How To Make A Floor Cloth Rug

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.

How to make a floor cloth rug.

Place the rug backing under the hems on the floor cloth. 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. Hollow core door or 1 2 inch plywood cut to size.

Materials needed to make a rug. Paint roller on broomstick. Cut the rug backing slightly smaller than the hemmed rectangle. 3 4 of a yard of 60 wide canvas will make two floor cloths press an approximate 1 2 hem on all four sides.

Floor cloths add warmth to cold floors and won t collect dust or dust mites like high pile rugs and carpeting. Roller tray and liner white acrylic gesso. Here s how i did it. 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.

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. 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. 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. Number 10 canvas duck cut to dimensions of door or board plus a 6 inch margin.

Paintbrushs in a variety of sizes. Needless to say this floor cloth was much easier to make than the one that i painted. Cut the canvas into the size desired. One of the key elements of my plan was a rug to cover to a good portion of the tiled floor.