It’s move in day for the girls! They’ve waited several months for me to figure out what to do with their particle board floor and then 2 weeks while I found little chunks of time here and there to work on it and a week for it to cure. I’m so glad they’re sweet, patient little things. I finally decided on a canvas floor and polyurethaned it so I could mop it. I love how it turned out!
Here are some before and after pictures for you. I had to dig to find some before pictures which were some Daddy snapped for fun while we were organizing one day. We updated the room by hanging bead board wall paper and painting the trim white before redoing the floor.
Before
After
Before
After
We still need to build some beds and desks and hang the wall decorations on the other long wall. I can’t wait to have real after pictures to show you. But for now the girls are happy to sleep in their room again.
You can watch the video to see how we redid the floor with a $30 canvas drop cloth.
You’re so innovative! And cute, too. 🙂
Angela,
You absolutely amaze me.This turned out so wonderfully beautiful.
THanks so much for sharing all the details.I am going to needto use some of your ideas in the near future.Can’t afford it yet, but planning to.
Very Pretty and inovative!!! I have been reading your blog for several weeks now, and I love it. Thank you so much for all the inspiration and wisdom and good advice. You are a real blessing!!!
That is awesome. I have hardwood flooring in terrible condition. I wonder if it would work out as nicely. Also, could you paint or stencil the canvas before polyurethaning (new word lol) ?
Yes, painting the canvas is a great option. I had orignally planned to stencil on the floor with paper doilies but we decided we liked it plain.
What a great idea! Love this floor. I think this will be a perfect choice for our floors. Thank you so much for the great videos. Heidi did a fantastic job helping you!
Could you have just poly the subflooring? You did a wonderful job and it was done so neatly.
Lisa,
My subfloor was particle board that was chipping up and badly stained. I really wanted to cover it up, but you could always just poly over it after painting. If it were plywood, I would have just painted and poly-ed in a heartbeat.
nice work! and i’m so glad i got to see you in action! you’re awesome!
What an inspiration! You did a great job! I had a similar situation with my floors, subfloor was particle board with huge seams, and stains from (paint labels ?)… Had originally thought I could just stain it – but ended up having to cover it. I really wish I had seen this then! I did do some inexpensive things with my cabinets and counters in the kitchen… I will share as soon as I can find pics… Awesome idea – Glad I found your site!