$400 Master bedroom Makeover
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Under $400 Master Bedroom Makeover
How The Money Was Spent
$200 - quilt & 2 shams
$121 - Floor
$50 - Walls
How to paint your floors - the easy way - and get lasting results
Ok. Â Here’s the deal. Â I wanted to paint the floors but after using a small handheld belt sander (Mother’s day present) to sand over 1000 square feet on my hands and knees, I was in no mood to sand another thing. Â So I decide to use the primer I used on the kitchen cabinets – Valspar Bonding Primer. Â I remembered the salesperson telling me that with this primer I wouldn’t need to sand the cabinets – I didn’t listen and sanded all the cabinets to bare wood, but I definitely wasn’t sanding anything else. Â My husband wasn’t convinced – he was sure this was going to be a disaster, fortunately, he was WRONG. Â I did this over 3 years ago and it still looks great – there are definitely some scrapes, mostly from the bed frame. Â There are a couple of places that my husbands shoes have marked the floor and no amount of magic eraser scrubbing will get it off, but considering we walk on it every day + we have 2 small dogs whose nails always seem to need trimming…it has held up really well.
Easy to Follow Step-by-Step Instructions for Painting Hardwood Floors
Foolproof (it’s just an expression, no one is calling anyone a fool :-)) process for painting hardwood floors for beautiful long-lasting results.
What you’ll need:
- Valspar Bonding Primer
- 2″ paint brush
- Paint roller with a long handle
- Paint tray
- Wide painters tape
- Paint with primer – I used semi-gloss, but you could use gloss
- Benjamin Moore, Stays Clear® – DO NOT SUBSTITUTE –  this is very important, other protective finishes can yellow or change the color.  This product will not do that.  This is a fav product I use it for everything that needs a hard protective finish.  I used the Low Lustre but gloss would be fine here as well.
Step 1 - Room Prep + Prime Floor
- Experience Tip: Â If you are painting your walls with this makeover. Â Make sure you paint your walls first. Â Your new floors will look so amazing you won’t want to spill any paint on them.
- Tape all baseboard with wide painters tape.
- Pour you primer into the paint tray and using the 2″ paintbrush quickly cut-in around the baseboards. Â That went really fast, right?
- Experience Tip: Wash your brush right away or wrap it in plastic and store in the fridge if you’ll need to use it again with the same paint/product in the next day or 2.
- Now it’s time to start rolling. Â Just that simple. Â Experience Tip: Â Make sure you plan an escape route, so start in the furthest corner from the door and work your way back toward your escape route door.
- Let it dry – it dries pretty fast.
- Do not remove the painter’s tape, you’ll want that in place for the next step.
- Clean your roller right away or wrap it in plastic and store in the fridge if you’ll need to use it again in the next day or 2.
Step 2 - Paint Floor
- Pour your paint into a clean paint tray.
- Using a 2″ paint brush cut-in along the baseboard. Â Experience Tip: Take your time now it will make everything go faster in the long run. Â wrap your brush in plastic and store in the fridge, since you’ll use it again for a quick 2nd coat.
- Grab your clean or new roller with the long handle and again starting in the corner furthest from your escape route begin painting your floors – just like you would a wall, making sure to overlap strokes and keeping the layers even. Â Experience Tip: Â It’s better to come back and do a quick 2nd or 3rd coat instead of painting heavy paint layers.
- Let it dry based on paint manufacturer recommended dry times based on temperature and humidity conditions in your area. Â Experience Tip: Â wrap your roller in plastic and store in the fridge, since you’ll use it again for a quick 2nd coat.
- Once the paint has dried – Â use your 2″ paint brush to do another quick cut-in around the baseboard.
- Grab your roller from the fridge and roll another coat of paint. Â
- Let dry. Â
- So what do you think? Â Do you need a quick third coat or does it already look amazing?
- If it looks amazing and it has completely dried then it’s time to seal the deal or in this case seal your floors. Â For this step, we will be using the Stay Clearâ„¢ from Benjamin Moore.
Step 3 - Seal Floor with Stay Clearâ„¢
- Your floor looks awesome! Â Now we want to make sure it stays looking this good for a long time to come. Â For this step, we will be using the Stay Clearâ„¢ from Benjamin Moore.
- EXPERIENCE TIP: Â READ THE INSTRUCTIONS & DO NOT SHAKE THE STAY CLEARâ„¢, STIR IT GENTLY. Â MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FINISH A COAT – TO GET THE BEST RESULT YOU REALLY NEED TO DO THIS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. Â Gently pour the Stay Clear into a clean paint tray and using a new 2″ brush cut in at baseboards.
- Then with a new roller start in the furthest corner and working back toward your escape route begin painting thin even coats making sure to overlap edges and to always keep a wet edge. Â Wrap your roller in plastic and store in the fridge, you’ll need it for a 2nd coat.
- Let dry until no longer tacky – it dries quickly. Â
- Once dry, roll the second coat – you shouldn’t need to cut-in a second time but you should judge that for yourself.
- Grab a Mojito – You deserve it. Â Your floor now looks amazing! Â Sit back and admire your new floor, snap a few pics, post to Instagram and Facebook. Â You rock. Â I’m so proud of you. Â
Under $400 Master Bedroom Makeover
How The Money Was Spent
$200 - quilt & 2 shams
$121 - Floor
$50 - Walls
How to paint your floors - the easy way - and get lasting results
Ok. Â Here’s the deal. Â I wanted to paint the floors but after using a small handheld belt sander (Mother’s day present) to sand over 1000 square feet on my hands and knees, I was in no mood to sand another thing. Â So I decide to use the primer I used on the kitchen cabinets – Valspar Bonding Primer. Â I remembered the salesperson telling me that with this primer I wouldn’t need to sand the cabinets – I didn’t listen and sanded all the cabinets to bare wood, but I definitely wasn’t sanding anything else. Â My husband wasn’t convinced – he was sure this was going to be a disaster, fortunately he was WRONG. Â I did this over 3 years ago and it still looks great – there are definitely some scrapes, mostly from the bed frame. Â There are a couple of places that my husbands shoes have marked the floor and no amount of magic eraser scrubbing will get it off, but considering we walk on it everyday + we have 2 small dogs whose nails always seem to need trimming…it has held up really well.
Easy to Follow Step-by-Step Instructions for Painting Hardwood Floors
Foolproof (it’s just an expression, no one is calling anyone a fool :-)) process for painting hardwood floors for beautiful long-lasting results.
What you’ll need:
- Valspar Bonding Primer
- 2″ paint brush
- Paint roller with long handle
- Paint tray
- Wide painters tape
- Paint with primer – I used semi gloss, but you could use gloss
- Benjamin Moore, Stays Clear® – DO NOT SUBSTITUTE –  this is very important, other protective finishes can yellow or change the color.  This product will not do that.  This is a fav product I use it for everything that needs a hard protective finish.  I used the Low Lustre but gloss would be fine here as well.
Step 1 - Room Prep + Prime Floor
- Experience Tip: Â If you are painting your walls with this makeover. Â Make sure you paint your walls first. Â Your new floors will look so amazing you won’t want to spill any paint on them.
- Tape all baseboard with wide painters tape.
- Pour you primer into the paint tray and using the 2″ paint brush quickly cut-in around the baseboards. Â That went really fast, right?
- Experience Tip: Wash your brush right way or wrap it in plastic and store in the fridge if you’ll need to use it again with the same paint/product in the next day or 2.
- Now it’s time to start rolling. Â Just that simple. Â Experience Tip: Â Make sure you plan an escape route, so start in the furthest corner from the door and work you way back toward your escape route door.
- Let it dry – it dries pretty fast.
- Do not remove the painters tape, you’ll want that in place for the next step.
- Clean your roller right away or wrap it in plastic and store in the fridge if you’ll need to use it again in the next day or 2.
Step 2 - Paint Floor
- Pour your paint into a clean paint tray.
- Using a 2″ paint brush cut-in along the baseboard. Â Experience Tip: Take your time now it will make everything go faster in the long run. Â wrap your brush in plastic and store in the fridge, since you’ll use it again for a quick 2nd coat.
- Grab your clean or new roller with the long handle and again starting in the corner furthest from your scape route begin painting your floors – just like you would a wall, making sure to over lap strokes and keeping the layers even. Â Experience Tip: Â It’s better to come back and do a quick 2nd or 3rd coat instead of painting heavy paint layers.
- Let it dry based on paint manufacturer recommended dry times based on temperature and humidity conditions in your area. Â Experience Tip: Â wrap your roller in plastic and store in the fridge, since you’ll use it again for a quick 2nd coat.
- Once the paint has dried – Â use your 2″ paint brush to do another quick cut-in around the baseboard.
- Grab your roller from the fridge and roll another coat of paint. Â
- Let dry. Â
- So what do you think? Â Do you need a quick third coat or does it already look amazing?
- If it looks amazing and it has completely dried then it’s time to seal the deal or in this case seal your floors. Â For this step we will be using the Stay Clearâ„¢ from Benjamin Moore.
Step 3 - Seal Floor with Stay Clearâ„¢
- You floor looks awesome! Â Now we want to make sure it stay looking this good for a long time to come. Â For this step we will be using the Stay Clearâ„¢ from Benjamin Moore.
- EXPERIENCE TIP: Â READ THE INSTRUCTIONS & DO NOT SHAKE THE STAY CLEARâ„¢, STIR IT GENTLY. Â MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FINISH A COAT – TO GET THE BEST RESULT YOU REALLY NEED TO DO THIS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. Â Gently pour the Stay Clear into a clean paint tray and using a new 2″ brush cut in at base boards.
- Then with a new roller start in the furthest corner and working back toward your escape route begin painting thin even coats making sure to overlap edges and to always keep a wet edge. Â Wrap your roller in plastic and store in the fridge, you’ll need it for a 2nd coat.
- Let dry until no longer tacky – it dries quickly. Â
- Once dry, roll a second coat – you shouldn’t need to cut-in a second time but you should judge that for yourself.
- Grab a Mojito – You deserve it. Â Your floor now looks amazing! Â Sit back and admire your new floor, snap a few pics, post to Instagram and Facebook. Â You rock. Â I’m so proud of you. Â
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