How To Make A Floor Cloth Rug

Here s how i did it.

How to make a floor cloth rug.

Cut the canvas into the size desired. 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. One of the key elements of my plan was a rug to cover to a good portion of the tiled floor. Cut the rug backing slightly smaller than the hemmed rectangle.

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. Materials needed to make a rug. Roller tray and liner white acrylic gesso. Floor cloths add warmth to cold floors and won t collect dust or dust mites like high pile rugs and carpeting.

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. 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. Needless to say this floor cloth was much easier to make than the one that i painted. Paintbrushs in a variety of sizes.

Plus they can stand up to years of heavy traffic and will wipe clean with a damp mop. Number 10 canvas duck cut to dimensions of door or board plus a 6 inch margin. 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. Paint roller on broomstick.

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. Hollow core door or 1 2 inch plywood cut to size. 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. 3 4 of a yard of 60 wide canvas will make two floor cloths press an approximate 1 2 hem on all four sides.