At the news of kat von d s penny floor this.
Cover floor in pennies.
A floor covered in pennies how it s done and what it takes.
The number depends on the size of the space and once you have the measurements you can calculate how much resources you re going to need.
In 2015 kelly graham owner of etsy shop camias jewelry designs one upped the concept of penny tile.
Add distinctive designs by combining darker patina pennies dimes or nickles into interesting shapes throughout the floor.
A woman painstakingly stuck down 7 500 coins to make a copper floor and the result is incredible.
As you can imagine it takes a lot of pennies to cover up an entire floor in them.
You also can attach your pennies to self sticking fiberglass usually available in 6 by 6 inch or 12 by 12 inch sheets.
Measure the floor space.
Kelly graham who owns etsy shop camias jewelry designs spent three weeks arranging.
Quinn laid her copper penny tiles directly on the floor with glue.
Wear the appropriate safety gear rated for the tasks being done.
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.
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.
She decorated her floor using 7 500 real pennies.