Lace Floor

Every great project needs a supervisor, right?

Well, here was mine while I worked away.

Let's just say this little cutie had a hard

time staying out

while I was working in the room.

I am surprised that we didn't have

painted little kitten tracks
throughout the room.

This is what I started with. 

I had some great helpers
that assisted in the carpet rolling and removal. 
After, I cleaned up all the tools
my hubby rented a box sander and sanded the whole
floor.  It was quite messy and I stuck a towel under the door to prevent
any dust from entering the rest of the house.

After the sanding, I did a lot of dust clean up.
Then,  I used TSP and followed the directions
and cleaned all of the floor.
Which, then brings us to painting. 
We had a pine floor.
 I know a lot of you would scream
to here that we are going to
paint the floor. 

Yes, I said paint.


I used Valspar bare wood primer.
During all this, I also painted the walls a lovely
 grey and fluorescent lime.

I did two coats of the primer on the floor. 
Next, bring on the color.
Once again, Valspar. 
This time it was the floor and porch paint.
Don't you just love a fresh can of paint.

I put on two coats of the floor paint.

After that was completely dry,

I picked up these pretty

little stencils at my

local craft store.

I saw that you can pick them

up at several retailers.

And then got busy stenciling

I decided to use grey floor paint

for the stenciling color.

I measured around the room

and found the exact center. 

I used chalk to mark the floor.

(Works great and you don't have to worry about marks)

I started in the middle of one side.

And then I worked to corner

Laying blue painters tape made it
perfect.  I could set my stencil against it
and I didn't have to worry about making the
pretty lace edge crooked.
You can also use the floor boards as
a guide, if they are relatively straight.

I then added the pretty lace doilies
scattered throughout
the floor.
No, measuring here. 
Just fun laying them down.

I could not have been happier with how it turned out.
It is now my favorite room in the
house.
So, bright and cheery.
No, polyurethane to add to it either.
Just sit back and
enjoy!!
It was quite cost effect too, we
spent a little under $100 for a
brand new floor.  Way cheaper than carpet
and so much prettier!!

And I had to add a little
quiltiness.   The room actually
matches my Hexie quilt I did a few months back.



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