{"id":4754,"date":"2011-03-20T14:45:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T21:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=4754"},"modified":"2011-03-20T14:45:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T21:45:06","slug":"faux-tiling-all-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/20\/faux-tiling-all-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Faux tiling — all done"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple weekends ago I blogged about starting a faux tiling job<\/a> on the sun porch of my new-old house. <\/p>\n

All done now. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Here’s the room with the finished floor:<\/p>\n

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Here’s the photo my friend took before I bought the house. Nice difference, eh?<\/p>\n

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The sellers, who kept tropical birds, left that bird cage, so I “funkified” it a bit and used it. Now I’m on a thrift-store hunt for a large stuffed parrot or cockatoo to live inside.<\/p>\n

Except for the rug in the foreground and the peacock feathers (which came from the local farmers’ market), everything in the room was either a junque-store purchase, a gift, or something the sellers left behind.<\/p>\n

And here’s a closeup of the faux tile:<\/p>\n

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A certain editor has wagered that the painted floor won’t wear well — that it will be gouged and scuffed within the year. He’s got a point (as a look around any old neighborhood with painted steps and porches will show). But to foil him, I covered the painted wood with several layers of water-based poly-coat. So far, so good. But we’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple weekends ago I blogged about starting a faux tiling job on the sun porch of my new-old house. All done now. \ud83d\ude42 Here’s the room with the finished floor: Here’s the photo my friend took before I bought the house. Nice difference, eh? The sellers, who kept tropical birds, left that bird cage, so I “funkified” it a bit and used it. Now I’m on a thrift-store hunt for a large stuffed parrot or cockatoo to live inside. Except for the rug in the foreground and the peacock feathers (which came from the local farmers’ market), everything in…<\/p>\n

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