Diy Zebra Floor Cloth

Drop cloth or kraft paper.

Diy zebra floor cloth. Paint in gray white and coral pictured. 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 usually drop cloth size is 9 x 12 giving you enough materials for 2 faux zebra hides step by step. Ballard designs tagged with.

6 x 9 canvas drop cloth scissors paint primer brushes pencil eraser patience an afternoon lead time. Originally made from recycled ships sails they were used to cover dirt or wooden floors in early american homes. Just prime a piece of canvas paint a design and seal it with varnish. Prehemmed primed canvas floorcloth pictured.

This space should be dust free well lit and well ventilated. 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. 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.

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. Draw out an zebra hide shape onto drop cloth. The end result is a trendy floor covering for a sliver of the catalog price. Creating art underfoot is an easy step by step process and no fancy supplies or skills are required.

Floor cloths originated in france in the 1400s and were introduced to the american colonies in the early 1700s. Charlotte received her inspiration from the safari zebra rug from ballard designs which. So although i love your zebra rug i will tell you something a bunch of my friends have discovered about floor cloths. Diy drop cloth zebra hide rug.

The addition of a floor cloth is a perfect way to transform ordinary flooring into art. What you ll need to make this gorgeous faux zebra hide.