I am on a spray painting kick this week. Something about the nicer weather makes me break out the cans. Today I am spray painting a rug. A rug?? Yep an indoor rug! Ready for the how to? Start with a REALLY ugly rug that you don’t care to ruin. Yep there is mine on the left….
I figured I couldn’t make it WORSE. So I went for it. I spray painted the entire thing gray. Just regular old Krylon I had on hand….nothing special about it. Then I wanted stripes. My extra fancy method for making stripes?? Oh yes…cardboard…
I just made various widths in white and an antique brass metallic. All colors I had on hand. No rhyme or reason to the width of my stripes at all. I was loving it after the first few stripes so I kept going.
Now, if you walk on this barefoot it IS a bit “crunchier” than it was before. But the difference in appearance makes me forgive the crunchy steps. I mean it is gorgeous! And I did it all with stuff I had on hand…freebie!
So have you ever done something crazy like spray paint a rug? Is yours a little crunchy? Anyway to get rid of the crunch?
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~Angie~
I think I’ve seen other bloggers who painted theirs with acrylics (I think? Wasn’t spray paint, something they rolled on!), say that they sanded their rugs with sandpaper a bit to get rid of some of the crunchiness! I’m pretty sure it was Tater Tots n Jello & House of Smiths who made rugs together and did this. Spray painting it is an awesome idea too!! Guess it couldn’t hurt to try it a little? I’d try on just one end do you could go back over it and fix just that one stripe if needed!!
What a neat idea. It’s certainly faster than trying to hand dye the stripes on there!
That is so creative! I love how it turned out:)
I love this crazy idea!
I’m looking for a rug at the thrift. great idea, I wonder if the sanding will help? I never go barefoot anyway!
Carol
Well, you learn something new each day! I’ve never ever thought of spray painting a rug, but now you’ve done it, I’m thinking…
Splendid idea. I’m glad you thought of it, because now I have an option to brighten up my dull, boring rug.
Awesome. i have so many mix matched mats + runners in the garage..aka the girl cave..going to raid the cans now lol thanx
Does it stink like paint?
No. It never did smell and we used it for over a year.