One of my favorite shows to watch is HGTV’s Fixer Upper.
Do you ever watch it? Chip and Joanna Gaines do some AMAZING things with homes that are in awful condition – miraculous, honestly! And they’re so fun to watch!
I just love them! And I love Joanna’s blog, too! (CLICK HERE TO VISIT THERE FOR YOURSELF!)
They always have a clear vision of what they want the house to look like in the end, and many times it involves renovating major pieces of it. Like re-finishing the hardwood floors. When I see them do such things, I glance around at our wood floors and wonder if I could do what THEY do? Hmmm…
So when Tate from Plain & Simple sent me some instructions for doing just that…well, I had to share! This is the PERFECT tutorial if you have wood floor project you want to tackle!
Wouldn’t Chip and Joanna be proud!?
So, you’ve got the wood floors just as you want them to be, and you’re so happy! But wait! How do you now coordinate your floors with your furniture and other general decor? No worries – Tate has us covered there, too!
So what do you think? Would YOU ever tackle refinishing your wood floors? And would you change the color and your decor, or would you keep everything the same?
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Ugh, I am so bad at maintaining my hardwood floors. I really need to get better about that because they have lots of scuffs from the kids.
Hardwood floors are so beautiful. Well worth the bit of extra work needed to keep them as good as new.
This is really helpful. I know there are some areas that could use a touch-up. The main hallway is hardwood and it sees a lot of traffic.
I would not attempt to refinish a whole floor. We did however, tackle an area in a previous home that was damaged when we pulled the carpet up. To our surprise we did a pretty good job.
I have always been puzzled by combining wood tones. You provided some helpful suggestions
We have wood floors. The last time that they were redone was when we moved in about 20 years ago and they really are overdue.
I love, love, love that show! This is a great step-by-step graphic on how to take care of hardwood floors. And I’m so glad you shared the photos of how to not be matchy-matchy with all that wood. Love it all!
I have seen a few episodes of that show. Hardwood floors are the best. I love all the ideas you featured.
Fixer Upper sounds like a really great show, have to check it out for sure! I really wish we had hardwood floors in our apartment. Really like the tips you shared about matching the floors with furniture and decor.
I wish I was handy enough to do some of these jobs on my own. I think I need to have more faith in my skills and just tackle a project in our home.
Our floors have so many scratches and scuffs from the kids and animals. Ugh.