Painted Plywood Floors

Everything you need to know about painting subfloors that last; this is one of the easiest ways to get beautiful flooring on a tiny budget.

This week's episode of our Tiny House build is really fun! Instead of buying flooring and installing it, adding weight, cost and taking up vertical space, we decided to take the subfloor and finish it. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"3154921035","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"667","style":"width: 650px; height: 434px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]] That's right. This plywood subfloor .... becomes this -

The Best Ways to Paint and Seal Plywood. Plywood, while a relatively inexpensive product to use, can be particularly tricky when it comes to finishing. Whether you are creating an easy floor or a hobby project, plywood is easy to use and cut to whatever shape or size you need. It is, however, wood, and wood will soak ...

Share the love!801.8k1One of our most popular posts on Picklee features a wide plank farmhouse floor made from plywood planks.We … Continued

We decided to use a dry-brush technique to paint the plywood floor for the time being. I leveled it the best I could and sanded it but seriously didn't worry about it too much. The whole point is we want it to look 'chippy' and old like it has always there. We used the same flat Antique White we used inside and under the cabinets, because it was there. I thinned it down with a little water and used a wash cloth to dab the excess water from the paintbrush before I lightly dry-brushed onto the…

Plywood floor... Drew lines with carpenters pencil for individual boards More

Distressed wood to make it look old then used a mix of Minwax Dark Walnut and my absolute favorite stain color, Kona, by Rustoleum. After it dried, I sanded it down a little and applied a wash of watered down Paris Grey, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Paper Daisy Designs: Build a Rustic Wood Sofa Table

Paint subfloor? Don't have the money to replace carpet with wood or tile? Do what I did - paint it! If your floor is sound, it can be easily painted beautifully in all one color or in a decorative design | In My Own Style

Plywood subfloor stained then lines drawn with Sharpie. More

Two Months in the making.Hand painted plywood sub-flooring. After spending 15 hours pulling out carpet and padding, tack strips and padding staples, we discovered some incredible sub-flooring. We could not afford wood or laminate and I hate carpets, so we decided to paint the plywood. After cleaning and sanding, I masked off a border. Primed and painted the border with a latex flat paint Masked off 4 inch strips for the wood planks and hand painted with flat black Did the sa…

We desperately needed a new floor outside our pokey toilet and in Poppy's little bedroom. The main flooring in our living area is Jarrah planking but not being from Australia originally, I just don't have the sentimental attachment to the deep red hues as some do! I am much more a fan of a lighter, softer, oak-like shade. I had seen a few DIYers laying ply-plank floors and wondered whether this might be an option for us too? Fast, cheap, easy..... Little Green Notebook A fire pole in the…

The Kerala Allover wall stencil is a beautiful majestic pattern inspired by a trip to India. This easy to use geometric stencil pattern will instantly add exotic flare to your space with it's luxury wallpaper look. Use this striking stencil design for accent walls, curtains, furniture stenciling and DIY craft projects. This stencil pattern comes with an additional FREE Top Edge stencil : the upper part of the design cut as a smaller separate stencil. It makes it easy to fill the gaps…

Just a little PSA today for my fellow New Yorkers: JEM Fabrics, one of my very favorite sources for super affordable velvets and trim (where I bought this trim), is closing its doors this month. :( I’m so, so bummed for the very nice people that run the store (and also for myself). For the...

Do you have a floor that is in serious need of an update but the budget won’t allow for new hardwood, carpet, or tile? Let us offer a quick and easy solution for updating your floor! If you don’t have the time or money to invest in replacing your floor, you can paint floor stencils directly onto it. Using paint and stencils is the perfect alternative to the expense and mess of stripping and removing existing flooring.

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