This week is One Room Challenge week five. I have been so excited about sharing this week’s progress with you because it was one of those projects that could have gone either way but it was a huge success!
For those of you who are stopping by for the first time, The One Room Challenge™ is a biannual interior design blog and Instagram event. In each round, twenty design influencers are selected to take the challenge as Featured Designers, and transform a space and any blogger or Instagrammer can join as ORC Guest Participant by linking their own room transformation each week. Every Wednesday, the designers document their process while sharing their sources and professional advice over eight weekly posts.
My previous posts on the topic are below if you need to get up to speed.
WEEK 1 / WEEK 2 / WEEK 3 / WEEK 4 / WEEK 5 (You are here) / WEEK 6 / WEEK 7 / WEEK 8 – REVEAL
Be sure to check out other ORC Featured Designers and Guest Participants over at The One Room Challenge!
If you remember from my original mood board I was in love with the pattern of the Mirth Studios Blossom Hardwood and while I didn’t think the hardwood would work for my space they also make this pattern in a peel and stick decal. I ordered a sample and loved durable the heavyweight of the decal, unfortunately, the texture of the tiles I was going over was not smooth enough for this heavier decal and the decals are 12″x12″ and my tiles were slightly smaller so this was not going to be a good option.
So, on to plan B… Recreate a colorful patterned floor tile design using paint.
To do this a started with a Cutting Edge Stencils called the Premavera Tile Stencil. This would normally be a two to three-color stencil but I decided to make it my own by hand cutting a few added stencil pieces and applying hand-painted elements on top.
Here is what I came up with… On the left is my test tile on the right is the Mirth Studio Blossom floor decal.
After cleaning and priming the tiles I gave the whole floor a coat of the same color green I used on the walls. I then used a circle stencil I cut to match the center circle of the original stencil, this allowed for another color in the center of the stencil. I started with the full tiles in the center.
Once those were completed I cut my stencil for easier work along the edges.
Once all the stenciling was done I added a layers of hand painting with the dark coral and blue outer ring of the circle.
The final step was a few coats of Polycrylic (affiliate link) to protect the finish.
Once I get the quarter round down it will be complete.
The process was a lot of work but for just about 20 tile I think it was worth the effort and I love the results. In the end a pretty good substitute…
Next week we are going to discuss lighting and the hiccup I ran into before I got to my final decision.
This looks incredible! I can only imagine how many hours went in to this. I love them!
Many, many hours Ginny but well worth it!
What kind of paint did you use on the tiles? I’ve been wanting to do something like this in my kitchen.
I used a combination of latex I had leftover from the walls and acrylic for the stencils but I know a lot of people use chalk paint as well. I’m not sure the paint is as important as putting down a good primer that will stick to all surfaces and finishing it off with a good top coat like polyacrylic to seal it all in.