White oak refinished floors

Sharing the story of refinishing my upstairs hardwood floors as well as my process for choosing a hardwood floor stain color.

We’re often asked to perform magic. It seems many homeowners with existing red oak hardwood floor would prefer to go lighter, brighter and achieve a “white oak” look instead of the typical red oak look which tends to read orange. We’ve mixed and experimented and mixed and experimented some more. We’

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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.

With just 2 products and no bleach, you can get the look of the white oaks floors you've dreamed of. We share the details on how we refinished our red oak floors to get a white oak look.

Oak takes a stain beautifully so it can be adapted to any design style. It will offer a bold aesthetic and a feeling of strength to all that you want to accomplish on it.

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