Drumroll please.....

It is finally finished! The infamous porch project of 2007 has come to a end. I finished up the last bit of it today. The weather is turning and leaves are falling so it was now or never.

For those of you following directions-wise I will post the last few with this post regarding the small diamonds.

STEP 1: Decide how big you would like the smaller squares intersecting the larger ones. In my case I used 4". Using a blank stencil form cut out your 4x4" stencil(s), I also used a couple of cheap plastic place mats from the dollar store as stencil forms.

STEP 2: Tape the stencil down at the center of the intersecting points of your 2 square colors. As you look at the stencil it should break up the 2 square colors into 4 quadrants; the points of the square intersecting the quadrants.

Step 3: Hold down the stencil and carefully fill in square using sponge brush. Make sure you do not have a lot of paint on the sponge or it will seep under the stencil. You will come back and give it a second coat.

Step 4: You can use a blow dryer or heat gun to speed up the drying time.

Step 5: After a good 24 hours of drying time you need to put 2 coats of polyurethane on waiting at least 24 hours between coats.

...and VOILA! It's DONE! Boy I am so glad I was able to get this finished, for awhile I was wondering if it was going to happen.

Next I will be moving back inside to continue on with the kitchen project.

*muah*