‘Check’ it out

Many hours were spent over the past several days painting the wood floor in our mudroom. Painted floors of all types: solid, checked, striped, free-hand designs and stenciled were a common touch of early American homes. A feature we admire.

After painting the mudroom and hallway the historic color "parnsip," the more detailed work began - measuring, marking, taping, painting, wating, painting, waiting, painting ... you get the point.

Moses insisted on helping with the taping process.

But ...

It proved too tedious for him.

First coat of black ...

After many rounds of touchups, we used a handcut 18th century inspired stencil on the non-black diamonds. A few coats of poly later ... the project was finished. As you can see we continued the black/parsnip/shaker red color combination up the hallway on the walls, floors, built-in bench and sliding doors (built with antique hardware found in New Hampshire).

Here's a glimps of what the mudroom area looked like when we bought the house a little over a year ago.