Diy Zebra Floor Cloth

Creating art underfoot is an easy step by step process and no fancy supplies or skills are required.

Diy zebra floor cloth.

So although i love your zebra rug i will tell you something a bunch of my friends have discovered about floor cloths. Charlotte received her inspiration from the safari zebra rug from ballard designs which. The addition of a floor cloth is a perfect way to transform ordinary flooring into art. Originally made from recycled ships sails they were used to cover dirt or wooden floors in early american homes.

Dunberry hill designs primed floorcloth 4 by 6 inch from 8 per sq. 6 x 9 canvas drop cloth scissors paint primer brushes pencil eraser patience an afternoon lead time. The usually drop cloth size is 9 x 12 giving you enough materials for 2 faux zebra hides step by step. Drop cloth or kraft paper.

We started out using canvas then discovered painting them on the back side of a good grade of vinyl floor covering much easier to work with and you can get cheap remnants at carpet places. How to make floor cloths before you begin set up a work space where you can leave the floor cloth to dry undisturbed for several hours. The end result is a trendy floor covering for a sliver of the catalog price. Paint in gray white and coral pictured.

Diy drop cloth zebra hide rug. Foam paint roller and cover. Our patterns are as simple to reproduce as scattering leaves from your backyard across a surface marking stripes with tape rather than a ruler tracing bowls for circles and painting streaky brushstrokes on a grid. Draw out an zebra hide shape onto drop cloth.

Animal print animal prints ballards ballerd canvas carpet carpets copycat diy drop cloth drop cloths floor cloth floor cloths. Ballard designs tagged with. After yearning for a zebra print rug for her living room charlotte from living well on the cheap decide to save some coin and hand paint her own design on a 9 x 12 canvas dropcloth. Just prime a piece of canvas paint a design and seal it with varnish.

Floor cloths originated in france in the 1400s and were introduced to the american colonies in the early 1700s. She coated the surface with shellac for durability and then freehanded her zebra stripes.