Painted Egeby Rug

[Julie-Ann]

I love this rug. And instead of it being something ridiculously expensive it's affordable. The only catch is you have to paint it yourself. You can do that - right???
Here are the instructions from Pudel Design.

Hello Lovelies, today I will show you my painted carpet.
As you saw it in this post here,
I bought a carpet at IKEA and
found this nice inspiration foto,



than searched for a pattern and found this here...



made a stencil and traced them on the carpet.



Than the crazy part starts
It took me two days to finish this project...



That`s how the carpet looks like after one coat of gray paint (just a little wet), which looks
more blue than gray on the fotos but it is a warm gray tone.



After everything dried I started to paint the spaces in a creamy white.
And that`s how it looks right now after sanding it a little bit.

I think I should give em a coat of clear paint and than sand it again.
But for now I`m pretty happy how it turned out

What do you think?
Do you like my new carpet as much as I do?

You`ve asked many questions.
I wanna answer them.

1. Which size has this rug?
It is 165x230cm or 5,5x7,7inches.

2. Which size has the stencil?
Is is 53x30cm.

3. What paint did you use?
Every one who painted a rug uses latex paint.
Or fabric paint.
I took regular indoor wall paint, nothing special,
It worked really well for me.
It is a soft grey and a milky white color.

4. Why sanding it?
After i applied the last coat, the rug seemed a little stiff, crinkly and rough,
so I put out my little electric sander and gave em a try.
Now the rug is more soften than it was before.
The structure of the rug is now like it was before it was painted.

5. Didn`t the paint get through the rug onto the floor?
Nope, because the rug is sealed at the backside.

6. How does it support traffic, doesn`t it fade out
where people stand or walk?
Can`t report on that, this rug is supposed for my bedroom,
It is not so many traffic around there.

7.How do you clean them? Remove Stains?
Simply vacuuming the rug.
There are no STAINS on my rug!!!

Do you love it?

[thisisme]

Yeah right!

Looks lovely though <3

[dmplus3]

Off the hook! No way I'd be attempting that project, though! Maybe one for Husband...