Diy Painted Floor Cloths

If you need a bigger rug you can always have a piece cut off the roll but it will be slightly more expensive.

Diy painted floor cloths.

Floor cloths originated in france in the 1400s and were introduced to the american colonies in the early 1700s. That simplified the process immensely. What made this floor cloth so easy to create was keeping the design to two colors. Originally made from recycled ships sails they were used to cover dirt or wooden floors in early american homes.

Floral hand painted floor cloth march 6 2013 at 10 14 am essentially used the same method that i used to make this floor cloth for my kitchen. Patterns including diamonds squares and cubes were hand painted or stenciled frequently by the lady of the house. It s amazing to me that a simple piece of canvas cloth can become something so beautiful. But this time i made sure to select a vinyl floor remnant that was perfectly smooth on back.

This diy is fun easy and a very inexpensive way to cover your floors. The pieces below are from students at my class this week. It went so much faster than the large multi color floor cloth i painted 3 or 4 years ago that is currently in storage. How to paint a floor cloth.

Technically one color as i used the natural canvas as one of the colors. The same basic steps are used in every project. Bathroom makeover day 17.