictures as complete as these, so here they are :) My husband thought It was a crazy idea when I first shared the idea with him, so now someone out there can show pictures first!!
:)
Susan
Tir_Na_Nog
Houston
United States
(Zone 9b)

March 26, 2007
03:07 PM

Post #3322403

BRILLIANT!!! LOVE the cherry floors thoughout...I prefer dark woods myself. And your sons room is incredible. What an awesome idea to router the floor to LOOK like wood flooring!!! Pretty smart!!!! You were great on that star ceiling to. Which paint gave you the terrible coverage? I've seen Behr paints and boy do they look watery! Some people swear by them but I just buy the store brand and have no complaints here.

The mattresses on the floor...ANOTHER great idea. Contact Rachel Ray she'll have you on her show as a guest decorating expert. =)
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

March 26, 2007
08:28 PM

Post #3323400

Gee, what a great ego boost this thread is for me!! I'm feeling rather brilliant at this moment. Thanks for the compliments. I will have to refer back to this when I have the inevitable moment of sheer stupidity!!

I wasn't going to say... But IT WAS Behr paint!! I have friends that work for HD, and I shop there all the time.. I just can't say I like their paint. I wanted to pull my hair out and my husband.. being the typical guy he is wanted to just put up the stars already.. but I just couldn't do it. I HAD to make it solid and kept painting and painting and painting with the Behr. Crazy thing is that they are very highly rated in Consumer Reports and my favorite paint, Sherwin Williams Super Paint is far behind them in the Consumer report ratings.. I have never doubted Consumer Reports for an instant, except for their paint ratings. They just are not right.. Behr just drips like crazy and the coverage isn't good for me... I know, gallons worth!! We really like Porter paints relatively new exterior permanizer paint which really and truly is a one coat exterior paint. We just painted the exterior and we used that and we both love it. Porter, Sherwin Williams and... can't remember right now are all owned by the same parent company which is interesting that they keep their brands distinguished and of course folks have their favorites.

I love Rachel Ray!!

My Sister In law suggested that they put the mattress on the floor for their daughter who is 4 and in the toddler bed.. My sassy brother in law asked her why don't we just get her a sleeping bag on the floor and that will solve the falling danger altogether? hmmph!! Well.. we like it and so do our kids. They just don't have that far to fall and fall they do.

Just wanted to add.. I have a matching fitted sheet over the box spring under the mattress to keep it covered and it gives it a cleaner look. For a while I tried to use bed skirts and tucked them tightly under the box spring to the floor with of all things.. a spatula!! :) Then I just got the fitted sheets and much better!
:)

Susan





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Tir_Na_Nog
Houston
United States
(Zone 9b)

March 26, 2007
11:39 PM

Post #3324226

ahhhh such a smart lady! and i've not even talked to you before! i missed out!!! i will have to talk with you more in decorating my next place!!! are you just as good at landscaping?!

i used to not like rachel ray but i DO like her daytime tv show it's more about lots of stuff besides just her and her recipes. which are okay sometimes. but i do learn a lot on her show. and love the viewer guests.

LOL it WAS behr. ha. yep i've seen it's terrible coverage on other homes. i buy my paint from lowe's. their generic is cheaper than HD and they will mix ANY color chip. HD says about the name brand colors (like ralph lauren...since when does he make paint? lol) they will only mix in the name brand paints.

i've not used sherwins but my mom likes them.

jamjam
Nauwigewauk
Canada

April 23, 2007
05:59 AM

Post #3420507

Love your floors, I was thinking of doing the bedrooms with the plywood. I was going to buy oak, (good one side) and put it over the subfloor. How deep did you put the grooves, and could the grooves in the plywood be done before it is screwed down? I was thinking, then I could put the screws (countersunk) in places where it would look like the planks were nailed down, and then plug them with wood plugs. Do you think that would work?

Judi
jamjam
Nauwigewauk
Canada

April 23, 2007
06:02 AM

Post #3420510

Also: I was going to stain the floor with a dark stain and then varathane over them. Do you think that it would then look like hardwood?
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

April 23, 2007
06:17 AM

Post #3420526

Judi, I thing you could paint first and then sink nails where you wanted them.. We just didn't want to do the work.. If you want to stain you need to be sure that your starting surface it "clean".. if you are going to have any putty.. if the floor is stained from original install, from paint and such... if wont be right.. Also, since the effect of what your trying to create is individual boards, staining in the best conditions still might show that your using one big chunk of plywood with grooves cut in... We had thought of staining.. Paint is better for this particular project.. Good luck.

Susan
joyce1116
Watkinsville, GA

May 11, 2008
02:17 AM

Post #4934795

I was glad to see soulgardenlove's post concerning the routed plywood flooring in her son's room. Several years ago a builder told me of this technique which he used in rental houses. Within the next month we are going to give it a try in our "old" house which is about to become a rental house. The floors in the living room and bedroom are original to the house--built mid 1800s; however, they are in seriously bad shape with many previous repairs, etc. We just need a solid floor and plan to lay 3/4 inch plywood and route into 12 inch boards. The floors in the house are painted and we want to keep the painted look so that part of the job will be easy. Suggestions? Other experiences with this technique?
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
08:46 PM

Post #5940595

Since posting this thread, I have recieved lots of d-mail asking for more pictures of rooms where I have painted the floors and routed like my sons room. I have finally taken pictures of my girly office and the floor so you can see it in white. I have this floor in four rooms.. both sons bedrooms, my office and my guest bedroom. I am very pleased with the result and would do it again!

:)

Susan

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
08:50 PM

Post #5940606

:)

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
08:51 PM

Post #5940608

Chaise from craigs list :)

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
08:55 PM

Post #5940625

I picked out the colors for this room and painted two pieces girly pink..a bookcase and this piece my father in law made years ago. I'm the only gal in the house, other than my dog, so this is the only room in the house with pink in it! :)

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
09:02 PM

Post #5940655

Where I'm sitting right now :)

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
09:04 PM

Post #5940661

Corner Bookcase

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
09:04 PM

Post #5940662

view backing up..

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
09:07 PM

Post #5940677

More of floors.. This has been done for a few years now.. I can't remember the exact dates, but the paint has held up well.. Yes, the furniture does scrape and leave marks on the paint if the legs are dark. The floors are scraped due to someone repeatedly moving my chaise against the wall.. and I didn't want it there.. I wanted it pulled out and facing out the window when I sat there... it's my room..I won... but there were some battle scars on the floor..

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
09:09 PM

Post #5940689

My Doggie's Bed and more floor :)

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
09:10 PM

Post #5940690

Floor by desk

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
09:11 PM

Post #5940696

Floors by door..

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soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

December 29, 2008
09:29 PM

Post #5940758

Thats it!! :) Any questions just ask :) This was a really fun project and people are amazed that it is "faux" ... they are always shocked when I tell them it is plywood :) It really does look like wood planks... they are.. just plywood planks!

:)

Susan

LiliMerci
North of Atlanta, GA
(Zone 8a)

January 9, 2009
03:45 PM

Post #5985002

Susan,
I found your link from another thread and I just wanted to comment on the wonderful floors! I especially love the spaceship bedroom.
You're UBER! LOL!
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

January 11, 2009
06:22 PM

Post #5992958

Oh how cool Lili :) I like being UBER!! :) Thanks!

I've actually changed that spaceship room around a little bit.. Have a real bed and have matured it up a little for my now 7 year old .. Different bedspread and new rug and I finally took the chair that doesn't match out..and I gave him a workdesk and small chair for homework

:)

Susan
WigglyPaw
Hastings, MI
(Zone 5b)

January 24, 2009
09:39 PM

Post #6046086

Oh Susan!
Thank you for your brains and creativity!!!! I had certainly given up hope of having
ANY floor in our house! The carpet that came with it less than 4 years ago, we
just ripped up and burnt, it was so bad. Dogs, farm, animals, food, you name it, ugh.
We are HARD on floors.
Our understove tiles are cracking! LOL
When I saw the plywood floors, I knew there was hope. I shared your posts with
my DH, and the project is now beginning to take shape. He wants to stain the
plywood planks, and then finish it with stuff on top. Hooray!!! We are getting a floor!!
Right now, its just mismatchthed strand type board with spaces and sags. I will
take pictures.
Thank you thank you thank you
Sheri
PS all the tile and all the laminated floor would not have withstood the test of us
but I KNOW your plywood floor is going to work. Just perfect.
SUNNIFLA
Saint Petersburg, FL

February 1, 2009
06:26 PM

Post #6079055

Almost 2 years since you posted this, I found it via a google search.
Just what I was looking for. I am going to use your idea and instructions to do my living room floor. Thank you so much for sharing.
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

February 6, 2009
06:09 PM

Post #6102057

So glad to help :) Good Luck!

Susan
pjjames
Cannelton, IN

July 18, 2009
08:39 AM

Post #6833706

You're floors are beautiful!! I'm wanting to do this in a 12 X 16 building I have. I was wondering if you finished any of your faux plank floors with poly. instead of painting them. I'd really rather not paint mine. I'd like it to look like a shinny wood floor. If you have, I'd LOVE to see pics!

Thanks,

Penny
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

August 17, 2009
11:16 AM

Post #6955698

No, I had not used this method with poly paint but hope it turns out really well for you! :) It will just put a shine on whatever type of wood is beneath. Good luck!

:)

Susan
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)

August 31, 2009
02:38 PM

Post #7008290

It was purchased at a home depot tent sale.

Is that your company? You are from the same place that .com is from. I guess if you own the company, you might as well buy your kids rugs there ;-O



This message was edited Aug 31, 2009 10:55 AM

This message was edited Oct 6, 2009 9:13 PM
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA

July 3, 2010
10:34 AM

Post #7940420

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CarpetRepairGuy
Carpinteria, CA

July 4, 2010
04:22 PM

Post #7943281

Wow! You're pretty creative. I wouldn't think to do that but for a kids room, why not?

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