Hickory hardwood floors

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Floor & Decor. All opinions and text are mine. If you’ve been following along with our latest remodel journey, you may have seen our fun visit to Floor & Decor to choose the main flooring for the house! In this post, I shared several …

Holy cow guys. I feel like I might finally be able to sleep tonight after weeks & weeks of trying to decide what we should do with our new pine flooring. So if you remember a few months ago we made the decision to install 8 inch pine boards into our house. Well, that was an easy decision... & I thought deciding whether to paint or stain would be easy as well. No. No it wasn't. I completely locked up & didn't know what to do because I loved painted & stained floors equally. So, I asked you…

Walnut flooring with a clear finish!!

Out with the orange color was easy but getting this lighter and blondish color in RedOak took many tries. Hope this will save your time - 5:1 Driftwood/Simply White (both from Minwax & only one coat of the mix); Top coat is Bona Mega One Extra Matte

Laundry room and office combination.

Oak hardwood flooring is a great choice to increase your home's curb appeal without over spending. They are hard wearing, versatile, durable. Read more here

Wall paint color is Sherwin Williams Drift of Mist.

Beautiful wide-plank laminate flooring by Pergo. Read more on why we chose Pergo Amber Chestnut and how we're liking it four years later!

Now that you've seen the HGTV Dream Home 2015 virtual tour, browse over 90 additional photos of the close-up artistic details that make this home unique and spectacular.

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.