The other day I received an email asking for some input on painting a floor with large stencils that would give a room a gypsy-fied feeling ~ “loads of distressin, bold colors, old world, vintage, western, rustic, eclectic…. romantic with rough around its edges…. browns with purples and turquoise… an ageless appeal of something that has been there for years… added to over and over again.” It SOUNDS AMAZING & I can picture it in my head… here’s what I’ve come up with so far….

First of all, some images that give me that warm, gypsy, vintage feeling deep in my design soul… many of the links below the images include DIY directions.

{image via Design*Sponge}

 

{image via Kathy Peterson via Paisley Wallpaper}

 

{image via ohdeedoh}

 

 
{image via Craftster}

 

{image via About.com:Interior Decorating}

 

LOOKING FOR A SOURCE to purchase floor Stencils?? 
Try these folks…

I love the walls {ABOVE} ~ talk about Old World ~ WOW, gorgeous. 
They also have a HUGE US MapStencil that would be great on the floor in a kid’s room!!

There’s another How-To Source Right HERE…

And some more books for INSPIRATION…

 

I am dying to see someone else finish a  project like this… I’m not a DIY kind of girl but it seems like painting the floor a solid color, then distressing the hell out of it, then painting it again with more distressing, then adding the stencils would be a big first step for that layered look.  Maybe even doing the same thing with the stencils… paint, sand, blast, paint some more…  Lordy, I just don’t know.  Any experts out there that can chime in here??

I mentioned painting the floors in the apartment to my husb and he was less than impressed.  {Not that that would stop me.}  Something to dwell on for a while anyway…  Good luck with your project!!  SEND PICTURES!!!!!!!!!

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Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 at 8:48 am under Love It!!, Windows & Floors and . Comment RSS 2.0 feed. Comments/Pings Closed.