Moooove over, Martha Stewart!

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Just kidding.  I know I could never hang with the likes of her.

After all, I’m not even a felon.

It’s time for another installment of Blogging without Borders!

The next to last, as a matter of fact.  Since really working on the master bedroom fell apart early on, I decided to roll with the schizophrenia and just focus on trying new things, wherever they may land in the house.

This week – painted drop cloth rug.

I’m in sore need of rugs in both our great room and dining room, but I 1) can’t decide what I want, and 2) don’t want to spend thousands of my dollars.  So I thought a small trial run was in order.  I decided to make a “cowhide rug” for Junior’s room.

What you’ll need:

1 – Canvas drop cloth from Lowe’s or Home Depot.  I got a lined 5×5.

2 – Acrylic paint.

3 – Spray sealer.

4 – All the rest of your typical painting supplies like brushes and red wine.

The first thing I did was throw my drop cloth in the dryer on the wrinkle release setting.  (I still don’t iron.)  Then I googled images of cowhides and free handed my sketch on the drop cloth in pencil.

 I had stitch witch on hand, thinking I might need to fold the edges under to keep them from fraying, but as I started cutting it was obvious that the liner was going to hold it together just fine.

Snip, snip, snip, and I had my hide!

 

 I penciled in my spots, used a brush to outline them, then filled in with a sponge brush.

 The liner held in the paint perfectly, and I didn’t have any bleed-through.

About an hour and a half later – or one nap time, in mommy terms – I was done!

 

I sprayed one coat of sealer over the whole thing.

When you turn 31, even your thumbs wrinkle.

And then I left it downstairs to dry.

…..And totally forgot about it until after Junior’s bedtime so I wasn’t able to take pictures of it in it’s new home.

So instead, I had Bill model it.

And then threw it in the kitchen.

Aaaaand then decided to leave it in the barren spare bedroom until I could put it in Junior’s room and take pictures without waking him up.

 All said and done, I have about $10 in this.  The drop cloth was $6.50 at Home Depot, and a big bottle of black acrylic paint was $4.

Try it!  Then go check on all these gals doing their cool stuff.

Amy @ Buffalo Roam, Dana @ Crafted Niche, Jaime @ Crafty Scrappy Happy, Heidi @ Décor & More, Tisha @ Delectable Home, Shannon @ Fox Hollow Cottage, Kirby @ Kirb Appeal, Holly @ Life as a Thrifter, Cassie @ Primitive & Proper, Debbie @ ReFresh ReStyle, Jessica @ Stay At Home-ista, Karah @ the space between, and Laura @ Top This Top That.

 

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28 thoughts on “Moooove over, Martha Stewart!”

  5. bahaha not even a felon. Could you quickly become one? Because then Martha would practically be your twin. I think I heard that she doesn’t use an iron, either.

    ;) (Definitely thought of you when I was ironing the other day.)

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