After sitting on my butt, scooting around the room sanding by hand, to get the desired look . / I’m sorry I don’t have pix of the finished room without furniture, etc. in it – but trust me, it’s beautiful! – everyone’s impressed!!!
Here we are with some furniture in the room – this is used as a guest room and for our new grandbaby when she is with us!
This gives you a good idea of the satin finish. It looks rich! – I, personally, am not in love with shiny wood floors, so this is our desired look. All in all, we would say this was a fairly easy project – started very early on a Saturday morning – did the cutting of the planks and install on Saturday, as well as sanding and applying the stain. Sunday, was light hand sanding and touch up stain where I thought it was needed – waited for it to dry – and applied the first coat of polyurethane before bed. Monday, got up early and applied the second coat before we took off for the week! Would DEFINITELY do this again!! – only with the 3/4″ tongue and groove pine – flat side up!!!!! – just because of the cost factor … unless someone out there can tell us where to find that CHEAP finished one side plywood!!
source: hometalk.com
