I used acrylic paints and a vanish made for acrylic paint to do the hardwood floors for two reasons. One, I am more comfortable with it than stain and I can control the outcome better. Second, I used paint to simulate wood already and I felt using the stain would stand out in contrast to what I have done already.
I choose the three values in acrylic paint that I wanted to see in the wood on the floors, I do not know what kind of wood it would be, I just know what I like. I started with the lightest value to the darkest, while still wet I blended them one at a time over the previous color. The wood soaked up each color but working wet on wet still allowed each individual layer to show without over blending before the paint dried, I applied the vanish once dry.
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| I used laminate paper to join the flooring. |
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| I used patterns of each room to cut the floors. |
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| This is before the vanish |
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| This is after the vanish |
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| Chocolate Cherry paint and gloss varnish |
That looks great! I may do something similar for siding as I got a second hand plywood house that is finished without any. I am pretty good with paint. The man who built it varnished the wood on the wrap around porch. It's pretty enough, just the grain is too large. I may try making lines as if it is wood boards and I think it won't look bad since there will be furnishing behind the rail and balusters. Thanks for your inspiration. I love your stuff!
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