White Painted Floors

 A couple of weekends ago, my family and I spent a large portion of our weekend in IKEA.  We were filling time in between sessions of a sporting event and went seeking meatballs and Ektorps to fill in the gaps.  While we were strolling through all of the vignettes oohing and aahing , my youngest looked to me and said, "Mom, I would like it if my floors were painted white."   Suddenly the music stopped.  Was I hearing correctly?  "Really?" I replied, "because I would LOVE to do this too."  "Yeah, I would like it", he responded.  Then the teenager added, "me too".  Deal.  Done.  Insert cartwheel.

The truth is that I have been wanting to do this for a while, but didn't want to step on toes.  I could go crazy with ideas in their rooms, but try to let their rooms be their space.  Each son picked out his own wall color, not necessarily what I would have chosen, but that's OK.

The upstairs floors in our home really need to be refinished, but we aren't budgeted for that at the moment.  Painting the floors white would look so fresh and clean, buying time until we have them refinished.  Who knows, we may like the white so much that we never have them refinished.

I love the look of white painted floors.

The teenager has dark green walls and the tween, light blue.  I think either color would go with a white floor and probably brighten each room quite a bit.  Next week, they are going to camp Grandma and Tappa....perfect timing.

Have you ever painted wood floors?  Do you have any tips?  I would love to hear from you.

Images via :  House and Gardens, My Home Ideas, Flickr, Meredith Images, Living Etc.