Stencilling Staggered Floor Tiles – Budget Friendly Stencilled Floor

Stencilled and Painted Staggered Tile Floor

A stencilled or painted floor is a great way to update a floor on a tight budget.  Stencilling a floor when the tiles are staggered is a little more challenging then when they are stacked.  You can read all about this budget friendly Bathroom Update here.This post contains some affiliate links to the products I used in my bathroom update.  I get a small commision on these products, which enables me to do what I love with every sale.  I never share a product I do not love!

An example of a staggered tile:

When I did my bathroom/laundry room update, my budget was tight and I really wanted to update this floor.  New tile was not in the budget, so I decided to stencil it.  I did not want a busy floor and was having a lot of trouble finding the style of stencil that I liked for this space that would also work on a staggered tile layout.

After some thought, I remembered that I had a set of stencils that I really liked and decided to try to create my own pattern on the floor with them.

You could use any stencil of your choice and follow the pattern below.

Here are the ones I used:

How to Stencil a tiled staggered floor

First thing you want to do is clean the floor really well.  I just used vinegar and water and some good old elbow grease.

Once the floor is clean you are ready to start the painting and stencilling.

Here are the steps I took:

1. Prime floor – I used a brush on edges and rolled the rest.

   

    

2. Paint floor – I used a brush on the edges and then rolled the rest including the grout lines.  My floor took three coats of paint.

   

    

3. It is time for stencilling the floor – to create my pattern I used the large stencil on every cross seam.  I then used the smaller stencil on the half mark and quarter mark.

   

   

   

   

   

    

4. Top coat floor x 3 – you will need to lightly hand sand between each coat.  Follow instructions on can for drying time. I used a brush to apply it, as I felt like I had more control.

   

   

Here are the products I used to stencil and paint my floor:

Primer

Paint

Top Coat

The hardest part, with having a house full of pets was keeping the animal hair (and human) off of the floor while painting and top coating.  I found a shop vac and a damp dust rag worked best.  I vacuumed and wiped each tile as I moved along the floor.

My review on the durability of a stencilled/painted floor.

The first couple of days as the top coat cured traffic should be minimal.  Once it hardens the floor is set.  It has only been a couple of weeks since I painted and stencilled my floor, but we are very happy with it.  I will do an update later to let you know how the stencilling and paint holds up over time.

For another amazing before and after check my post on how to White Wash a Fireplace.

Thanks for stopping by!

Karan