In case you’ve seen our DIY counter tops, you already know all about our part 1 makeover for our important toilet. We plan to completely renovate this house in 2-3 years, and I’m SO GLAD we took on this venture! One, as a result of it’s so good to have an area you completely love within the meantime, and two, you’ll be able to experiment with issues that you just take into account to be a little bit of a threat as a result of it’s momentary.
One of many issues that we actually wished to replace was our wood-look planked tile ground—the above picture reveals the flooring of their unique state. I perceive that lots of people love one of these tile, however I’m not considered one of them (and neither is my husband), so we determined to color over it and select a extremely enjoyable stencil. After doing a number of analysis on painted tile, I personally don’t assume I might have accomplished this for any type of long-term answer, simply because a number of accounts I’ve learn say that after a yr or two, issues begin to present put on.
One other a part of our choice to do the paint is that that since we don’t put on sneakers in the home, we may rely on there not being sneakers on this floor—just about naked/sock ft solely. My largest concern was that it wouldn’t look proper having to stencil over the grout strains because it’s not sq. tile/completely suited to the stencil, however you actually don’t discover them in any respect now that every part is finished.
In case you’re interested in how lengthy this venture took, I might finances three days. One for prep, one for stenciling/touching up, and one for sealing. The very first thing we did was clear the entire ground actually totally with Krud Kutter (a degreaser) and tape every part off. Then, we primed with a excessive adhesion bonding primer. We did three coats of primer, which is perhaps overkill, however we actually wished every part to be totally lined. Simply remember that because of the nature of those sorts of primers, it might not look totally opaque even after a couple of coats—the aim is to not cowl up what’s beneath, however to ensure the floor is prepped to take and maintain onto the paint.
Subsequent up, after the primer dried, we painted three coats of a white latex paint. Our tile was type of textured, so we actually wanted all of these coats to ensure every part regarded good and even. The picture above is in between coats 2 and three, so you’ll be able to type of nonetheless see the tile peeking via.
Subsequent up got here the stenciling! Right here’s the stencil we used. I like this firm as a result of you’ll be able to select the scale of the stencil you want to your dimension of tile (we went with the width of the tile, which I imagine was 8″ and determined we’d paint over the grout strains if vital in terms of size). The opposite professional of this model is that they offer you two stencils—one to chop up if that you must maneuver round corners and hard-to-reach locations, and one other to maintain intact.
Listed here are a few of my stenciling ideas:
-Apply on a bit of cardboard or scrap wooden first, as there’s undoubtedly a rhythm to stenciling.
-Don’t be afraid to stencil over grout strains.
-Hold a fabric or towel shut by to wipe extra paint off backside of the stencil so it doesn’t switch (this may in all probability nonetheless occur however don’t fear, you’ll be able to contact every part up later).
-Be certain you seal your work! We did three coats of poly and it feels actually sturdy and guarded.
Hope that is useful should you determine to sort out a stencil venture!
P.S. Right here’s a hyperlink to an analogous bathtub rug.