DIY Stained Plywood Flooring: Ana White Tiny House Build [Episode 13]
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
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We are building a tiny houe, and this is one of my favorite DIYs of the
build! To save money, time, weight and even a little headroom, we
stained up our subfloor in the tiny house! You won't believe how
beautiful it is!
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Our cabin has plywood floors, also dark stained. One thing my Dad and I did just as something fun to do... used a black marker and a long piece of scrap and made 'plank lines'. We had no idea just how good it would come out. With the few area rugs we have down - we constantly have people commenting on how amazing the plank flooring is until we grin and tell them to take a closer look. Sometimes have to even tell them what they are looking for. LOL
Just something to consider, or if not, something for others to consider. Looks great guys!
+OptimusPryhme HA, love it!
OptimusPryhme our house came with stained plywood under the carpet. I told my husband I’d prefer the wood but he was like nah it’ll look cheap. I’m totally going to make plank lines. Maybe I can change his mind:)
OptimusPryhme great idea! I'm so doing the marker lines.
Would love to see some photo's
Do you have pictures
I love this and have been considering working with my plywood sub-floor to save on expenses. The big tip I have taken away from this video is the 50/50 of stain and paint thinner. Thank you
whats the color of the stain?
You'll never need to worry about cutting the wrong size, spin in circles or waste time trying to figure out what goes where... With ryan's detailed shed plans ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxT9ExVpR-3A-9rpRqx8vzXKZ3BMMTg_KH , it makes building sheds a breeze - just like putting lego bricks together! You'll be able to create the kind of shed, your neighbors and other woodworkers will secretly envy (while mumbling nice job under their breath).
I did this except I cut the plywood in 6" strips
so it would look like planks...
I would've cut it too
It looks like what i think a tiny house floor should look like. The only thing i would have done different is to use the saw dust and some kind of filler to hide the small gaps in the plywood. then sanded and stained it.
Great idea! Thanks for watching:)
I love it! I was going to use linoleum to save on weight and footprint, but I didn't know that you didn't 'have to' have flooring onto subfloor. Thank you Jacob!
I knew plywood floors could be beautiful. Plywood floors for my kitchen and master bathroom in my mobile home! Very budget friendly for my fixed income!!!
Glad u made this we pulled up our nasty old carpet and had the plywood under it and I actually suggested to just stain it instead of spending time and money on a hole new floor , my boyfriend said it wouldn't work . Cant wait to show him this 😂😂😂
AWESOME!
Have done a lot of painted floors in the past and have realised that the warmth of stein is timeless just like your floor.Thanks.
That subfloor has some really nice grain patterns to it, looks awesome guys. A job well done!!
+GunsHarleysUSA Thank you!
I like it when they rip it to look like wide pine, and it helps it not to look like 4x8 sheets, so seems become a feature rather than an eyesore.
Hey, If you ever get tired of the color stain? Try picking thin plywood sheets with equal pattern and glue down with Weld wood glue and try a different stain. You have unlimited colors and patterns also.
and don't forget to replace every two months as it warps, dents and layers peel apart as the temp and humidity changes and the weight put on normal floors tears it up.
There is very little strength in thinner sheets of plywood, with 1/4 inch consisting of one layer of veneer and two layers of glued wood byproducts which vary by manufacturer. Even 3/4" Plywood is iffy. Use birch made in China and your floor won't last one season.
A good alternative to solid sheets of plywood that are bound to warm and peel apart? Cut the plywood into planks and finish them with a good stain and clear coat. If one of the panels becomes damaged, you only need to replace that plank instead of a while 4×8 sheet of the stuff that they price as if it was a precious metal.
Love,love,love it ! I've been living with an unfinished ply wood floor trying to save enough money to have hardwood floors laid. I'm going to try this. Thanks for sharing. Great job ! :)
How did it come out
I was doing the same thing trying and save to change up the plywood to hardwood..i am so happy I came across this video.
Having a crude floor means having no stress with scratches or anything. This idea saves money and fuel by reduced weight also. Congratulations.
Thanks!
I love this floor. I didn't have money to tile my kitchen or install fancy flooring, so I added plywood like you did, but, filled in the nail holes and edges to make it as if it were one large piece of wood. Then in my kitchen I painted the classic black and white tiles. Since my space was so tiny, I made the square not really squares, kind of an Alice in Wonderland trick, making the kitchen look larger than what it was, an illusion.
Then in my living room I had the tile look as well.
But in my bedroom, I really painted it up, with square and a funny theme and surprising pink trim around the edges.
The only thing I battled with was polyurethane coatings. Which is the most durable? The oil based yellowed over time, bummer, but, the water based wore out faster. My house doubled as my workshop.
I really like the look. The half and half stain to turpentine really allowed the beauty of the wood grain to come through. Very nice, good choice.
I like the floor. As you said, it makes so much more sense for a vacation and work place. I spent many years working with people building beach homes. Every one insisted on putting in expensive wood flooring --- then spent a huge amount of time and energy trying to police every man, woman, child, dog, and cat who walked in the door to keep them from tracking sand in. Seriously, sometimes it was like a constant litany: "Someone tracked sand in! Who tracked this sand in? You're going to ruin my beautiful floors! Now look at this mess I have to clean up!" And on and on.
What miserable vacations those people had, in their nice beach homes. Just a little common sense would have pointed towards a solution like yours, putting in floors that were inexpensive and easy to keep up. How much more fun that would have been for the whole family!
YES!
This was an answered prayer. We are doing our own tiny house on 20 acres and have been out so much money preparing the land. We decided we needed to do something a bit cheaper for our flooring for now to hurry and get in it before winter. This is a beautiful option. Thanks for sharing.
Great!
Visually I think its gorgeous! Sure its plywood but that doesn't make it any less appealing to me! Its smart and I love it!
Thanks Gwynn, we like how it turned out!
Great Savings Idea from Your Husband=Great Look. Congratulations to you Both, Ms. Ana White!
Thank you so much!
I think you..you should caulk joints with a brown water-based caulking this would be good for mopping but look's good
+Jim Cooney Great idea, thanks for watching!
Do that and see yourself replacing it every season where the floor contracts and expands. Especially with plywood, where there will be a degree of warping both as it dries out even more since being milled, as it moves with the weight transfer put upon it and the wood follows its grain as it twists from both being kiln dried and tension being released when cut into its current size.
Wood products sold in big box stores fly from the point where the tree is cut, through the milling process and dried too quickly in the kilns. Even then, these common building supply woods are still green and contain a fair bit of water when on the shelf, which is why you see so much of it warped and cupped to hell on the shelves.
Any caulking, sealing, or use of any product that binds to the wood and another surface will not last. Especially with a product such as silicone that also shrinks and receeds at its own rate. If you just have to do this for whatever reason, use acrylic sealant. If its for looks, for thin gaps just use wood filler and stain it the colour of your floor, or for large gaps, a piece of twine (non-synthetic) the size of any gaps to fill them and stain them the colour of your floor if needed. There should be videos on UA-cam that show you how to do either properly.
I have even a better solution than that...
I used to have a business: Furniture Stripping and Refinishing...
So you could't SEE the caulking... I used watered down white glue...
poured it into the hole or whatever I needed to "Fill" on the wood... but first I had "SANDED" to get a little pile of sawdust... I mixed the sawdust over the water/glue (let it set) no need to mix... the sawdust will soak down into the glue...
Or you can mix the two together. Personally I like to just pile the sawdust over the glue and gently pat it down, after it dries (the next day) I sand it down... and it looks really good, because you've used the same wood as the wood you're using...
Works every time, and STAINS the same too.
I like cutting them into planks my self. But your workmanship and the stain you used made the plain plywood look great! Thank you for sharing this video with us.
I thought it looked really neat. But I really loved the T-shirt: lattes lipstick lumber... Genius.
+j Tveit Thank you, you can shop on the website if you'd like:)
The stained flooring is gorgeous and of course the covering makes it shine. Just perfect.!
Thank you!
Great idea using thinner in the stain mix! I am doing the exact same floor idea in a shed, and put on stain... too dark.. so sanding all day, again to take some off. Will apply your idea tomorrow!
Thanks and best wishes.
love it! I'm in the process of building my container home and this video helped me a lot. thank you
GREAT!
Wow! Was getting ready to stain plywood floors in a small guest cabin. Was worried about how it would look until your awesome video. Thank you!
love that Bengal look flooring
Love it & it's not as labor intensive as most of the video's I've seen
Looks great. It looks great because you used quality plywood, installed it by centering the sheets and your nailing pattern and by mixing the stain 50/50 with paint thinner gave it the perfect color and tone. It looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, we love it!
Love it!!!!! I just made a coffee table with plywood and plumbing pipe👍🏻
Plumbing pipe ? Do you have a picture 😀
This is amazing. Thank you for sharing me and my husband are also thinking about doing this.
I'm about to do this in my step daughter's room! So excited.
Genius idea. Practical and beautiful. Well thought out again ☆☆☆☆☆
+Shel Davenport Thanks!
Looks really good. Something to definitely consider.
Thank you and thanks for watching!
@@AnaWhiteDIY what stain did you mix with the paint thinner? I was thinking about a dark walnut.
I love this idea Anna ! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
What color stain did you use on the floor....it looks fabulous
Thank you, thank you!! I didn't know what to do with my kitchen floor after tearing up old vinyl. I am going to do this. Not expensive, and looks so pretty!!! You rock!
AWESOME, you could cut into strips too to get a planked look if you desire a different look:)
Floors look Awesome, what an excellent way to cut back on cost & wight and still have the beauty.
Ana & Jacob, I feel blessed I came a crossed your video segments. I am wanting to redo my 1993 5rh wheel and this has been perfect. Thank you!!!
Great!
Loveeeeeee it! This is the second video I've watched of people using plywood as flooring and that thought ran across my mind so I think I'm going to give it a try! Wish me luck!
I just love those first 2 seconds of the intro. I always replay it.
+Heavyboxes Thanks:)
+Heavyboxes LOL, me too. I do the exact same thing.
Very good idea for budget situations! Seems a lot easier than trying to put down vct!
Thanks, it worked out pretty good, and you can always do a finished floor later if you change your mind!
like anything that cuts cost and looks great as well as easy to clean win, win, win...love it
Absolutely love this floor....so ALASKAN practical!
my husband and I are doing our own remodel. Have no clue what we are doing. we are trying this floor method for our dining room. hope it turns out as good as yours.
OMG I love love this. I have plywood floors and didn't know what to do with it.. Am building without a contractor so alot of this things at ignorant about it. I thanks a million for sharing. Thanks thanks thanks.
Wonderful!
Love, love, love it! The ultimate in practicality - got a divot in your floor?? No problem - fill it, sand it, stain it, polyurethane it, and the divot disappears. Infinitely adaptable. And, if you decide to upgrade someday, the subfloor is already in place!
+Judith Jordan Exactly, thanks for watching!
That floor looks great! ....if I ever build a tiny home, that's exactly what I will do!
It's worked great for our use!
OMG the floors look amazing. Ana you inspire a lot of people .
It looks way better than I thought it would, definitely a good idea.
We were surprised too! Glad you like the flooring!
I agree, it does look nice
+Miss Gaile Thank you!
I bought an older double-wide that needed a complete refurbishing. I've been planning on installing a finer grade finished plywood. The home has 1,200 sf. It will save me about a thousand dollars! I'll be using some inexpensive large area rugs that I can shake out or hose down in summer. I have loads of pets so carpet wasn't an option. Wood heat and even here in Northern Montana I'll still be cozy. Thanks for the video, nice to have a confirmation of my plans.
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I've been looking for a simple solution to my floor cover dilemma.. and I've found it! 🎉 thank you!
Glad I could help!
Wow, with 5 furry kids in there, I think this is the best choice AND it looks awesome!!!
That's what I was thinking about doing at my cabin in Maine. So now I'm sure that's what I'll do. Thanks so much.
Great!
@@AnaWhiteDIY I also seen some others rip the plywood into boards and put those down. Kinda neet.
I love it and the simplicity of it as well...
Great choice on 50/50 stain plus, good use of natural floor designs being picked up by rug patterns. Very eye worthy! Easy to lay another topping should you ever decide you want a change in style! Love this series! Thx! .pgw/Oregon
+Patricia Walters Exactly, thanks for watching Patricia!
I might try this on my shed floor. Thank you.
Nice!
Love the way your floors came out! My grandparents built a "cabin" in north Idaho and my grandpas solution for flooring was to use the subfloor as well. He painted lines on it near some of the seams and put poly over the top. Floors lasted forever just fine. Including taking a use from 4 grandkids and 3 great grand kids and many many others coming in with wet, muddy shoes at times.
+Tracy Smith Love that!
Considering what you are using it for I think it turned out amazing! The pattern pops out!
+Charles Winter It is perfect for this application, thanks for watching!
This is a great way to save money also. I have rentals and believe me some people have no respect for anything. So there I am again replacing something inside...mainly the flooring. So plywood, little stain, and some polyurethane makes a great floor. Trim it in with 2x4 cut on a table saw. One can get about 11 pieces for the price of one... oh!!! And did I mention that it looks great...on to the next project. Thanks guys for the video.
Love it!!!!
Turned out great! Very practical for the use intended.
+Jonathan Mutchler Yes it is, thanks!
glad you chose a dark stain, looks great
+Robin Veysey Thanks!
So good! We are converting a school bus into a tiny home and so we decided to finish the subfloor! Can't wait to see how it turns out. Your floor looks great and we would love a similar color.
I’m also at this point,just burnt my Douglas fir plywood floor just wondering what is the best next step sealing it...cheers
Love it. I was thinking of doing this, but all the other videos cut the plywood in planks, so I didn't know if I could do it by sheet. Also, no way to cut it in strips unless I pay someone. I think this looks much better, the woodgrain really shows.
good choice Ana it looks really great and the grain just pops out good job.
+paul kennedy It really does, thanks for watching Paul!
Nicely done. At first I was no it's going to look cheap...but it has a purpose. And it grows on you....lol Nice work Ann and Jacob...
+Robert Evans Thanks, it was a gamble, but for this application it turned out great!
Good choice on the floor and hat Jacob. Let's go Pens
+yinzer 83 Right on! Thanks:)
I had this idea, so glad I searched and found someone else doing it 😁😁😁
thank you. i just pulled up old carpet and i was wondering could i just stain this plywood and call it a day. yours look good and thats what i am going to do to mines. thanks again.
Love it! Is there anything better than when you first put stain on something made of wood and see how it's going to look!? It just seems to come to life.
+Emily Kira It is very transforming, thanks for watching!
I like it... going to do that for a cabin we are building.
Thank you ! Short and to the point.
it's great how you come up with form and function for your stuff it saves a lot of weight and it looks beautiful nice job.
Thank you!
Great Idea on the floor. I was thinking of using 1/4" bamboo. Now I may go with just subfloor.
It turned out very well. Well done. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Beautiful finish and a great choice of stain color.
Thank you!
I would have made the same decision on the floor. Looks great and you can always carpet later if you want. Thumbs up.
+OG Timbercraft Exactly, we love the options with it. Thanks for watching!
Looks great
not my style, but a cheap solution, does not look bad at the end. Maybe if you cut strips of plywood you can make it look like a hardwood flooring
+Daniel Rodriguez That would be another great way to do plywood flooring, for this application it works. Thanks for watching!
Funny how people take a rustic/industrial idea and want to traditionalize it. That's not what it is.
Wood floors not rustic? XD
I love this idea! Thanks for sharing
I love the look of plywood floor
The floor looks very good
Thank you!
Do it big Ana!
Great decision guys! It looks great!
+Michael Ackerman Thanks!
Beautiful finished look...we are thinking this will be a good option to our "new to us" 5th wheel trailer that we just bought last summer. The 90's gross, dirty rose colored carpet has got to go. But we are on a very tight budget so this will be perfect until we can afford something different . Thanks for showing us how easy and beautiful it was to do.
And here I thought I was going to do a brown paper floor in our kitchen. I think I like this idea a lot and since we will be staying in our home for many years to come, I won't need to worry about having to replace flooring to prepare for a sale. Our home is an 1800's home so I'm trying to retain as much period characteristics as possible. While plywood might not be period, wood is. There are sooooooo many ideas out there. Need to research to find the right one.
My biggest concern was going to be the seams between each plywood panel. But, poly will resolve so that I won't have to worry about a filler not matching.
Loved it watched your video because I didn't have a lot of money and wondered if I could stain my floor you did a wonderful job
Glad it was helpful!
Flooring = Awesome. Great call! And nice build.
So beautiful, just what i am going to do to my floors.
Love this! Thank you for doing a video. I’m doing an Airbnb space, and wanted to do something else with the floors besides the carpet because I have a feeling that will get very stained over time. This is inexpensive and beautiful!
Loved it.So rugged.
+Bob Runde It works great for this application, thanks for watching!
Looks great. keep it up. Thx for the videos, nice to follow your project and collect some ideas
+Chris Christensen Thanks for watching!
I've always wondered what that would look like, looks really nice actually!
Love this! We desperately need to get rid of the carpet in our house, but can't afford to re carpet the entire house. This might be an option for us.
Gteat job! Big fan of all you do.
Wow, what a great result. My mouse fell open when I saw how the paint changed the look of the wood. I have to find out what to buy here in the Netherlands to get the same result. Great idea! Thank you so much!
Glad you like the stained plywood floor. It's holding up well and we really like how it turned out too.
im loving your floor!
Thank you!
Great job, love it, remarkable 👍
Thank you so much 😀
This is awesome! I am currently bow doing to the floors in my home after remodeling 😁
Wonderful!