Ugh it's so gorgeous. Who cares if it will show the dirt.

Does anyone know how this would stand up to regular/high traffic? Very cool idea.

Ditto Clampers

It's a beautiful effect...
...and if it gets scratched or whatever - just slap another coat of white deck paint down!

Very pretty! Do you know if they had to make any adjustments to the doors, since the floor must be now a bit higher than before?

Kool Find, I have painted wood floors (in my kitchen of all places) and it stands up pretty well. There are a few scratches and chips, but overall, it still looks great after three years.

And as Bepsf mentions, if the chips get to be too much, just repaint and stay at a friend's house for the weekend.

I'm in the process of painting my brightly colored apartment all white, so I totally understand the white apartment lust!

This post has made my day!

@ joannawinchester: the instructions call for 1/4" plywood, so I wouldn't think they would need to adjust the door heights. Most carpet carpet padding is at least 1/2" thick, and residential doors are typically sized to allow for carpeting (if you've ever been in a house where they stripped the carpet and left bare concrete, and didn't replace the doors, you'll notice that there's a good amount of space under the door).

Since they applied this directly over the subfloor, there shouldn't be any problems with door clearances.

It's beautiful! I went to her blog and checked out the process - it looks like there are 1/8" gaps between each board that just go down to the subfloor? Isn't that a major dust / dirt catcher, or am I missing something?

When I lived in London we had a flat with white painted floors. I'm a huge fan of the LOOK.

But I gotta tell it like it is.....it's easy to say "just repaint" but after the first couple of times, it gets old. Fast. It's tough to repaint just in sections because paint ages. So what was one color white six months ago might not match up so well if you spot paint. So, yeah. That means moving all the furniture and redoing the entire thing unless you want patchy pure white and slightly off white.

That said, if it truly doesn't bother you to keep doing this, it's a very lovely look that can take almost any decor well.

pretty cool and money saving idea. I put down laminate flooring throughout my house. It's held up well, but if and when it gets too worn, scratched etc. for me to live with, this is a great alternative. I'd paint it black though, or maybe a dark brown. I've also seen plywood used as flooring and left undisguised, just sealed. It thought it looked pretty cool. Worked well as wall paneling too.

Speaking for someone who has white painted stairs, this is an absolute cleaning nightmare! It shows dirt, pet hair, and everything else you can imagine. I can't imagine having a whole house like this. Pretty, yes. Functional, no. Just a warning...

I had a handyman lay plywood boards and paint it with white decking paint. It LOOKED awesome...and then you have to clean it. My floor only ever looks squeaky clean if I scrub on my hands and knees, and who wants to do that all the time?! I still love white painted floors but next time ( in the next few weeks in fact) I'll use fast drying marine paint. Decking paint by itself ( without a sealer) is an total nightmare.
Has anyone else tried marine paint?

I have white terrazzo. Love it! Nothing sticks to it. Downside: it's cold in the winter.

The dust magnet 1/8" spacer is creeping me out, too. I wonder if it's possible to use the marine paint someone suggested and drizzle some into the space. Would that make the dirt easier to vacuum out...hmmm...Without something of that nature the dust would work its way under the faux boards and really get stuck. I can't envision myself on hands and knees with tweezers pulling hairs and other debris out. But I r-e-a-l-l-y want white floor boards. Just once.

what a great idea, will try to remember when it comes to floor choices, in my next home - not sure when that might be.

Hi, I sooooo love this idea. Can anyone please tell me how they put the plywood on the existing floor? Did they use a special brand of glue? And the gaps in between the wood. Doesn't dirt get stuck between or what is the best way to do that? Greetings Karlijn (from the Netherlands)

White floors , hmm look very nice in the magazine, unless you are the clean freak this color is not a good option.
http://www.davincifloors.com/

I actually did this last month! I got plywood and nailed 17 cm boards to the subfloor with a nailgun. I wanted to paint it white but the look was already soo gorgeous, that I just stained it!

A month later the itch of having all white glossy floors is getting worse. I'm going to paint them after all!

I made gaps using little coins for the width of the seam, it worked out great! I assume that when I paint all those seams will be sealed better than they are now, so no dirt will get in!

(no dirt to speak of right now either by the way)