I'm really excited to guest post for Blue Velvet Chair and to share my painted rug with you guys but first here is a little info on me.
I'm a stay at home mom and revamp pieces of furniture to sell or a piece for my home. I enjoy being creative and building furniture as well. I love thrift shopping, using pallets, and free stuff. I also enjoy sewing slipcovers and pillows.
Now on To my favorite creation
My Painted Rug
I picked up a simple cotton rug from Ikea for $5.00
Then printed out a stencil and cut it out and then traced it on to a piece of cardboard, then I cut that out. I copied it onto the cardboard instead of using cardstock.
I used pen, I tried pencil and a marker but the pen worked the best. I started in the center and traced around the stencil.
Then I used a small brush to trace the pen lines with Stonington gray by Benjamin Moore
You have to dab it in to make sure it soaks up the paint
Then I took a thicker brush and dab over the lines to make it thicker and keep it the lines the same size
It takes a little bit of time to paint over the lines but its worth it. Then I used polyurethane over the painted lines and applied 2 coast of that.
Then you let it dry for 24 hours
You can read more about my painted rug here
I hope you enjoyed reading my guest post, and maybe you will want to paint a rug.
Thanks for reading and Thanks to Blue Velvet Chair!
