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Daily Grind #3: Rustic planks, bathroom flooring & “WOW” factor

Posted on July 25, 2023

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Hello, home improvement & interior design lovers! Welcome to the latest edition of the Daily Grind, your regular spot for uncovering DIY tips, interior design inspiration, and indispensable advice and guidance on all things flooring.

This week: discover new, beautiful uses for rustic planks, think again about using solid wood in bathrooms, give your home some extra “WOW” factor with carefully chosen flooring, and find out how to give your wood floor the perfect lick of paint…

Interior inspiration: Rustic planks

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As confessed floor sanding experts, our team is particularly keen on the natural beauty of rustic wood planks. Rough, homely, natural, textural, warm – the look and feel of raw wood look gorgeous incorporated into interiors.

Yet rustic planks don’t just make beautiful flooring, as this eye-catching post from KitchAnn Style points out. From doors and walls to shelves and headboards, home style maven Ann Porter’s post is crammed with rustic wood looks good, and sprucing up all aspects of the home.

Where have you used your rustic planking? Share your snaps and style secrets with us on Twitter @sandingfloors

Real wood in the bathroom: A recipe for disaster?

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The ever-inspiring Danielle de Lange’s rustic bathrooms post for her website, The Style Files got us talking about wood-floored bathrooms this week. Although her favored look didn’t incorporate solid wood floors, we’re a bit biased and think wood looks wonderful in every room, particularly those with a rustic bent…

However, regarding the bathroom (and often the kitchen), it’s common knowledge that real wood, changeable humidity, and water are a bad combination. Is this true? Are there finishes, wood types, and techniques that make wood-floored bathrooms possible?

Moisture-sensitive beech, for instance, is an absolute no-go. Yet, with very efficient dehumidifying and extractor fans, some less moisture-sensitive wood may work, as long as you’re not in the habit of leaving soggy bathmats around the place…

A quick guide to “WOW” factor flooring

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Patterns proportionate to interiors, identical interior and exterior flooring surfaces, focussing on texture – Period Living’s helpful mini-guide to creating striking flooring is a great jumping-off point if you’re considering adding something showstopping to your interiors. Read the full article here.

How to paint your wood flooring

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Our wood flooring experts may be in the habit of sanding flooring back to its original beauty, but that doesn’t mean we don’t know our stuff when it comes to treating and painting wood too. If you’re considering giving your wood floors a lick of paint for an instant interior makeover, this tutorial from the lovely Susan Jensen Smith at Your Home Only Better will show you how it’s done.

Would you consider painting your wood floor? What sort of flooring would give your home a little extra “WOW” factor? What are your views and experiences of wood flooring in the bathroom? Please share your opinions with our readers below…

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