Refinished Oak Floors Before And After

Refinishing sanding staining polyurethane for hardwood oak floors.

Refinished oak floors before and after. What you need to know about dark floor stains. Number or otherwise label each piece as you remove it to make it easier to put it back after refinishing the floor. Last week my little man went away to overnight camp for the first time ever. You can save thousands of dollars by adding this.

Hover over the dividing line and move slowly left and right to view. Post contains affiliate links. For different dimension of floorings in various locations there are different ideas that i could share to you. Both are red oak but the original floor in its raw state had a more red tone to it while the kitchen floor had a more pink orange tone to it.

The transformation from an old oak floor to a refinished oak floor can barely be described in words. The kitchen floor is only two years old. So let the actual photos illustrate what conti oak floor refinishing can do for your floors. As you can see from the photo above right the more porous springwood stains considerably darker than the dense latewood giving the boards a distinct zebra striped look.

The living room floor is part of the original hardwood floor that s almost 70 years old. If you missed my previous posts i had the hardwood floor in my living room and kitchen refinished by bona. My first post about the hardwood floor refinishing process focused on meeting with a bona certified craftsman to sample and choose a few stain colors and finishes then i posted about the sanding and staining process. But also this was another patch job.

Oak hardwood floors wear well and look their best when properly refinished. Before and after gallery. Before floor refinishing with a sander you should pull up the shoe base moulding along where the floor meets the wall. New refinished hardwood floors.

Last week was a whirlwind and i was knee deep in a few different projects that i thought i would tell you about since well i really haven t had time to think or write about anything else. If you decide to refinish your wood floors the fun part is picking a new stain color like rich mahogany or dark oak which are both very popular right now. The problem is while you may think darker colors would hide dirt they make dust particles more noticeable. If you are trying to seek suggestions for 17 attractive refinished hardwood floors before and after then this is the area to be.

But refinished floors don t have to be perfect. You can read our disclosure here let s take a peek at some before photos. Today i am sharing the reveal showing you how the bona refinish.