Easy Whitewashed Scandi Floors: Remodeling 101 - Remodelista
Last fall, when I dropped in on Mjölk, my favorite Toronto housewares emporium, owner John Baker invited me upstairs to see the newly renovated flat where he lives with his wife, Juli, and their two daughters. When I commented on their perfection, John said, “It’s much easier than you think to get the look.” (He was referring to our post How to Create a Scandi Whitewashed Floor, which describes a more complicated route.) John and Juli’s Toronto kitchen. “First, we applied a coat of Woca Wood Lye to bleach the boards.” “Next, we added several coats of white wood soap. You could also coat the floors with a white pigmented oil or clear matte urethane for an even tougher finish. However, the soap treatment is the traditional Scandinavian way, and it will develop a beautiful patina with age. We have used this finish on both our cottage and home, and we are really happy with it.” “We used 10-inch-wide solid Douglas fir boards from Peerless Forest Products in British Columbia. They’re tongue and grooved and also screwed and plugged with matching Doug fir dowels (the boards have to be screwed, otherwise they would begin to bow with age),” John says.