How To Paint Throw Rugs

4 carefully remove the tape and allow your rug to.

How to paint throw rugs.

Paint your taped rug with a paintbrush first applying a coat of paint perpendicular to the weave of the rug then parallel to fill all crevices. Seriously thanks so much for all the love. The only thing i had to buy was the actual painter s drop cloth rug itself. I tried to set the color into the rug with some vinegar and heat but it didn t seem to make much of a difference.

This will make more of a contrast between the paint and the rug and a crisper finished product. This baby cost me like 15 to make because i already had the paint and the spray adhesive. Come back through and fill in the spaces with offset rows of the same shape. This is what the sad drab rug looked like before i got started.

So i decided to paint an inexpensive rug to get just the look i wanted. You might think your rug is ready but go over the entire rug one more time. If you don t mind that than this might be what you re looking for. Go check her blog out.

The size i used was a 6 9 feet i folded it in half so it is now 6 4 5 feet. The sixth tip is to apply more than one coat of paint. I have wanted a rug in our girls playroom for a while but i just didn t want to drop a ton of cash on one. For this method you need to get a drop cloth that is double the size you want it to be width wise.

Dorsey designs sharing some gorgeous diy candlesticks with us. To easily line up the pattern place the reserved cut out shape where you would like the stencil and use a pencil to mark a few guidelines. Repeat until you have filled the whole. The color faded a bit and the rug looks more of a dark pink.

It s been over year now and a the paint slightly rubs off.