spray paint rug

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Let's get to the spray painting shall we...
I was late to the spray paint party. I didn't appreciate the allure and then I made some christmas decorations and caught the spray paint bug. I now want to spray paint everything. That is how I thought outside the box to come up with this project.

I really want to make the laundry area in the garage look like a laundry room. Again, I blame too much time on Pinterest for my desire for a decorated laundry room.  It made it on to my 2013 DIY list of projects so now I am committed.  I wanted to do something to the floor and thought about a duct tape project but you can't wash that so I moved on to spray paint.  One 5x7 canvas drop cloth and some spray paint later this is my new "rug".

On 5x7 canvas drop cloth and a couple rolls of frog tape. I tried the blue brand of tape but it didn't stick to the canvas as well as the frog tape.

I put my sewing supplies to good use and measured from the center of the cloth and made stripes in equal measurements all the way around. I then spent a good amount of time trying to tape off the straightest lines possible.

I picked out my colors of spray paint. The choices were inspired by a Kate Spade box.

And then to the spray painting. I had a little bit of bleeding on some of the lines. Which I later learned is solved by spray painting parallel to cloth and not at an angle. At an angle some paint got under the areas of tape that weren't as secure to the cloth.

I was originally going to leave some of the sections natural but because some of the paint did seep under and bleed I decided to paint all the sections. So back to taping and another roll of frog tape later I was back in the yard painting again.

I of course busted out my graph paper and colored pencils so I could see which colors would look the best.

I think it adds a nice bit of color to my gray garage. We were so proud of our purchase of this washer and dryer when we moved to the 'burbs. Laundry was one our requirements when we left the city and it has been great to have it just off the kitchen.

Also linking up to 52 Mantles and Chic on a Shoestring and Organized 31

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