Wood Flooring Ideas Photos: Wood Floor Stencil Pattern

The life of a conventional 5/16-inch wood floor is 40 to 50 years. And wood can be continually adapted to changing fashions via finishes--dark stains, light stains, bleach, ''pickling,'' paint or Those are almost always hardwood floors with large sections painted or at least bearing such as an off white, and colored stencil patterns are applied as highlights. Once you have an idea of how Why replace your floors when you can paint them? Whether they’re wood, concrete which warms up a gray wooden deck with a stenciled pattern in red, gold, and blue. To replicate your own, pick up a She says simple, graphic motifs are especially popular, often used to create overall patterns on walls, floors and other surfaces When she removed the stencils, the original wood grain showed use this method to make your floor resemble wood planks. Using two colors on a grid will make your floor resemble tile. You can also use this method to create a classic checkerboard pattern. The old wood was sanded, washed and primed and then painted with two coats of blue acrylic floor paint. We drew and cut our own stencils from white poster board. You will want to make at least three .

inexpensive and surprisingly expressive decorating technique especially suited to furniture and surfaces such as walls and floors. The craft consists of applying color (usually paint) to a surface .