It’s a silly thing I know, but when eating at a restaurant and a visit to the toilet is required, it brings me real pleasure when I discover a patterned floor! I recently ate at Honey and Co in London and in addition to the gorgeous food, there is also a gorgeous patterned floor leading down to the toilets.
My first job for the new year was to stencil this tiny little space using the new Souk Stencil which is inspired by the simple repeating mosaic tiles found in North Africa. The floor was originally white but in an all white room I wanted to create some depth and add some pattern. There was a stencilled border around the edge which I wanted to keep and so using Duck Tape I masked the edge and with a mini roller painted the rest of the floor with Farrow and Ball Eggshell in Railings, a lovely deep charcoal colour.
Once dry I positioned the Souk Stencil starting at the corner behind the toilet and worked backwards towards the door using my Whitstable stencil paint. The Duck Tape was then carefully lifted to reveal the border.
As the paint is so thinly applied, it dries almost immediately and so I was able to varnish the floor as soon as the stencilling was complete. I applied two coats of Polvine Decorators Varnish in satin finish and then added a final top coat in dead flat finish.
I’m very happy with my first job of the 2016!
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That came out awesome! What was rthe original flooring material? Thanks
Thank you. It is just a simple plyboard which had been laid over the floorboards. I think it had been laid originally as a base for lino.