How to Paint a Rug [with #KrylonXTiffany Pratt]

Don’t nosotros all bring an former carpet inwards a cupboard somewhere?! One that nosotros didn’t genuinely experience similar nosotros should throw away, but it’s nevertheless a chip yesteryear it’s prime? I bring a few! lol. Have yous ever thought virtually paradigm those former rugs?! Sound crazy? I know, but I did it! And it was genuinely pretty easy. If I’m honest, I was shocked yesteryear how much I liked it inwards the end. Let me demo yous how to easily pigment a rug.

*This postal service is sponsored yesteryear Krylon. As always, opinions are 100% my own. For to a greater extent than information, run into my disclosure page.*

When Krylon too Tiffany Pratt asked me to participate inwards a spray pigment challenge I JUMPED on board! I mean, it’s Tiffany Pratt! If yous don’t know who she is, she’s a Canadian designer too coloring genius. Plus, she’s merely teamed upward amongst Krylon to practice a novel trace of beautiful spray pigment colours (^^above^^)! Do I desire to participate? I certain do!

When they told me they were sending me a carpet to transform, I assumed it would live a evidently white or cream rug. I had so many swell ideas! Painted patterns. Colourful designs amongst lots of white negative infinite that would nevertheless lucifer my aesthetic. But too thus this striped pinkish carpet arrived too my jaw dropped. I couldn’t bring started amongst a carpet farther from my style. Pink strips? All my beautiful plans went out the window. I literally took out roughly crayons too started colouring novel designs.

The affair is though… most of the rugs nosotros would pigment over, would commencement amongst designs that nosotros don’t similar anymore, or are faded or outdated. Starting amongst a carpet I didn’t just beloved made for an fifty-fifty bigger transformation!

Here’s How You Can Paint a Rug:

Start yesteryear choosing a few swell colours. I know you’ll live inspired yesteryear the Tiffany Pratt coloring line! It’s beautiful too vibrant! I chose the Premium Metallic Plum Purple, Chalky Finish Waterfall, too Chalky Finish Ultramarine.

Next occupation roughly painters record to map out your design, remembering that the occupation showing, volition live the occupation of the carpet that gets painted. I used Frog Tape to practice the overnice construct clean lines, too and thus roughly other thicker painters record to encompass upward the balance of the carpet quickly.

Paint away! I did 2 quick coats. The pigment dries fairly apace too, thus yous don’t bring to worry virtually waiting also long betwixt coats.

Remove all of the record inwards betwixt steps thus that yous tin record off sections for your adjacent coloring of spray paint.

Ok… thus the taping task for my forthwith lines isn’t also pretty… lol. I didn’t desire to waste materials a bunch of record thus I started taping plastic bags on instead. It does the same job! Once all of the lines are ready, pigment amongst your minute colour.

Then practice ane concluding record too pigment amongst your 3rd colour! When I removed all of my tape, my carpet looked a footling something similar this…

Isn’t that a crazy transformation?! I actually like the carpet now! lol. My abode nevertheless doesn’t boast a lot of pink, thus I knew that this gal was going to terminate upward inwards our daughter’s bedroom.

What practice yous think? Would yous spray pigment an former rug?? Have yous done it before?

If yous similar using Spray Paint, hither are a couplet of quick too slow upcycling projects yous tin do! 

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