Painting those stairs worked, and made me realize that painting wood floors isn’t always crazy. In fact, there are a few reasons why you might consider doing it in your own home. Reasons to ...

A win for renovations on a budget and old wood floors needing a spruce-up, painted wood floors are our most recent obsession. Skip to main content. DIRECTORY. ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN. SHOPPING.

Shawn Bo-Abrams, right, and his husband, Leon Bo-Abrams, painted their old wood floors dark brown. (Photo courtesy of Shawn Bo-Abrams) Why paint floors?

Worn and faded hardwood floors can drag down the look of a room. But having scuffed floors sanded down and restained can be expensive and messy. One alternative that's gaining popularity: painting … ...

When the finish is worn through, the best option is to refinish, a process that involves sanding off the old finish and enough wood to erase scratches and dents, repairing any other damage, then ...

running PBS television series This Old House. One hundred years ago, paint was considered a practical way to protect floors ... while 85 percent were still more comfortable with stained wood floors.

Q: I live in a house with a finished attic, which has old pine wood floors that are unattractive and in pretty rough shape. We’d rather not spend the money to install new floors yet.

The appeal of white wood floors—relaxed but refined, a not-too-blank canvas for showing off one's furnishings and antiques—is stymied only by a justified fear of keeping them clean.

Soledad O’Brien in the guesthouse of her home in West Palm Beach, where she decided to paint and stencil her old wood floors rather than replace them.

Q: Our very old wood floors are in good shape and were refinished right before we bought our house 10 years ago. But now there is very noticeable wear in a few spots, chiefly in the entryway. How ...