stenciled floor.

Our Guest Room carpet was thrashed:

stains from hair dye,

worn parts in high traffic areas,

and some mysterious melted spots...

I know it doesn't look that bad in the picture,

but I was not a happy camper.

I have envisioned something like this for a while now.

I think it's beautiful, and I wanted to recreate it.

So, while Eric was on a business trip, 

I ripped up the carpet, pulled out the tack strips, 

scrubbed glue, and patched many holes and seams.

I was afraid I was in over my head when after 2 days of hard work

 it still looked this bad:

But, I carried on.

I tried to purchase the stencils in the picture above,

except they were no where to be found ...

so, I made my own.

I painted the base coat, stenciled the designs, 

applied the poly floor finish, and 

vuala!

I'm in love.

There are a ton of imperfections 

due to the crappy sub-floor and homemade stencils,

so instead of hiding the mistakes, I highlighted them.

It's better than I even imagined.