[Greenbuilding] Pollock underfoot
Clarke Olsen
colsen at fairpoint.net
Wed Feb 20 21:46:30 CST 2013
Don't dismiss this approach: it can be seamlessly repaired and adjusted. With this treatment, you have carte blanch to accent areas, shape your spaces, and make the floor more then a place to park chairs.
Clarke Olsen
clarkeolsendesign.com
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at taconic.net
On Feb 20, 2013, at 5:07 PM, John Salmen wrote:
> Paint splatter floor (Jackson Pollock is due for renewal) that way you can use simple floor patch and leveller and make it disappear
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> From: Greenbuilding [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Pratt
> Sent: February-20-13 11:58 AM
> To: Green Building
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Cheap flooring
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> I appreciate all the wisdom.
> Trying to get a trendy look for cheap, but based on your advice, I am wil probably tell them the best option is to refinish the floors. Any recommendations for a durable finish that has a trendier look? Maybe a grey stain?
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> Students are not going to be doing the remodeling, just the design.
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> Ben
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> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Clarke Olsen <colsen at fairpoint.net> wrote:
> Using plywood for flooring is a bad idea. The only way to make it worse, is to cut it into strips.
> If you are determined to use sheet goods for flooring,
> put down 5' x 10' sheets of OSB and paint it a beautiful color.
> Clarke Olsen
> clarkeolsendesign.com
> 373 route 203
> Spencertown, NY 12165
> USA
> 518-392-4640
> colsen at taconic.net
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> On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Benjamin Pratt wrote:
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> I'm leading a small team of students to do furniture and interior
> design for a local internet cafe that is opening up. They came to us
> because they have a tiny budget. My university gets grants to help
> local businesses, and we work for cheap.
> The existing floor mostly maple and oak, is in bad shape, with a lot
> of holes and
> other damage. There is also a 1" or so level change where there was a
> wall. My two ideas so far are in the links below.The first could
> possibly bridge the level change and would definitely cover the holes.
> I was trying to find a floor I saw in another store that seemed to be
> rough-sanded lumber, with no appearance of any finish at all. I
> couldn't find it, but the second link is close.
> Any comments on my ideas, or have any other recommendations?
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> http://www.picklee.com/2012/12/12/farmhouse-wide-plank-floor-made-from-plywood-diy/
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> http://wormtracks.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/beautiful-wood-seen-at-anthropologie/
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> b e n j a m i n p r a t t
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> professor art+design
> the university of wisconsin stout
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