Comments on: before and after: taryn’s lanai

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:12:27 +0000

This is amazing! What a transformation! Never would have thought of it!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:18:44 +0000

This looks great!

By: skyM

skyM — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:33:54 +0000

This is one of my favorite sections!

By: Karrie

Karrie — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:27:07 +0000

I bet it will age beautifully as well. Once it starts to be walked on and wears away slightly it will have an aged quality that will be wonderful.

By: Liza

Liza — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:23:15 +0000

So great! On a similar note my husband is a set designer and once he needed a plain plywood floor to look like aged spanish tile. He made a stamp out of foam board with an x-acto knife and mounted the foam to a scrap of wood. That way he could do a 2-color version more quickly than with a stencil, and it looked naturally aged. If you click on my name it should take you to a photo of what the finish product looked like on stage!

By: Taryn McCabe

Taryn McCabe — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:31 +0000

(I meant exacto knife) whoops.

By: Taryn McCabe

Taryn McCabe — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:54:28 +0000

Thanks for all the awesome feedback! I made the stencil. I looked up Damask online and then drew one out that was a combination of the ones I liked and then cut it out with an exact knife. I used a card stock 8.5 x 11 and then just lay it down and spray painted my heart out. I did not research paint – but I thought, if spray paint is good enough for the city to put street numbers on the sidewalks – then it’s good enough for my lanai. AND if it doesn’t last – then I get to change it up and redo it in the spring : )