Refinishing Floors

In the past, Bill laid new oak floors in our house and we both applied three coats of tinted oil based polyurethane to them, which has warmed in color over the past 30 years. We also installed wide, recently harvested and cured boards our neighbor grew and milled in a newer outbuilding. These were bleached with lye, stained with white oil, and polished.

In this 1717 Cape house, we restored and re-painted the oldest floor boards that survived with the house. They are beautiful with and without furniture I think.

One room has original spatter paint I refurbished, which is now protected with an area rug some.

As we begin to refinish Christian's farmhouse floors, some of our past efforts will have a big influence. The new floors to be laid may be oak or hickory and the old pine floors will be sanded with four coats of oil based polyurethane applied to them all. The step-down master bedroom floor will be painted white.

Below is Christian's library which was sanded previously and looks very nice to us this lighter color. Soon it will be slightly darker, warmer in color, and well protected.

Stripping in the Dressing Room

The dressing room off the master bedroom here, has four closets with six doors that are now stripped along with two windows and a built-in window seat. Hooray. This room will have "Benjamin Moore White" walls, trim, shelves, window seat and doors; with polished chrome knobs. The side wall right of the tall window, will be a built-in mirror. The floor will be bleached before sealing.

The two larger closets here are lined with cedar. Nice. Below is the view into the master bath.

The previous owner who created all of these closets for such an old farmhouse is my hero. Less furniture is needed now because of it, and living will feel large.

Stripping Doors...

I am now finished stripping twenty-seven doors of all sorts upstairs at Christian's old farmhouse, and most of the trim. This means we can consider having the old floors sanded and refinished before Christian and Leif move into the bedrooms here. The doors will be stored in the master bedroom (this floor will be painted white) while the work is done.