Up until yesterday, I still had my holiday doormat outside the front door. And by holiday, I mean Christmas. I know, right. It’s March. Doormats are a weird thing. They can be cheesy or boring, and the ones that are somewhat cool can be expensive. I came across this tutorial at Krylon, and I was determined to paint my own. I went to Lowe’s, Target, Ace Hardware amongst other places looking for a doormat that didn’t have a design painted on already. You would think that’d be easy. I finally came across one at Ikea yesterday. It isn’t quite what I was looking for, but it was plain and at $4.99 I could afford to mess up. I see chevron patterns everywhere right now and I figured it would be a somewhat simple design to tape. I found a good pattern at Sunset Magazine.
Supplies:
- 2 inch wide masking tape
- chevron pattern
- scissors
- 1 can white spray paint
I cut out the thin white part of the chevron pattern to use as my guide for taping.
The taping took a good part of an hour, trying to get everything lined up as best as I could. Once finished, I took it outside to paint.
I then set to spray painting..wearing my mask, of course. It took three coats of spray paint with at least 20-30 minutes in between until it looked finished.
Sorry about the bad picture… Anyhoo.. I let it sit and dry for 20 minutes or so, then removed the tape..
Totally easy. I’m going to make one for the back door too!
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Looks really good. I’ll be interested to see how well it wears.
Me too. It’s pretty dry here, so hopefully the lack of moisture helps the paint to stay on.
That turned out so well! It’s good you were patient with the taping, it definitely paid off. I have been thinking about painting a chevron pattern on one of my rugs too, so it’s fun to see how it looks!
Cute and easy- I love it! You and I must be on the same wavelength, ‘cuz I just bought a new doormat last week. I found one made from recycled flip flops.
I love that! I also love chevron so that may be the reason I love this so much but it looks great 🙂
This is officially going in my file of things I need to do for our house. I’m stopping by Ikea soon! Great job!
Very cute!
i absolutely love this. thank you thank you.
I am looking for a chevron runner for my kitchen redo and I now see i can do this on a sisal runner. it looks amazing!!
Tana
Wow this is fantastic! I love it and it’s right on trend with the Chevron Rage.
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I love this project! I stumbled upon your blog while blog hopping. I have a linky party on Tuesdays and it’s for projects made for $10 or less called Terrific Under Ten Tuesday. I would love for you to submit your fabulous door mat this week!!
This is so clever and cute. I think I’ve just added another project for my list!
Thanks so much for linking up to Terrific Under Ten today! I really appreciate it. I’m making over a door mat this week as well. 🙂 I love the way you personalized this plain mat!
Good idea! Would look cute with a Monogram too.
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Love it! I have been wanting to make a chevron rug but was intimidated by all the measuring and taping. Love your idea of cutting out a pattern and using that as your measurement.
that is so so so fun! i was just thinking about how my doormat has seen better days. we left it out all winter and now the design is totally faded. i could breathe some new life into it.
stopping by from the Centsational Girl spring party!
kimberly.
Wow, this looks lovely. Hope to see you at My Dream Canvas.