Diy Zebra Floor Cloth
The usually drop cloth size is 9 x 12 giving you enough materials for 2 faux zebra hides step by step.
Diy zebra floor cloth. 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. She coated the surface with shellac for durability and then freehanded her zebra stripes. Originally made from recycled ships sails they were used to cover dirt or wooden floors in early american homes. 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. What you ll need to make this gorgeous faux zebra hide. This space should be dust free well lit and well ventilated. Draw out an zebra hide shape onto drop cloth.
Paint in gray white and coral pictured. The addition of a floor cloth is a perfect way to transform ordinary flooring into art. So although i love your zebra rug i will tell you something a bunch of my friends have discovered about floor cloths. Ballard designs tagged with.
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. Prehemmed primed canvas floorcloth 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.
Diy drop cloth zebra hide rug. 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. Dunberry hill designs primed floorcloth 4 by 6 inch from 8 per sq. Drop cloth or kraft paper.
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