Faux tiling — all done
A couple weekends ago I blogged about starting a faux tiling job on the sun porch of my new-old house.
All done now. :-)
Here’s the room with the finished floor:
Here’s the photo my friend took before I bought the house. Nice difference, eh?
The sellers, who kept tropical birds, left that bird cage, so I “funkified” it a bit and used it. Now I’m on a thrift-store hunt for a large stuffed parrot or cockatoo to live inside.
Except for the rug in the foreground and the peacock feathers (which came from the local farmers’ market), everything in the room was either a junque-store purchase, a gift, or something the sellers left behind.
And here’s a closeup of the faux tile:
A certain editor has wagered that the painted floor won’t wear well — that it will be gouged and scuffed within the year. He’s got a point (as a look around any old neighborhood with painted steps and porches will show). But to foil him, I covered the painted wood with several layers of water-based poly-coat. So far, so good. But we’ll see.
March 20th, 2011 at 3:15 pm
It looks nice, Claire. I love the storage-basket tables, they’re pretty.
Question: How wide is the “grout strip” you’ve painted on. It looks like a different width in each photo.
March 20th, 2011 at 4:12 pm
:-) Thank you, Pat. The “grout” is exactly 1/2-inch wide and was created by masking with tape of that width over a base coat of dark blue. The appearance of different widths is probably just an illusion created by the different angles in the photos.
(Boy, you’re quick at spotting new posts!)
March 20th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Well, it’s later here. I just happened to check in.
March 20th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
“A certain editor has wagered that the painted floor won’t wear well — that it will be gouged and scuffed within the year. ”
Is that with or without dogs? 8-)
March 20th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Very nice, Claire. I bet you didn’t find many chances to use that particular talent in the desert.
March 20th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
“you got to funkifize”, look good.
March 20th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
outstanding!
March 20th, 2011 at 7:52 pm
If it wears out fast, that just means you get to change the colors, keeping it from getting too boring, right? Maybe something like “faux-brick” next time.
That looks really good!
March 20th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
That turned out really cool, a great idea – too….A no shoes policy along with instructing the dogs to use their “indoor feet” and it should be ok….and you can always add more clear layers if you think it’s not enough….
It almost doesn’t even look like the same area !…..
What’s the next project?
March 21st, 2011 at 7:26 am
Thanks guys. Wish you could see my big, proud smile right now. Yep, doesn’t even look like the same room. Now it’s become a lovely place to have breakfast or sit in the sun reading.
The dogs have already been amazingly good about using their “indoor feet”! Fortunately, they seem to view the room as a place to snooze more than a place to play. Which is good. I definitely wouldn’t suggest a painted floor for a high-traffic or high-play area.
Next project? Yikes, where to begin? There are so many to choose from! I hope the next project isn’t repainting that floor …
March 22nd, 2011 at 2:27 am
Naw, it doesn’t work like that ~ it stays beautiful and unscathed until every single other project is done and you think all this is over…..then a scratch will show up, and heck, just go get another throw rug or move one over it….
Since it’s so rainy there, I bet it curls or does the usual wood funky wave stuff before it gets dinged…..maybe you should have done both sides, so you can flip it over, LOL…