hi y'all. i am super excited to share this fun little project with you. it's a do-it-yourself faux bois rug. i purchased all the supplies for this project for under $10 (YAY!) and it took me about 2 hours to complete. this is one of those ideas that was sitting in my journal for WELL over a year, glad to finally make it happen!
what you'll need: a tan rug (any plain & simple rug is cool. i purchased mine for $5 at Target.), 3 pieces of poster board, brown spray paint, a warm (& not too windy) afternoon.
step 1: draw a woodgrain pattern on one piece of poster board (although, if i were doing this over i would use contact paper instead of poster board for better adhesion!). drawing a woodgrain pattern is surprisingly easy, the trick is the include lots of 'knots' in your wood so that it doesn't look like zebra stripes.
next is the most time consuming part of the project. cutting out and adhering the mask over your rug. if you use contact paper for your mask you will probably have a more difficult time adhering it, but i much cleaner/sharper line when you spray paint. if you choose to use poster board just remember to take down your edges and tape down any parts of the paper that are bubbling or sticking up with a small roll of tape. when you cut out your pattern you will basically just be using one 'row' and throwing one away as you are applying it to your rug. it's an easy pattern once you get started!
next up, spray painting. take your time and get a nice even coat all over the rug. examine it closely and make sure you don't have spots before you pull your mask up.
this step took me about 7-10 minutes.
let it dry for about 5-10 minutes and remove your masking. ta-da!
(thank you erin for taking photos & for posing with your cute red shoes!) XOs. elsie
Cool!I can’t wait to try it!
Laurie – Thank you so much for sharing these Marcy. The periucts are beautiful and believe me folks when I say this is just a very small sampling of what the photos were like Totally amazing!!! Thanks again for capturing Paul and Chels’ day so beautifully.
Hi Jessie! I’m new to your blog (thanks to your feature on 6th Street) and I am love, love, LOVING evrynthieg about your home!!! I’ve been dying to create my own chevron rug and I reeeally like how yours turned out. Just one quick question though did you paint the white portions or just leave them? I see that the rug itself was white to begin with so I’m just curious if it was white enough to leave or if that portion needed to be painted too. Thanks for your help and congrats on such a great feature! Meg
zhanna krukovets – haha. greek isldnas pet your head, great. start shopping for greek goddes dresses. i so like the wood bowls. i’d have some. also i WOULD like to have branches coming out of my floor. true story
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That does look great! My only question is – how does it weather? How long will it stay in good condition?
Love it! contact paper is a good idea, but I bet you could also cut out design with xacto knife leaving a solid boarder (so you don’t have to rearrange the stips) and use spay adhesive to temporarily stick it on the rug while you spray. I’m definately going to try this! Thanks for the great idea!
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SO great! This is Exactly what I was looking for, to perk up a boring tan rug I have! Thank you so much…so clever!
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This is so cute and just fabulous for fall. Thanks so much for the how-to, I’ll be linking.