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[i]We are remodeling the WHOLE house. Needless to say ther are many unfinished projects throughout. We cannot afford to complete everything at this time. So I've decided to try some creative tricks so that we can live with this mess till we can finish all of it. The most irritating eye sores for me are the uncovered floors. There is plain wood subfloor in most rooms.

My husband painted two of the rooms and did a great job. An appraiser thoought that one room was vinal flooring. He did not believe my husband when he told him it was just painted. The appraiser bent down to feel the floor before he woauld believe it was painted sub-floor (too funny).

Any way, I'm looking for other ideas to try that do not a lot of physical stamina. We are both under the weather right now. If anyone has any ideas I'd like to hear them. "doitdifferent08"

We did a fun application over our studio and kitchen floor using old newspaper and magazine pages. You first apply wallpaper primer to your floor, after the primer has dried apply a liberal amount of unpasted wallpaper paste to the area you will placing your first page. Place your page over the area and make sure that it lays flat removing any air bubbles or creases, then brush over with a wallpaper brush and continue on until your floor is covered. I would recommend sealing with 2-3 coats of WaterBased Polyurethane for Floors. We have found that even though the polyurethane may say non-yellowing it may still leave an amber tone in some areas because of the resin in the poly. It actually added a nice look to our project since we were using old magazine pages. We were told by a rep once that if you apply a few coats of MinWax water-based Polycrylic finish (which is designed for furniture and has less resin) first and then a final coat of the WaterBased Polyurethane for floors it may have a less chance of yellowing. I hope that helps and thanks for watching.