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I love white washed! As it turns out, it's not really my style, but I always like it when I see it.

Years and years ago I purchased two pieces of furniture from Gothic and had it white washed. It was amazing to see how the patina changed over the years. One piece went more to the yellow and one went to the pink.

Wow. Love it, it looks so natural and clean. I'm a sucker for clean, fresh color palettes!

Whitewashed floors: So 80's...

Oh, I don't think so...what was 80s was all the red oak floors that got pickled and turned to pink! If it's whitewashed with paint, that's totally different (to me, anyway.)

I love it. Could you do it on parquet floors or would it look too weird?

I had whitewashed floors when I lived in Denmark. They were AWFUL to keep clean, and when it came to washing them, you had to do a special technique involving rubbing on this soapy goop (made from soap flakes and hot water), scrubbing, and then wiping off the goop (before it dries!) while attempting to leave some of the residue behind. It took me days to wash the floor- literally.

that being said, I loved the look of them. They kept the apartment bright and airy.

I painted my kitchen floors (life on the edge...) white and it's been fairly easy to keep them clean. I use windex and a damp mop.

Yesterday I cleaned up after the tile installer wet ground the cement counter and admired the way the white dust and water had settled into the wood grain on the old oak floor, like pickling. It looked so soft and had a lot of character. But she just gave me a funny look.