Cut Paper Mosaic
CRAFT Magazine
Maybe it was the wall-to-wall green shag or the fact that the previous owner had housed 14 cats there, but my charming 1930s bungalow was a steal. The place purportedly had gorgeous hardwood floors throughout, and, mostly, it did, but ripping up that smelly-cat carpeting had revealed one 8'x10' expanse of ugly pine boards -- raw, uneven, and studded with rusty nail heads -- smack in the middle of my living room. Turns out that leaving such unfinished business was pretty common back then; nice wood is expensive, and most people had area rugs anyway.
Rather than spend a fortune on refinishing or carpeting, I would do as the Romans did. A nod to Pompeii and my precious pooch, this durable “Beware of Dog” mosaic on-the-cheap is tiled with paper, not marble, and held together with glue, not grout.
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