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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Paint splatter floor (Jackson Pollock is due for renewal) that way you can use simple floor patch and leveller and make it disappear<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=629 height=417 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE0F73.93646910" alt="The splatter covered floor of painter Jackson pollock's studio at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in East Hampton,New York7/21/2010. ( Michael P. Farrell / Times Union ) Photo: MICHAEL P. FARRELL"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Greenbuilding [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Benjamin Pratt<br><b>Sent:</b> February-20-13 11:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> Green Building<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Greenbuilding] Cheap flooring<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I appreciate all the wisdom.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>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?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Students are not going to be doing the remodeling, just the design.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ben<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Clarke Olsen <<a href="mailto:colsen@fairpoint.net" target="_blank">colsen@fairpoint.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Using plywood for flooring is a bad idea. The only way to make it worse, is to cut it into strips.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you are determined to use sheet goods for flooring, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>put down 5' x 10' sheets of OSB and paint it a beautiful color.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Clarke Olsen<br><a href="http://clarkeolsendesign.com" target="_blank">clarkeolsendesign.com</a><br>373 route 203<br>Spencertown, NY 12165 <br>USA<br><a href="tel:518-392-4640" target="_blank">518-392-4640</a><br><a href="mailto:colsen@taconic.net" target="_blank">colsen@taconic.net</a><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Benjamin Pratt wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm leading a small team of students to do furniture and interior<br>design for a local internet cafe that is opening up. They came to us<br>because they have a tiny budget. My university gets grants to help<br>local businesses, and we work for cheap.<br>The existing floor mostly maple and oak, is in bad shape, with a lot<br>of holes and<br>other damage. There is also a 1" or so level change where there was a<br>wall. My two ideas so far are in the links below.The first could<br>possibly bridge the level change and would definitely cover the holes.<br>I was trying to find a floor I saw in another store that seemed to be<br>rough-sanded lumber, with no appearance of any finish at all. I<br>couldn't find it, but the second link is close.<br>Any comments on my ideas, or have any other recommendations?<br><br><br><a href="http://www.picklee.com/2012/12/12/farmhouse-wide-plank-floor-made-from-plywood-diy/" target="_blank">http://www.picklee.com/2012/12/12/farmhouse-wide-plank-floor-made-from-plywood-diy/</a><br><br><a href="http://wormtracks.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/beautiful-wood-seen-at-anthropologie/" target="_blank">http://wormtracks.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/beautiful-wood-seen-at-anthropologie/</a><br><br><br>-- <br><br><br>b e n j a m i n p r a t t<br><br>professor art+design<br>the university of wisconsin stout<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=650 height=434 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE0F73.93646910" name="13cf926117b3c991_OHQtGAG2RMmVBgFE9uJ1lVIdgj-h8ah6NVMI9L4OmBk%2CoL1ahhRbuqjBrf9CVJgeMfnYvEtlK6mKKCygNS6xZgY.jpeg">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Greenbuilding mailing list<br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>Greenbuilding mailing list<br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><br><br>b e n j a m i n p r a t t<br> <br>professor art+design<br>the university of wisconsin stout <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>