Learn about cheap DIY flooring ideas. With inexpensive pine or spruce, you can have the wood floor you’ve always dreamed of. Pine makes a terrific finished floor. I installed more than 1,000 ...

Q:1) Our house has wide pine floors with square nails. Our dog has ruined the floor with her nails. Is it worth refinishing with anything harder than polyurethane?

The buyer may still want the pine floor, but he or she at least will be forewarned about its performance. In general, the softer the wood, the more easily it can scratch.

If your floor has too many worn areas and spot-treating will give it a leopard-print look - and not in a good way -- another way to freshen things up is to paint the entire floor.

Adding a coat of paint to pine floors can give them new life, but if you want a good result, do not skimp on the preparation. By Ronda Kaysen Q: I live in a house with a finished attic, which has ...