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chevron doormat

March 2, 2011 by jessa 18 Comments

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sorry about the bad picture… Anyhoo.. I let it sit and dry for 20 minutes or so, then removed the tape..

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Totally easy. I’m going to make one for the back door too!

 

 

 

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  1. Carolyn Phillips

    March 2, 2011 at 7:43 am

    Looks really good. I’ll be interested to see how well it wears.

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    • jessa

      March 2, 2011 at 9:58 am

      Me too. It’s pretty dry here, so hopefully the lack of moisture helps the paint to stay on.

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  2. Mikalah

    March 2, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    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!

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  3. Brenna

    March 2, 2011 at 2:01 pm

    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.

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  4. Lauren

    March 3, 2011 at 8:47 am

    I love that! I also love chevron so that may be the reason I love this so much but it looks great 🙂

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  5. Nat

    March 3, 2011 at 10:48 am

    This is officially going in my file of things I need to do for our house. I’m stopping by Ikea soon! Great job!

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  6. Ashley

    March 3, 2011 at 11:10 am

    Very cute!

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  7. Tana

    March 3, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    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

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  8. Lindy@ Itsy Bitsy Paper

    March 4, 2011 at 10:21 am

    Wow this is fantastic! I love it and it’s right on trend with the Chevron Rage.
    http://itsybitsypaper.blogspot.com

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  9. Lindy@ Itsy Bitsy Paper

    March 4, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    Hi! I just gave your blog an award. I hope you will stop by and accept it.
    http://itsybitsypaper.blogspot.com

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  10. Kindra

    March 13, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    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!!

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  11. Chris

    March 13, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    This is so clever and cute. I think I’ve just added another project for my list!

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  12. Kindra

    March 15, 2011 at 11:59 am

    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!

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  13. beagoodmom

    March 17, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    Good idea! Would look cute with a Monogram too.

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  14. Kindra

    March 18, 2011 at 10:45 am

    I featured your doormat today on my blog. Please grab an “I’m featured button!

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  15. Britt

    March 28, 2011 at 4:31 am

    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.

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  16. kimberly @ craftyland

    March 28, 2011 at 7:35 am

    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.

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  17. Anu@MyDreamCanvas

    March 31, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    Wow, this looks lovely. Hope to see you at My Dream Canvas.

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