Faux Tile Porch

On my list of many things to do was  tiling our screened-in porch.  I saw what Traci at Beneath My Heart  did to her patio, inspiring me to do the same to my screened-in porch.    She faux tiled her patio with stain. 

First off, let me apologize for not taking pictures of the process beforehand.  Unfortunately,  I was without a camera when my husband (Charlie) and I started this project.  My camera was left in Kentucky visiting our son who is stationed at Fort Campbell.  A few days after I completed this, I got a new camera….Nikon Cool Pix L110 and let me tell you something…..I LOVE THIS CAMERA! 

In the picture below, imagine if you will,  the cement floor with no furniture or rug on it. 

We used Quikrete products from Lowe’s.  I cleaned the concrete with Quikrete concrete cleaner.  

Charlie and I measured  the  porch from corner to corner to find the center.  Once we found our center, we drew a line every 12 inches until we had all our squares.  Because I couldn’t find half inch wide painters tape, I used half inch scotch tape.  Once I taped all my squares, I taped newspaper around the whole porch so that when I sprayed my stain it wouldn’t get on the siding or the porch rails. 

It took approximately  15 minutes to spray the whole porch.  I am so glad I decided on spraying versus rolling it. 

The next day, I rolled the sealer on  applying two coats within a four hour timeframe. 

Now I’m off to put it all back together.  I’ll be updating the look of my bakers rack and……….  

making a water feature for the screened- in porch. 

Thank you Traci for inspiring me. 

  I love the look my tile floor. 

Gail

P.S.  Today is Thursday and it’s  Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple and  I’m also linking to Get Your Craft on at Life as Lori.