We started out by choosing a shiny white subway tile to go all around the room, halfway up the wall.

The brush step is really only necessary if you’re going for a really perfectly clean look.Since I know that my boots are just going to get dirty again the next day, I don’t worry about it too much most of the time.

Next, grab some olive oil and another clean soft cloth.Put a few dribbles of olive oil on the cloth.. Rub the olive oil evenly all over your boots.This will polish them up nicely but will also help clean anything that wasn’t easily removed with the soapy water and it’s kind of a nice protective coating for your boots too.. From time to time you may start to see a powdery white substance appear on your boots.

This is called blooming and happens naturally to high-quality rubber when solids rise to the surface.This is something that you’ll mostly see if your boots are subject to really warm temperatures.

Kind of like what happens to good chocolate.

🙂 The olive oil will remove the white “bloom” from your boots too, so don’t even start to worry one bit if you see this happening to your boots this summer!.If you feel like a project of this scale might be a little outside of your comfort level, you can start with a smaller project.

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Since our walls are so wonky, and Chris is such a perfectionist, this project honestly took him about 4 full days to complete from dawn until dusk, but I’m soooo glad we went for it.. I’m starting to dream of a whole wall of built-ins in the living room now, and Chris is dreaming of the giant TV I said he could buy if he builds them for me!.If there’s anything I can do to help you get started on a project like this, please just ask!