How to White Wash Wood Floors

This past week while on vacation, I decided to tackle one of the bedrooms in our new home, and turn it into a relaxing beach themed room. Heck, we even hung a hammock in the room!
While emptying the room, and painting the walls, I decided that I wanted the wood floors to match with this theme by white washing the floors.

Taking on a task I had never done before, I must say that they came out pretty spectacular, as did the entire room for that matter!

I had white interior paint already, so I was set!

What You Will Need:
-Sanded wood floors
-White paint
-Paint brush
-Water based polyurethane. I used Minwax.

Step 1-
 
Make sure floors are sanded. I did this using a handheld 5 inch orbital sander. You can also rent a drum sander, but unless you know what you are doing, I would skip out on that, especially if you are like me, a beginner to do it yourself home improvement projects!

Step 2-
 
After sanding clean the heck out of the floors to remove any dirt, dust or sanding debris.

Step 3-
 
Mix white paint with water in a container. I used half paint, and half water in a standard household container and mixed it together. Solution was very runny.

Step 4-
 
Paint your floors going with the grain of the wood. It is OK if things look milky, they are supposed to!

Step 5-
 
Allow paint to dry for up to 3 hours.

Step 6-
 
Use a water based polyurethane gloss over the paint to seal it in. I used Minwax, and it dried in 3 hours.
Work your way around the room until all floor boards are sealed with a thin coat of the Minwax clear gloss.

Step 7-
 
Allow everything to dry, and enjoy your new floors. This white wash finish looks beautiful and is so easy to do.