Painting My Garage Floor

This week's goal is to get my garage finished.  I didn't know what to do with the floors, so I decided to just paint them.  I didn't really want to spend money on flooring that would probably ruin with all the traffic and moisture that happens in a garage.


 



I searched online for inspiration, and found the above photo from paisleywallpaper.blogspot.ca.  Her hardware floors were in terrible condition, so she painted them.  I thought they looked so fun.  So I found the stencil online, and simple printed it off.

 

I traced it onto a large sheet of card stock, and cut out all the white.  Then, using a high enamel floor paint, I did the first coat on my floor.

Then I took my shoes off because I was leaving some pretty hefty footprints!

I had to do one half at a time, since the weather called for rain, and I didn't want all my furniture outside.  I mixed the floor paint with a little bit of white from the walls.  I started in the corner.
 

Simply matched the pattern up, and, using my sponge roller, painted away.
 

When Mark got home from work, he asked, "did you use a plumb line?"  to which I sheepishly said, "no..."  But look how straight it is still!
 

The stencil got super soggy, and I had to let it dry out and harden in the sun after every row.  Next time, I would just stop being so cheap and go to Michaels and buy a proper stencil. 
 

It took me two days, but late last evening, I was all done.  It's coming together!
 

Now we just have to finish that wall, hang a door, and it'll be all ready for decorating.  I can hardly wait!