Home Depot is a fantastic store. I love their tutorials and suggestions, they’re always so awesome. I’d like to go in there and buy one of everything. Hey, a girl can dream right? In this tutorial Home Depot shows us how to paint an indoor rug directly on the floor. What a fantastic way to keep from having to deal with rolled up corners and rug stains.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Time: 24-48 hours, including taping, measuring and drying time
Cost: $120
Tools and Materials
- 1 gallon Behr #434 Oil-Based Primer
- 1 gallon Behr Porch & Floor Paint Low Luster Ultra-Pure White, tinted to Home Decorators Collection Crème De Caramel
- 1 gallon Behr Ultra Sandstone Cove
- Roller tray set
- Polypropylene paint tray liner
- 2-inch painter’s tape
- Yardstick
- Tape measure
- Disposable gloves
- Painter’s pole
- Pencil
Step 1
Make sure your floor is clean. Then mark the outside dimensions of your 5-foot x 7-foot rug with a pencil and tape just outside the lines.
Leave the pencil marks exposed so they will be painted over.
Step 2
Prime your floor with Behr #434 Oil-Based Primer. Use a 9-inch roller attached to a painter’s pole to cover the interior of your taped rectangle.
Apply two coats, and wait about two hours between coats.
Step 3
After you have allowed the primer to dry completely, apply your first coat of Behr Porch & Floor Paint (Crème De Caramel); wait four hours and apply your second coat.
Allow this base color to dry for about six hours.
Step 4
Now begin drawing the lines of the stripes. Starting at one end of your rectangle going lengthwise, use a tape measure to mark off every 6 inches to the opposite end. Do this on both sides of the rectangle, and then connect the two marks by drawing a straight line with a yardstick.
Tape off every alternating stripe, leaving the pencil marks exposed inside the area to be painted.
Step 5
Now you can begin painting your stripes using the Behr Ultra Sandstone Cove.
After your first coat, wait four hours, then apply your second coat.
Step 6
Allow the second coat to dry about two hours, then remove the tape. Pull the tape off at a 45-degree angle; this will help the tape break free from the painted edge without pulling up the fresh paint.
Allow 24 hours cure time before putting your new rug to use.
Step 7
The result: a beautiful painted rug as a focal point for your room!
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