Browse Forums Finishing Touch 1 Apr 16, 2009 6:42 pm Hello Home One Forum-ites, It is Tazteks better half here !! For many years I have pined !! for a white timber floor. Please see the attached photo for my idea of a heavenly floor - many of you will disagree... but it is what I LOVE. We are currently renovating our home and the existing floorboards are terrible to say the least. We are in the process of ordering new floorboards (a very pale cream/white colour) which will be laid over the top of the old floorboards. Taztek has finally agreed to maybe!! consider painting our new floorboards white... But he has suggested we throw our ideas and concerns to the Home One forum. We have a white kitchen arriving this week and it has high gloss cupboard doors and we intend to fit mirrored splashbacks. Yes, I truly love the all white and mirrored look... and will add splashes of colour with paintings, artwork, rugs and furnishings. We are joyfully (me) begrudgingly (he) debating on the following finishes: Whitewash - ie a watered down look where the natural timber grain peaks through. Full (opaque) paint - as per the picture - but matt , sheen or gloss ??? I totally love the gloss look and that is my preference for our modern home. On the other hand if we were doing a beachy type home I would love the whitewash. Tazteks concerns are: We will have a modern glossy shiny white kitchen - will white floorboards detract from or add to the modern look? If yes or no, which finish - whitewash, full matt, full sheen or full gloss? Tazteks better half's concerns: NIL Happy with any of them but loving the white gloss!! Once we have made our floorboards' finish/paint choice... then we are faced with another choice. The floorboards we are about to order are the wider boards at 130 x 19. We both agree on the chunkier looking boards - yehh. We have been told that with the wider boards we need to top nail them. (as opposed to the narrower 90mm boards which can be silent nailed) Do we leave the nail holes exposed or fill them? Then our next dilemma is what products are best for painting and finishing floorboards? We have been advised that paving paint is a good option. Taztek even suggested that a marine paint might be OK??? Also we would need to put a finishing coat over the paint and I have read horror stories how some of them actually yellow. My gosh, the last thing we want is a yellowed white floor!! So please can anyone with any ideas or hints or suggestions please help us in our white floor dilemma. Plus I must note that any who reply in favour of Tazteks better halfs preferences will no doubt be held in high regard. But in fairness, those who have suggestions in opposition will also be valued... it will be extremely difficult living with Taztek if the result is a disaster. Being a no clue on floors gal... apart from what I think looks fantabulous... any tinsy winsy bit of info or help or advice will be greatly appreciated. Cheers and thanx heaps from "White Gloss Floorboards Rule" !!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: SHOULD WE PAINT OUR FLOORBOARDS WHITE ? PLUS ADVICE NEEDED 2Apr 19, 2009 4:55 pm Hello Tazteks better half, That photo is fabulous! I can see the appeal it has to you. Personally as much as I love that photo it would bore me to tears after awhile and I would have to throw a red rug or chocolate pillows or SOMETHING in there. (bit of a colour freak myself) I wonder if the choice you mentioned re the whitewashed floors would be a better option? It is the white you love but a softer option (better for Taztek but still nice for you too), therefore more appealing you both. I also feel that the whitewashed look can be softened or changed "JUST IN CASE " you grow sick of it later. You could always throw in some light duck egg blues etc, whatever appeals to you, to break it up. I have a feeling after awhile you will be needing sunglasses with all that white gloss. It is gorgeous that white gloss look, not so sure how practical it would be on the floors though. Imagine the cleaning???? uuugghhhh. Anyway, I am no expert at all so I will be interested in what the others say. So for the record my vote would be the whitewashed look boards, they are really nice. Good luck, I will follow with interest! www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: SHOULD WE PAINT OUR FLOORBOARDS WHITE ? PLUS ADVICE NEEDED 3Apr 19, 2009 5:55 pm I agree with the max, that room is just too white I have seen kitchens that are all white but have a timber floor, warms the look and breaks up the colour, I think the opposite would also work, ie if you have all white floors, use some colour in the kitchen, even if it is all white with just a feature colour, say, the splashback Re: SHOULD WE PAINT OUR FLOORBOARDS WHITE ? PLUS ADVICE NEEDED 4Apr 19, 2009 6:44 pm With a coloured painted floor I would also be worried about scratches in the wood removing the paint and it chipping etc ruining the look of it all 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure 1000000% definitely add insulation. I have in my home and it makes a big difference minimising sound transfer. 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