Homeowner collects bottle caps for a year—look at her jaw dropping floor now!

We hated the musky carpet in the office / craft room, So, rather than buy a normal floor covering, I decided to challenge myself. I began collecting beer / soda bottle caps from friends and family across country as well as circulating a picture of my project to local pubs. It took over a year to complete because I waited for people to drink the right colors. I think it turned out amazing!

Almost all the caps we're flattened with anything I could find round enough to rebend them into shape. ( husbands sockets, hammer, etc. ) Then, each cap was piped with tile mortar to dry full allow stability for walking.

I knew I wanted some sort of star in center. After several dry fits, I took a pic and began the real work. My grand daughter helped by photo bombing my tutorial every chance she got.

The center of our floor was secured with a ledge stick and I began setting the caps permanently.

The pattern was duplicated on the other side and grew depending on how many I had of any one color.

The final product was grouted black and minimal 6 coats of commercial grade urethane applied.

The doorways were highlighted with a "door mat" pattern. Its difficult to see here, but there's a red mat with a blue and white star in front of my closet.

I'm so ready to create more in this very inspirational room. Onward to the next project!

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Brakefield Liz
on Jan 22, 2018
How long did it take u to put it down on the floor doing all steps ?
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- Coraline Jones
  7 days ago
  15 mo. A year was just collecting the caps.
Los32754803
on Feb 24, 2018
Love it but how many caps did it take?
3
Answer this
- Coraline Jones
  7 days ago
  Honestly, I’ve forgot. Thousand plus.
Amie
on Jul 25, 2018
Did u lay tile boards or a sub floor down first?
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Answer this
- Coraline Jones
  7 days ago
  we stripped it down to the subfloor and then applied the concrete with care to fill all cracks to get a smooth surface.

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