Light Wood Flooring: Whitewashed or Soaped

A close-up of a light wood floor in the Nordic style. The wood is pine or white oak, specially treated to maintain an extremely light color: one method is whitewashing—white pigment is brushed into the grain's depressions and then wiped off the surface, so the grain appears as white lines while the wood surface remains light yellow; another method is soaping—repeatedly treating the surface with white soap, forming a matte protective layer and preventing the wood from oxidizing and yellowing, resulting in a completely matte texture that reflects almost no light. The planks are wide, with visible knots preserved. Because the floor is extremely light, it reflects light throughout the room. The tactile sensation when stepped on is dry wood, not a paint film. Avoid: using high-gloss finishes, staining the wood dark brown or reddish-brown, using narrow planks with dense seams, filling knots and cracks.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片北歐做法的木地板近景。木材是松木或白橡木,經過特殊處理保持極淺的顏色:一種是刷白——白色的顏料被刷進木紋的凹處再擦掉表面,因此木紋呈現白色的線條而木面仍是淺黃;另一種是皂化——以白皂反覆處理表面,形成霧面的保護層並防止木材氧化變黃,質地是完全的啞光,幾乎不反射。板材是寬板的,節疤保留可見。因為地板極淺,它把光反射到整個房間。腳踩上去的觸感是乾爽的木頭而不是漆膜。避免:使用高光的漆面、把木色染成深褐或紅褐、使用窄板與密集接縫、填平節疤與裂紋。