A day after Christmas I couldn't take it any longer. I grabbed a scrapper and began painstakingly peeling off the paint. I knew it would be time consuming but how could anyone paint over wide plank wood floors that have been walked on since 1750.
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| Every beautiful wide plank floor is painted ugly pink taupe! |
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| I started with the foyer, don't even get me going on the wall color! First layer taupe then blue, black stuff, dirt, hair and brown paint. |
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| Making Progress |
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| Once I reached real wood I started using an orbital sander to get the dirt out of the grooves and smooth out rough edges. |
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| How many feet walked these old tavern floors and how could anyone cover this beautiful grain with paint? |
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| Here's a close up of one of the many square nails. A lot of work to go but its looking better than I hoped! |
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