Finishing the floor

recording original songs

We had to wait all winter to finish the floor in the studio. In the meantime, with the help of a lot of mats and a small oil-filled heater, the studio has been the scene of numerous recording sessions, jam sessions, art projects, drum rehearsals and photography sessions. This week Michel took the few bits of furniture out and washed the lovely red pine floorboards

art session Feb. 24, 2018

he'd put in last fall. And with a rag he oiled the floor with Tung Oil. This in my quest to avoid toxic materials and also because it is always easier to re-oil than to sand and re-varnish. And after a few coats of oil we'll head back inside to see how the studio responds to our humid hot summers. We have a lovely ceiling fan and two small windows for a cross current, with an option to fit a small airconditioning unit in one if we need to. But perhaps the fan will be enough.

freshly oiled pine floor