Hardwood Floor Photo Prop
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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 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.
Instead of painting my lines on the underlayment, I used a Sharpie Oil Paint Bold Marker and Drywall T-Square to keep the lines straight.
After 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.
I used some Minwax Hickory Gel Stain , applying it with an old paint brush and then wiping off the excess with a rag.
You can see where I wiped off the gel stain I just applied.
After allowing the gel stain to dry, I applied some Minwax Semi Gloss Polycrylic with a foam applicator.
Hardwood Floor Photo Prop
Voila! 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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Wowza! Gail, you made my year with this tutorial!! I’ve been wanting a much larger vinyl backdrop, but couldn’t find one. Now I can make my own. Yippee!
Awesome Susan! I’m so happy you found this tutorial for the faux floor backdrop.
gail
Happy to feature you at our party this morning. Thanks so much for sharing!
So clever! I really need to get making this for my photos! Thanks for the idea 🙂
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.
WOW! This is amazing! Thank you for sharing
Oh you clever girl! That is a totally awesome (and thrifty) idea Gail! It looks like the real deal!
This is awesome!!! Just what I needed 🙂 Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment. Happy to inspire you.
gail
Brilliant! It really does look so authentic.
What a great idea, Gail!
What?!! You made it?! Wow Gail this was totally genius! You are my HERO!! Pinned!
You know me… I’m a HUGE fan of faux wood floors! I totally give this TWO THUMBS UP! Great job Gail. Patricia