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I’ve been wanting to “up the game” in my furniture staging.  Since I don’t haul my pieces inside to take pictures, I’ve been looking for some new options like a  faux hardwood floor photo prop. I saw a painted and stained floor on pinterest.  However I didn’t really want to go to the trouble of painting my lines on the underlayment I purchased for under $12 at Home Depot.

underlayment-plywoodUnderlayment is for subflooring, and it’s sold in a 4×8 sheet.  Eight feet was a little longer than I needed so I cut it to size.

 

 

how-to-faux-hardwood-floorInstead of painting my lines on the underlayment, I used a Sharpie Oil Paint Bold Marker and Drywall T-Square to keep the lines straight.

 

 

hardwood floor photo propAfter drawing the long lines east to west, I then drew the shorter lines north to south.  The beauty about the Sharpie pen is it dried really quickly, and it was ready for stain in no time.

 

 

faux-hardwood-floor-photo-prop-stainingI used some Minwax Hickory Gel Stain , applying it with an old paint brush and then wiping off the excess with a rag.

 

minwax-hickory-gel-stainYou can see where I wiped off the gel stain I just applied.

 

faux-hardwood-floor-photography-propAfter allowing the gel stain to dry, I applied some Minwax Semi Gloss Polycrylic with a foam applicator.

 

 Hardwood Floor Photo Prop

MyRepurposedLife-photo-prop-faux-hardwood-floorVoila!  here it is in use when I staged my dresser tv stand!  I already had the stain and poly on hand, so the only thing I had to pay for was the underlayment and the Sharpie.  So, I have a new faux hardwood floor photo prop for less than $20.

This is of course great for staging furniture pieces, but it could also be helpful for budding photographers.

 

gail

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ABOUT GAIL WILSON - A teacher at heart, Gail Wilson relishes the chance not to show off her projects, but to help others find their inner handywoman, step-by-step. Her blog, MyRepurposedLife.com, chronicles her scrap-saving adventures and has been featured on countless DIY magazines and websites, including Women’s Day, Design*Sponge and Apartment Therapy. She is a longtime influencer for both Homeright and Gorrilla Glue. With a tribe of more than 450,000 followers, Gail is inspiring a new generation of DIYers to pick up some tools and get to work.

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  3. what a great idea! I need to get some backdrops so everyone doesn’t see my paint splattered floor and unfinished projects around the stuff I make.

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  5. Oh you clever girl! That is a totally awesome (and thrifty) idea Gail! It looks like the real deal!

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  12. Hi Gail! Haven’t dropped a comment in a while. You now have a Wonderful!! prop / idea. I love it. I could use that under my sewing machine table to keep strings off the carpet. Sewing strings/small pieces of fabric, etc on carpet is not a good mixture for tidiness.

    We have snow here in NC tonight.

    Mary

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  18. WOW!!!! What an awesome idea and an fabulous back drop for a photo shoot. You have really kicked it up and I am sure that will be lots of people giving this a shot.

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  19. I think I’m going to need to do this too! I don’t have the energy to schlep things in and out of the house for pictures, my garage studio is where it all happens anyway.
    Such a great idea!
    Catherine

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  21. Another great idea. I have been thinking about doing something similar to the subfloor in some of the rooms in our house. Instead of staining, I am thinking about painting the subfloor white and then drawing the lines to make it look like and old painted hardwood floor. Old carpet needs to go but, I’d like a cheap alternative to new flooring for a while. You have inspired me to think more about this.

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