DIY Contemporary Painted Wood Floors

Painting a Contemporary Painted wood floor is an inexpensive way to make a wood floor into a contemporary addition to your home. These Contemporary Painted wood floors are such an easy and affordable way to redo your wood floors in a modern and minimalist look.

Painting a wood floor in a contemporary look is a relatively easy project that accomplished in just a matter of days.

Here are some suggested materials to get you started on your Contemporary Painted wood floors:

· Primer
· Paint (high gloss!)
· Varnish
· Painter's tape
· Paint rollers
· Paintbrushes
· Sand Paper or Floor sander

Contemporary Painted wood floors will really pop if you use a oil based high gloss paint. As much as the shine is important in a contemporary décor in your home, so is the color.

Stick with one color for a contemporary look on your wood floors. Also, you can use any color from red to a chocolate brown, just stick with the high gloss look.

Now, The first step will be sanding the areas that need to be painted. If you will be painting the entire floor I suggest renting a floor sander for the weekend.

Once you have sanded your wood floors you will need to remove all of the dust. For a small area you can use a clean dry clothe. For the entire floor I recommend mopping at least twice.

You will want your Contemporary Painted wood floors to be smooth and the only way to do that is to make sure the entire surface is clean before you paint.

Now you are ready to roll on your paint. Oil base paint is great for this type of contemporary project.

You will want to roll a coat of primer on before you paint your Contemporary wood floors.

Use a large roller and work your way towards the door. Use a tinted primer if you are doing dark Contemporary Painted wood floors.

Now, once the primer has dried you can roll on your oil base high gloss paint. Apply one coat, working your way out of the room.

Let this dry and add another coat.

Now, to make your Contemporary Painted wood floors really durable and to help them stand against the test of time you will want to paint on about three coats of oil based polyurethane.