Posts

Showing posts with the label painting vinyl floors

DIY!!!!! Painting old vinyl floors

Image
It's winter in NH, perfect time for indoor projects! My Dad taught me to rewire a lamp and change a tire when I was 10.  Scots & Irish New England Yankees at our best, I learned early on-don't needlessly throw money at things, we can do ourselves.  Spending a small fortune to start to redo the flooring on first floor of my house. One of the things I have always wanted to try, was to "refinish" old linoleum, to see first if it was possible? And, second because the Kitchen was one space I wasn't sure if I wanted to extend the other flooring into yet.  The idea of unique and free-form design also harks back to my Textile Design & Fine Arts degree...I love textures and variety.  So, I read a bunch of blog posts, watched YT videos to figure out the techniques and materials I would need. Prep is the most important thing!!!  I bought all of my supplies for painting at Home Depot, my go-to place for DIY! Stencils can be found online, I found a large pa...