How to: Textured "concrete effect" floor

 Welcome back my dear dolly-friends. How is Autumn/Fall treating you so far?

As per usual, I am quite busy with work, school and other real-life stuff. However, I'm doing my best to find time to work on some video tutorials for my Youtube channel and publish a matching blog post over here.  

If you recall my Doll Room in a Bookcase post, I made a white floor piece that was meant to be a temporary piece until I found time to make a nicer floor. Well, after two years, I've finally found the time!

  

 

Video: 1/6 scale miniature "Concrete effect" floor.

The idea for this is pretty simple: use a sponge to create a texture that somewhat mimics concrete. It's very similar to the technique I've used previously to create textured walls, but this time I went with a taupe color. I used a light warm brown to give the floor a hint of warmth, and then more greyish colors to mute down the brown and give it a concrete feel. I know concrete is usually grey, but there's this thing called microcement that can be dyed in a bunch of different colors. When I worked at the depot store, these types of beige/taupe colors were very popular.

This technique can be taken a bit further if, instead of painting the whole piece, I painted smaller squares of cardstock and glued them to the board to give the illusion of tiles. I would love to do so and make a black tile floor. Using this technique, the tiles won't look so flat, and the floor will be more interesting to look at. I even saw someone use a similar technique to create those red clay tiles you often see in patios. 

I'm going to keep this post short and sweet because, as I've previously stated, I am quite busy and have lots of things to do, both in my personal life and for Monster Crafts. Mr. Monster and I went to Vienna and Bratislava on holiday, and a few days after we came back, he sprained his ankle. He's doing much better now, thankfully, but it has taken time away from me. For the most part, I'm quite a positive person, but I just wish life would stop throwing curveballs at me. Luckily, I had an artwork video prefilmed, so I'm going to start editing it as soon as I hit publish.  

I hope you're all doing great, staying safe and healthy and I'll come back as soon as possible. 

 

Monster Crafts 

 

This post was first published on themonstercrafts.blogspot.com. If you see it published elsewhere, it's been plagiarized without my consent.