How to Finish off Timber Flooring

With conventional floorboards and unsealed pine timber flooring, you can first use a wood stain to give the wood a deeper colour than its natural hue. There is a wide choice available from ‘natural’ wood colours, such as teak or mahogany, to the more exotic such as reds, yellows and greens.

You are unlikely to want to over-paint new timber flooring completely, but you might perhaps want to decorate it with stencilled patterns, using pastel shades. Wood stain stencilling could also be used for a more subtle effect...
 

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