Add Paint To Area Rug

They instantly change the way a space looks and are an easy and temporary way to add color or pattern to a room.

Add paint to area rug.

I mixed 1 part fabric medium with 2 parts exterior latex paint. Lay it out on a drop cloth. Painting your old area rug is great way to give it a new life and flex your artistic muscle. Vacuum your rug thoroughly.

Spray painting stripes on the area rug. This will make more of a contrast between the paint and the rug and a crisper finished product. I used a stiff angled purdy paint brush to paint the border and didn t use tape since the angle on the paint brush made it fairly easy to not get paint on the rug as i painted. Cheryl simmons first coat.

Pour the extended paint into a tray remove excess and begin rolling onto the area in small sections. If you re also painting a 6 8 rug you ll need 2 6 oz bottles of the fabric medium found at a craft store and 1 quart of paint to do one coat. This is what the sad drab rug looked like before i got started. I didn t want a solid red rug.

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. I wanted the variations of different shades of red. Make sure it is clean and completely dry. The sixth tip is to apply more than one coat of paint.

Add the extra strip on the inside of your tape borders so that you are not covering up the parts of the carpet that would become the stripes. It helps the paint soak into the fibers of the fabric rug so it s not going to flake and peel after a while. So i decided to paint an inexpensive rug to get just the look i wanted. However if you are on a tight budget like us then you may quickly realize that the area rug you want is out of your price range boooooo.

Continued painting until all stripes have been painted. You might think your rug is ready but go over the entire rug one more time. To add a faux fabric technique to a faux painted rug mix one part paint extender with four parts paint and mix well. Once i mixed the paint and fabric medium i just applied the mixture with a sponge brush.

Here s a diy tutorial on how to paint your area rug with regular latex paint and still keep it soft. How to paint a rug. If you notice that any paint has sprayed beyond your double tape borders blot. This rug became my canvas to create my own design.

I don t know about you but i love area rugs.