How To Make A Floor Cloth Rug

Remnant piece of vinyl flooring the design doesn t matter make sure that the back side is a light solid neutral color x acto knife or utility knife framing square yardstick or other straight edge.

How to make a floor cloth rug.

3 4 of a yard of 60 wide canvas will make two floor cloths press an approximate 1 2 hem on all four sides. The trick for painting a floor cloth is to make sure that the edges of the tape and labels are well adhered to the canvas. Hollow core door or 1 2 inch plywood cut to size. And when you paint be sure to brush your paint from the tape to the canvas to ensure that you will have a clean edge on stripes or dots.

I ll be folding the extra length under to create a double layer around the edges but you can use a smaller drop cloth too. Paintbrushs in a variety of sizes. A painter s drop cloth can do more than just protect the floor from home improvement mess it can be turned into a customized floor cloth. Roller tray and liner white acrylic gesso.

My drop cloth is 12 x 15 for an 8 x 10 rug. Cut the rug backing slightly smaller than the hemmed rectangle. Number 10 canvas duck cut to dimensions of door or board plus a 6 inch margin. Place the rug backing under the hems on the floor cloth.

Cut the canvas into the size desired. Needless to say this floor cloth was much easier to make than the one that i painted. Durable and easy to care for a hand painted floor cloth can be used like a rug for high traffic areas such as the kitchen or even the patio. Materials needed to make a rug.

Here s how i did it. One of the key elements of my plan was a rug to cover to a good portion of the tiled floor. For this week s installment of the one room challenge i decided to make a floor cloth from a drop cloth as the search for a suitable runner was proving to be fruitless. Then fold over 1 and press again on all four sides.