DIY Moroccan Vinyl Tile Floor – Check home Decor
A DIY tutorial for how you can set up moroccan peel & stick vinyl tiles. Much less messy than paint. Much less time-consuming and cheaper than actual tile!
Glad Eclipse Day! Olivia and I are sporting matching welding helmets in our yard at this time whereas Robert is at work being compelled to cover from the solar. (Juuuust kidding in regards to the welding helmets. I want we had been that cool.)
Anyhow, I’m dropping my prepare of thought over right here. Again a few months in the past after I was dreaming all-things-laundry-room, I discussed how I hoped to color our gross vinyl ground.
(Need to see this room’s ultimate reveal? Click on right here to see the total tour.)
We painted the partitions, we painted the cupboards, we painted the ceiling and the trim. If you happen to stand nonetheless on this room lengthy sufficient, I’ll paint you.
I’ve heard of so many rockstar DIYers having success portray vinyl flooring with these fairly Moroccan type stencils, and I figured I’d take a stab at it. Buuuuut then I discovered a much less messy, much less smelly, much less time-consuming (hopefully extra sturdy) resolution that I’m loving even more- vinyl Moroccan tile. Yassss!
I debated lots (and even shared an entire slew of my faves), however I landed on a clear black and white sample so as to add some va-va-voom… and in addition assist conceal any filth we traipse in right here since this room is our large workhorse of the home.
Right here’s how the ground began.
Womp womp. Not cute.
We’re hoping in just a few years we are able to do extra of a Section 2 renovation the place we rip out the Nineteen Sixties cupboards, reconfigure them to create higher move on this area, and add actual tile in right here. However for now, we’re cool with a fast beauty repair.
So right here’s the thin on how we put in the vinyl tiles.
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To verify we began with a completely clear slate, I swept the outdated vinyl ground first and scrubbed them with the Krud Kutter TSP. Then, let dry.
We began putting in the tiles within the spot that will go beneath the washer and dryer so we might get the grasp of it. Because the outdated vinyl flooring already had straight strains on it, we had been ready to make use of that as a information to maintain the vinyl tiles straight.
If you happen to don’t have strains on present vinyl that can assist you although, use a chalk line to create a place to begin since partitions aren’t at all times fully straight.
Simply peel the backing, lay it straight, and easy it out with the wallpaper smoother software. We didn’t run into any points in any respect with effervescent, so the wallpaper smoother software might need even been overkill. Good to be thorough although.
After we acquired to difficult spots the place we needed to trim the items, we simply folded the tile the place we would have liked it to crease and used a utility knife to chop it. For actually sophisticated obstacles, we used a chunk of paper backing as a template to hint with pencil and trim the tile.
The entire course of took simply a few hours versus a few days like portray the flooring would have been.
The ground ended up not being 100% excellent. Among the patterns didn’t totally align by a millimeter or two, and we left a few 1/8″ hole between the tiles to make it seem to have grout. However something was an enchancment from the icky ground earlier than.
After 24 hours of permitting the adhesive to remedy, they are often mopped and walked on.
As soon as we had been completed, we needed to scoot the washer and dryer throughout the ground and never a single tile budged!
We’ve been out and in of this room for practically two weeks now, and it’s held up completely thus far.
I’m SO amazed how they turned out! If we ever get bored with the sample, it received’t be practically as troublesome to alter up as laying actual Moroccan cement tile would have been. I don’t see us changing them for a really very long time although.
I nonetheless have some organizing options to determine in right here together with swapping out the florescent gentle, however we’re very near calling this area completed!
If you wish to find out about any of the opposite sources or initiatives we’ve carried out within the laundry room, right here’s the total rundown:
Have you ever ever used these vinyl peel and stick tiles earlier than? Or ones like them? Did they maintain up okay in the long term? I’m positive I’ll report again in about 6 months with a ultimate verdict of their sturdiness. Crossing my fingers and toes over right here!
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