Covering Your Floor With Pennies

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Covering your floor with pennies.

Measure the floor space. 7 steps to a diy penny floor step 1. In a nutshell the penny floor was a fun and cathartic project which i did back in 2015 she writes. I decided to do my kitchen because the floor is only 38 square feet.

A penny floor with an epoxy coating makes a great choice for in front of a shower or a tub because it takes a lot of repeated abuse before it will show any wear or damage. Use your floors while setting your pennies onto mosaic sheets. Work on nights or weekends if you want. The results are stunning.

Once the pattern was complete and the floor covered tooners used unsanded grout in between the copper pieces. You ll need roughly 200 to 225 pennies to complete approximately 1 square foot of flooring area as each penny has a diameter of roughly 3 4 of an inch. Avoid the back breaking work of being hunched over pushing pennies into the floor. Aug 11 2015 explore diane kuck s board cover it in pennies followed by 193 people on pinterest.

Imagine your guests stepping in through your front door only to behold the awesome penny floor that you ve created under their feet. And we re not talking about an instance where all of your change goes through a hollow pocket. Add distinctive designs by combining darker patina pennies dimes or nickles into interesting shapes throughout the floor. See more ideas about penny penny floor penny tile.

Her attention to detail paid off. Budget flooring ideas 1 a floor covered in pennies. She alternated between placing pennies heads or tails side up and made sure they were all facing the same direction. Although it seemed like a small space and not too big of a project by the time we started laying about 2 78 worth of pennies per square foot the space started to feel much bigger.

Work at your own pace building easy to manage 1x1ft mesh sheets of penny tile. After that dried she sealed the floor with a layer of epoxy. Using both old and new pennies and if you look closely just a few dimes to complement the. Entryway penny floor ideas.