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For the floors of my interior stop-motion set, I created a hardwood floor using 400+ popsicle sticks that I hand-cut, sanded, glued, and stained onto a sheet of pegboard that I cut to size. I had previous experience making something using this technique when I created a pier for an older stop motion short I filmed (Image 1). I applied these techniques on a larger scale to create the hardwood floors. I went through 3 rounds of staining and painting to achieve the desired color of the floors. I used RIT powder dye in cocoa brown, mixed with a few splashes of black for the initial stain. Then I went in with some acrylic paint and darkened some floorboards to make it look worn down. Lastly, I did a few final passes with a thin paint "white wash" using unbleached titanium acrylic paint and brown, diluted with a lot of water to make the colors more cohesive and bring the whole look together. I intend to use the floor for the main scenes in my stop motion short, and I will drill holes in it to make tie downs as needed.