Stencil Painted Deck Floor Cutting Edge Stencils
Stencil painted deck floor is a beautiful, and easy way to add style to an outdoor space. After looking at inspiration on Pinterest I decided to add a stencil to my wood deck floor in our screened in porch.
Painting a deck and using Cutting Edge Stencils is a great way to customize your floor.
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Let’s go back to a year a year ago, when I shared my screened in porch.
When I revealed my room I also shared that I was unable to paint our deck floor, I was told the wood needed many months to dry out before painting them, and that turned into a year. If I didn’t wait until the wood dried out, the paint wood have peeled off, so I waited and I waited.
The floor was pretty ugly so I covered it up, using rugs. But I couldn’t leave these out all of the time, because when it rained I didn’t want the rugs to get ruined.
When I did finally paint the deck floor, I painted it the ivory white color I have on the post walls in our screened porch.
Over the winter months I was trying to figure out what to do, when the idea of adding a stencil to the floors came to mind. I wanted my stencil on the floor too look like a pretty rug.
Here are the supplies needed:
– Stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils
– Acrylic paint
– Paper towels
– Foam roller brush
– Stencil brush
– Painters tape
– (not needed for this project, my paint brush, wall level)
I used my paint brush to wipe the dripping paint from the paint can.
Since I wanted the stencil to look like a pretty rug, I decided on a damask pattern stencil, It’s called Anna. First I painted my wood deck with Glidden porch and floor paint in a satin finish.
I loved using this paint last fall when we painted the first coat and decided to use it again, I got great coverage with just one coat, but added two coats since this will be high traffic.
The base color is a custom color, I basically was matching my siding. I was thinking of using different color instead of a neutral color. But I decided to keep my floor neutral and add color in different ways to my room.
After my floor was fully dried ( I waited 24 hours) it was time to stencil my floor. Adding a stencil to my floor was a little challenging, my floors are not even because of the screw holes. I’m not that ambitious that I wanted to cover each of the screw holes with wood putty, and then sand each one.
Yeah….no that was not going to happen.
So in the process this was not always completely flat as a wall would be. Each time I finished applying paint to my stencil I had to wipe the back off because of bleed through. As I said this is because the surface was uneven. I also didn’t follow directions, big surprise huh?
When you use these stencils they recommend using an acrylic paint. Why, because using an acrylic paint will help prevent bleed through, because it’s a flat paint.
Since this was going outside, and will be walked on….a lot, I decided to use my porch and floor paint that I used on my posts. Using this porch paint caused some bleed through issues. But, if I had used acrylic paint I would have had to used a sealer on top, being that this is outdoors. I wanted to cut corners and so I didn’t use acrylic paint.
Other than my obstacle of the unevenness of the surface this was a very easy project. I started on the left side of my room. Placed my stencil down, taped it and began.
Before you apply your roller to your stencil, first roll your paint roller into your paint. Then take your roller and blot off most of your paint. Since it was windy the day I did this, I taped paper towels onto an old board I have.
When applying paint with your roller to your stencil, use a firm but not too firm pressure. Again, you don’t want bleed through. I kept working from left to right until I got to the bottom of my room.
I needed to remember to leave room so I could get out of the room. This messed things up just a bit, and my last stencil ended up being uneven because I did not end in a corner. But honestly you can’t even see it unless you really look for it.
And here it is all finished. I love the look and feel of our room. Originally I was going to do a checkerboard pattern on my floor. But this damask stencil is more me 🙂
A big thank you to Cutting Edge Stencils for supplying me with the stencil and all that was needed to complete this project.
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That is beautiful. I applaud you, that looks like a lot of work. Can’t wait to see more of your porch!
Thank you so much Tracy. It was, but I love how it looks!
That looks so good, Anne. I’ll be glad just to get our deck finished and painted. Can’t wait to see the pops of color you’ll be adding.
Thanks so much Kim!
So pretty !
10 years ago I had that type of “stencil fever” too. Sometimes it can be a real challenge to get it done. Your poor knees -I bet …The good part of a stenciled floor is : you don`t see every crumb of a cake on the floor …Well, I have to repaint some floors…
Have fun with your wall .
Thank you so much for the inspiration !
P.S. Do you think of putting a clear top coat on for better protection ?
Thank you Dani! Not so much my knees, but my legs and back were killing me after! I actually don’t mind if this floor get’s worn and faded with scratches. I am all about worn patina…so I welcome those authentic imperfections 🙂
Anne,
This is stunning. I love it. Lots of work but sure was worth it for this fabulous look. So beautiful.
Kris
Thanks so much Kris! Yes a ton of work…my body still aches! But I LOVE the results!
It is just your style,you are so right and i love it,can’t wait to see the rest.Have a great day Anne.
Thank you so much Marlene!
Anne this is so pretty and the Damask would be my choice too.
I hope your back and knees are okay
Cindy
Thanks so much Cindy!
Awesome awesome awesome, Anne!!!!! I love it!!! It adds so much unique interest to a space! Would you mind emailing me some pics of your porch, Anne? We’re hoping to screen in our back deck and I would love to see the construction of your porch and the type of screens you have. What kind of screen door do you have? I’m searching for some ideas, so any help you could give me would be appreciated!! Thank you so very much – and GREAT JOB, girlie!!! Oh….I got my Muddy Pond on Friday and hope to play with it sometime this week! 🙂
xoxo laurie
Thank you Laurie! Absolutely my friend…will do!
WOW!! That is absolutely gorgeous!!
Thank you Jackie!
It’s absolutely amazing! The floor looks like lace, i love it!
Cindy
Thank you so much Cindy!
Anne, this is amazing. I absolutely love what you have done. It’s elegant and totally original! Fabulous!
Thanks so much Kim!
Thanks for the instructions!! It’s SO very pretty! What colors did you use? It’s hard to tell on my computer screen-looks like maybe gray is the background and white is the stencil color? Absolutely beautiful!!
Your welcome Beverly. Well they are both custom colors. The darker color matches our siding, and the lighter color matches our trim. The darker color is a light chocolate brown, the lighter color is a ivory white. I hope that helps.Both are from Glidden and are specifically for decks. So it can be walked on and it won’t chip off. So far it’s holding up beautifully 🙂
Hi Anne,
I hope you got my email? We love this project and shared it here: http://www.renocompare.com/2015/06/xx-colorful-painted-decking-and-porch-ideas/
We love your interior design style and your Before and After articles are so well done…please do consider us if you have something else you’d like to share.
All the best, Jamie
Thanks so much Jamie!
I love this Anne, we just had our patio screen in and plan on painting the concrete, don’t think I have the patience to do the entire floor but this will look beautiful in the corners, plus I even have an appropriate stencil! Thanks for showing this.
Oh that will look so pretty Jan! Yes you can totally stencil on concrete. Even if it’s just as an accent, or you can create a faux rug too!
This is absolutely beautiful, Anne….I would love to have some floors to do this on. Not yet, someday maybe!
JP
Holy cow Anne, looks like would have taken some strong determination to stencil porch floor. Which looks magnificent by the way, love curtains too.
Happy Mothers Day gal, hope it’s awesome one for you. Sit out on your porch to enjoy the day and all your hard work. Love pattern, is like my gray curtains used to have in living room which are in bedroom for now. Has personality with pattern, great choice for floor.
Have fabulous day