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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

vestibule - new diy floor

Sunday the 12th of August I finally painted the interior door frame of the vestibule and decided to lay the carpet tile, that I brought home from work about a year ago. They were all samples for one client and since we did not need them anymore I figured I could turn them into a nice looking carpet tile mosaic in our vestibule. I had already drawn up a sketch in Auto Cad how I wanted to position the tiles, now we just needed to make a decision on what tile would go where. We laid out the different tiles on the floor and worked up our pattern from there. That was actually the most fun part of the whole project.

Next step was drawing a line that was somewhat parallel to the front door. From there I laid my first row of tiles and then the next two. To make the tiles stick to the floor I bought a roll of  carpet tape, which is basically heavy duty double sided tape. Those three rows were pretty straight forward and didn't need much cutting but the rows on either door opening needed to be exactly measured and cut to size. I did not take any good photos of the process besides this grainy photo with my cell phone because I knew if I'd stop working I would call it a night...

All in all I spent about 4 hours on my knees and my legs were sore for three days straight but I think it was worth the pain. The new floor really makes the space look finished. Not looking too shabby for only spending $8 on the whole project. Next on my list is getting the vestibule door fixed up and re-hung and also installing new glass panels in the transom above.

Have any of you fun projects lined up?


26 comments:

  1. Nina! it's stunning! I love the contrast with the bright white woodwork and the pops of color in the multi colored carpet tiles! Love it! This is really turning out so well. Bravo! What a nice way to come home.

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    1. Thank you Lauren! It has been great coming home to the new vestibule so far..

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  2. It looks REALLY GOOD and works so well with your door!

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  3. WOW, das sieht SUPER aus Nina !!! freu mich schon es "live" zu sehen :)

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    1. Danke Jasmin! Du siehst es ja live am Sonntag! ;)

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  4. So many things I like about this: you reused items that were probably destined for the landfill, the colours work so well with what you already had going on in the vestibule and the price was right! Well done lady!!

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    1. Thank you Santa! It was so great that the samples matched our door, I guess I got lucky. Hurray for upcycling ;)

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  5. Uuuuu!! That is cool! Great idea!

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  6. Nina it looks incredible! The colors are phenomenal and totally go with the door and the walls. Spectacular transformation! And so cheap! I'm so impressed. You are truly a DIY queen! I love that gray wall color, what brand is it?

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    1. The gray is called racoon fur (2126-20) by Benjamin Moore. Love the name! We used it in our bedroom as well...

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  7. Das sieht genial aus! Gefällt mir total gut, vor allem die Farben. Bei dir sieht alles immer so toll abgestimmt aus, ohne dass es langweilig ist :-)

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    1. Dankeschoen! Das ist wirklich ein tolles Kompliment! :)

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  8. Great idea looks fantastic! Love re-suing in creative way!

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    1. Thank you! I like to try and re-use stuff...

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  9. What a fantastic effect!! The whole entrance way looks really lovely. Is that black on the wall or a dark grey?

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    1. Thank you Niki! It is a dark gray, it's racoon fur by Benjamin Moore.

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  10. beautiful! is that entryway paint chalkboard? ps. hoping to get that print sent you asap as soon as she returns from vacay :)

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    1. Thanks Marit! It's not chalkboard paint but wouldn't that be fun? I love chalkboard paint and have a can at home but have yet to use it.

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  11. wow, the floor looks fantastic Nina, and only 8 Dollars? Unbelievable. It really looks great and like a shot from a style/interior magazine!

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  12. Thank you K! Sometimes a small change makes a big impact ;)

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  13. Great job, Nina! So glad you hung in there and got the project completed. I bet that feels amazing...I mean, after your soreness went away. :) It looks really great and I love the pattern (FLOR, right?)! Eight dollars, really?!

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    1. Thank you Theresa! The tiles are not FLOR, they are from a bunch of different carpet companies. My coworker got another big box of samples for one of his projects today, if he doesn't need them anymore I'd like to turn them into an area rug for the office ;)

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  14. The layout u chose is PERFECT! It looks amazing! I love the splashes of orange on the tiles that pick up your front door color.

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