the floors in this room were really beat up.
so i could pay a bunch of money to fix them OR i could have some fun with them for practically nothing.
i chose the second…obvs.
first i primed the floor with KILZ.
then i painted white stripes with the white semi-gloss trim paint that we had.
i just used the lines of the wood planks to determine the stripes….i did 8 planks wide per stripe.
THEN i added yellow stripes with paint from Ace Hardware called ButterCream.
i thought "whoa that's bright" when i opened it.
yellow is a hard color.
so after i painted the stripes and let it dry a day or two i went back and it was definitely brighter than i wanted.
so…i took white paint and added water….maybe equal parts paint and water?
then i used a dry rag and wiped it into the yellow stripes.
i wiped it on and rubbed it into the floor until it was the color i was looking for.
it was practically dry immediately.
much better.
this week i will put polyurethane over it and seal it all in.
and fill it up with beds again for happy craft weekend girls!
🙂
happy floors.
Andrea Hunter - Can you let me know the wall color too? Thanks!
Flooring Tools - Painting a wood floor is an affordable way to give life to an old wood floor, and it’s fairly easy. Plus, painted wood floors complement any style of decor.
Cori - This is absolutely GORGEOUS.
andrea - Love it! You are so creative! Would you mind sharing the wall color with me?
sarah kate branine - As everyone else said, those stripes are so beautiful! Way to go. Your wall color reminds me of the color that we painted our bedroom in our old house. It was called “sweet georgia brown” and I loved it so much. We are currently renting and keeping everything white for now, but I can’t wait to use that color again!
Talysa - Love this. Do you mind sharing the wall color as well?
Jenna@CallHerHappy - When I think about what I want my future house to look like…it looks like your house!
Annika - That looks fantastic. The only thing that I love equally as much as natural wood floors is painted floorboards!
Vicki - So fabulous–totally worth the effort!
jeannett - LOVE LOVE LOVE.
yellow is a hard color! i think that yellow and red are the hardest to get right. sooo many undertones!
i wish i lived in an old home where you can do fun stuff like that…but my 2006 build is hard to add character to. i’m trying slowly but surely, but most of it has to be through furniture and accessories because it just doesn’t work right to get all fun and funky like painted floors.
sigh…someday…we will build our dream house…and it will be kitschy and fun and eclectic and NOT cookie cutter vanilla.
someday. when i win the lotto.
or lucy wins a beauty pageant.
misty - are your floors hardwood or laminate? do you think this would work on laminate?? I LOVE this & it just makes me smile : )
Mary - Yowza! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!
Kim - Yellow is a tricky colour! I painted our living room in our first house yellow. It ended up being too bright as well and so I did the same as you – white washed the walls. It was such a happy room.
Angie Knopp - I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!! That is all 🙂
XOXO,
Angie from Ohio
Andrea - So pretty! Good job adding the white–totally made it warm and cozy!
Wendy - I love this idea! What a great color of yellow too! So sunny!
Alicia @ La Famille - brilliant! simply brilliant! love this 🙂
Sarah - I LOVE the yellow stripes!!
I actually painted a very similar striped floor mat in my nursery… http://fivecamels.blogspot.com/2012/05/ding.html
…which, by the way, you completely inspired my color palate in that nursery. Every time I picked a color in there I thought, “What would Meg Duerksen do?” 🙂 Thank you for the permission to use happy colors. 🙂
kathleen - you are awesome! wow! that kind of stuff I feel just totally unable to do…I always blame it on all my kids (6) and it being too hard, but you have 5 and get so much done! It’s inspiring the way you work so hard and make things so cute and lovely. I love the floors and the wall color! and can you explain the polyurethene(i have no clue how to spell) process when you’re done. If time allows of course! If you did it in your own home, would you have to leave while it dries? And how many coats? Etc. I would love to paint hardwoods one day, and it’s the sealing part that scares me the most…I want it to be easy to clean…you know, with all these kids running all over them! Thanks for showing and blogging, i love it so!
sharron - mama likes!!
great idea to tone down a color too! 🙂
Tracy Fisher - Simply FABULOUS! -tracy
Tiffany - Love the floors.
jaimie Cahill - Absolutely LOVE the floors and the walls!!
Was wondering if you wouldn’t mind sharing the name of the wall color?
I recently painted a room with Timberwolf (Ben Moore)…and it looks more blue…where I was hoping for a more true gray color.
This wall looks like a great color!
Thanks in advance!
LOVE your blog, style, etc…
Jenn - Love, love, love gray and yellow! Love the floors! Hope to see them in person.
Kimberly Dial - So pretty! Love the floors – good job!
Stephanie - Totally happy!! Love, love, love! Great job.
Susan - I love the yellow, but I struggle with it for the same reason. My daughter’s nursery was yellow and I had just the right color in mind but really had trouble finding why was in my mind’s eye! Then my step daughter told me she read that yellow makes baby’s fussy. I finally found a color that I loved and wouldn’t you know is was SW silent yellow!
Suzanne - Oh my goodness! absolutely love it!!!
Chantelle GivenMuch - I bet this was a hard job on the knees, but looks adorable! 🙂
katey - Love it!!! I know that was time consuming and the fumes!! Great job.
Missi Smith - Incredible!! I love how these turned out and what a great idea on toning down the yellow. I would be honored to stay in this room!
hayley penny - How gorgeous are they? Nice to see someone taking a risk and the results are stunning. H x
Staisha Klein - Really fun! I think I liked them bright and faded a bit. So happy. Happy weekend to you!
Christy K - The floor looks great… it turned out so well! Now I REALLY want to tear out all my carpeting and put in hardwood. So inspiring! Hope you are having an awesome weekend! 🙂
Angela Atkins - So pretty! Thank you for posting how you did that. I’m still trying to decide about painting our hallway. We never sanded and refinished it when we did all the others. It doesn’t show dirt like the white would but it looks terrible.
Makila - So great!
Lisa - Seriously awesome. And beautiful!
christine ishmael - One day I’m gonna see it first hand! Love how it turned out!
Lindi - I totally want to live in that room!! Amazing job!! 🙂
Holly - I love painted floors. We painted our upstairs hallway a couple of years ago and they have held up so well! Good job!
E. Hills - Fabuloso!!!!! I love the finished project but i still loved the bright yellow too 🙂
Curious Details - it’s perfect!
TonyaElise - Love the gray, white, and pale yellow. Those are the colors that I’m doing in my baby nursery. Gray and white striped walls with yellow accents in the room. And I’m still trying to pick the fabric for bedding – so many choices with those pretty colors. Beautiful job!
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Meg this is amazing!
Laura Phelps - you kill me.
absolutely kill me.
you actually have ideas…and DO THEM.
my ideas don’t leave my head.
can I borrow your time and motivation?????
and talent.
your talent is key.
elizabeth highsmith - Love them!!!! BravOOOOOOOOOO!
Robin - yum – buttercream heaven.
Kerstie Pederson - Love, love, love them. Can’t wait to see the complete room. 😉
Kimberlee Jost - Happiness all around.
🙂
CathyC - I LOVE this!!!
Sara Torbett - Love the after but love the bright before too 🙂
lucky penny love - Love, Love, Love the striped floors! I need to see your craft house one day. You have the best ideas!
Laine - Oh. my. word. I LOVE your floors. That was brilliant, and it looks so beautiful! Great job!!
Terrie G - lucky craft weekend girls!!!
stephany - I love it!
amy - …mmm….deliciousness. 🙂
happygirl - What a great idea. So much more reasonable than refinishing the floors. Gorgeous.
Peggy in TN - So pretty! I love the grey, yellow and white color combo. I wish I had your energy!
Brooke - oh wow! The stripes look great!!! Isn’t it fun when you take a risk and it works? Well done! 🙂