Diy Painted Floor Cloths

The pieces below are from students at my class this week.

Diy painted floor cloths.

Floor cloths have a thick polyurethane finish applied over several coats of paint which strengthens the surface yet keeps it flexible. This diy is fun easy and a very inexpensive way to cover your floors. What made this floor cloth so easy to create was keeping the design to two colors. How to paint a floor cloth.

Floor cloths originated in france in the 1400s and were introduced to the american colonies in the early 1700s. Buy a piece of 6 x 9 linoleum from the hardware store flooring section note. It s amazing to me that a simple piece of canvas cloth can become something so beautiful. Patterns including diamonds squares and cubes were hand painted or stenciled frequently by the lady of the house.

Originally made from recycled ships sails they were used to cover dirt or wooden floors in early american homes. Bathroom makeover day 17. But this time i made sure to select a vinyl floor remnant that was perfectly smooth on back. Technically one color as i used the natural canvas as one of the colors.

If you need a bigger rug you can always have a piece cut off the roll but it will be slightly more expensive. It went so much faster than the large multi color floor cloth i painted 3 or 4 years ago that is currently in storage. Diy painted floor cloths are an incredible way to bring color and artistic touches to your home or apartment.