Wood floor stain colors white oak

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!

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 ...

This post is sponsored by Minwax. We've been wanting to do a wood/stain study for years now and in my head, I wanted to do every type of wood with abou ...

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 […]

Refinishing Red Oak Floors To Look Like White Oak

Duraseal Stain on Red Oak Wood Flooring. Chestnut, Jacobean, Coffee Brown, Special Walnut, Provincial, Early American (no polyurethane coating).

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.

Minwax Wood Finish Ipswich Pine Oil-Based Interior Stain (Half Pint) in the Interior Stains department at Lowes.com

Because 3/4” solid hardwood floors can be refinished, we had the opportunity to change up the space 3 years later by refinishing floors to achieve a warmer and more natural white oak look. The benefits of 3/4” solid hardwood floors include durability, as well as providing the option to refinish.