Stenciled floor

Our half bathroom in our basement had the ugliest floors. Stained vinyl the previous owners had installed. I needed an inexpensive fix and replacing them wasn't an option. 

I'm addicted to Instagram and saw several people that had chalk painted their vinyl or linoleum flooring and it looked fantastic. I figured it couldn't get any worse so I gave it a try and holy smokes the difference is amazing!  

Here is what the old floor looked like. 

Step one was cleaning and then priming the floors. I used some leftover primer from another project and rolled it on with a paint roller.

I let the primer dry for several hours and then painted on the base coat color. I used 
Rust-oleum Chalked paint in charcoal. I found mine at Menards (link)

I used a small roller to roll on the paint and angled brush to get in the corners.

I let the base color dry overnight.

The next morning I started on the stenciling. This part took me all morning and afternoon to complete. I used painters tape on the edge of the stencil and lightly rolled on the Chalked Linen White paint with a small roller. 

My advice is take your time, don't rush, and wear some knee pads.

There were spots where the paint bled through the stencil. After everything dried I used a tiny paintbrush to do touch-ups. 

The third day I used a matte finish polyurethane and did three coats on the floor, letting it dry completely in between coats. This one is my favorite (link)

I love the floors and since I have leftover paint I'm thinking about stenciling the floors in my laundry room as well. I'll keep you posted. 

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