I went a little crazy yesterday. I took a roller to a rug.
A little backstory... I love a good chevron pattern. I know they are everywhere and I'm probably really late jumping on the bandwagon. But I really think, if used right, they are Be-A-Utiful!
Like this nursery wall
Via House 36 |
and these beautiful drapes
via MidWest Magnolia |
And this fantastic rug
So I figured, why not try it for myself? I have had a berber rug sitting out on my back porch for awhile now. I used it to cover up the ugly floor in our old house. 2 things about it...1- It's plain and ugly. 2- It's GINORMOUS (is that a word?)
Since it is just getting ruined on the back porch, I pulled out a new gallon of paint, roller, and tape. I used this tutorial to paint chevron stripes onto my massive rug.
I don't know that I was fairly warned about how crazy it would be to paint a rug of this size. In the time it took me to paint this rug, I could have painted a very large room and probably used less paint. So take this as your warning :o) It is A LOT harder than painting a wall!
Forgive the large number of acorns, but I couldn't keep them off for more than 2 seconds. At least they weren't falling on your head :)
Once we got it in and I had just enough time to fall in love with it, Hubby the Great decides that he can't look at the floor without thinking Charlie Brown.
Via Wikipedia |
Therefore, my rug that took so painstakingly long is now simply known as the "Charlie Brown Treatment" (and not in that "oh-I-can't-wait-for-the-Halloween-Charlie-Brown-Special-to-come-on-tv tone!)
What do you think? Charlie Brown or beautiful Chevron? I can't decide.
I know what they think :)
I love it! I did a striped one and it turned out okay, but have not been brave enough to tape that pattern.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely beautiful chevron. Though when I tell people about what a chevron is, Charlie Brown is invariably part of the description. Sorry. I am contributing to your dilemma. LOL ~Pepper
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