It's high time we had a floor in our loft. We've been making due (inadvisably) with 1/2" plywood scraps for the last several months. After chatting with the folks at our local building supply store, I decided on "lodgepole pine" tongue-and-groove boards that are flat on one side, with a chamfer in the other. The material is relatively inexpensive, and it looks good both as the upstairs floor, and the ceiling over the kitchen.
I began by sanding the boards, and then, after much mulling over about whether to stain them a different color than the beams, or try my hand at milk painting them, ended up staining one side to match the rest of the wood in the house.
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Tyler is installing them, and with each board that goes up, the difference is astounding. A real ceiling! A real floor! It looks wonderful, and it feels even better to have a sturdy, safe surface underfoot.
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