{"id":15709,"date":"2013-02-05T17:58:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T22:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=15709"},"modified":"2015-08-18T16:32:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T21:32:55","slug":"how-we-made-the-rug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=15709","title":{"rendered":"Make This Rug From A Child’s Play Mat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update: \u00a0I have had this rug in my laundry room for three years and it is holding up great!<\/em><\/p>\n

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When Jordan and I overhauled her basement and made a laundry area<\/a>, one of our projects was to make a large and cushiony area rug to add some pop to her painted concrete floor.<\/h3>\n

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She had “pinned” some photos of rugs that started out as these colorful play mats<\/a> for children. \u00a0A package containing four squares can be purchased\u00a0here<\/a> on Amazon or\u00a0at most home improvement stores for a few dollars. \u00a0We bought two packages, and when we got them home, we decided the size by connecting the squares and letting the floor try it on for size. \u00a0A rug two squares wide and three squares long would work. \u00a0We then divided the rug-painting process up into several mini-steps.<\/h3>\n

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She kept telling me it would be simple, but I had my doubts. \u00a0Once again, she was right. \u00a0That’s my girl!!! \u00a0First, we applied several thin coats of basic primer<\/a> and let each coat dry thoroughly before adding another. \u00a0 After the primer dried for a couple of days, we determined how wide we wanted each stripe to be. \u00a0She wanted black on both ends, and our mat was 63 inches long. \u00a0We did the math and decided that there would be nine stripes and each one would be seven inches wide. \u00a0I then used a yard stick and a level to draw lines onto the primed mat using a pencil. \u00a0The nice thing about this is that you can make your stripes any size and color you want.<\/h3>\n

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Then I taped off the sections making sure that I pressed the tape down really well. \u00a0Any leaks could ruin the final result. \u00a0The paint was slightly sticky, so I slowly moved the roller back and forth.<\/h3>\n

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I used a teeny can of Rustoleum latex glossy black paint<\/a>. \u00a0She let it dry for a day and then sprayed \u00a0a clear sealer on top<\/a>. \u00a0Again, she let it cure a few days before stepping on it.<\/h3>\n

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I was most concerned about getting the stripes straight and the math right, and you can see that I succeeded on both counts.<\/h3>\n

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This little project was the perfect way to make her basement floors get some personality. \u00a0Hmmm. \u00a0For some reason I’m hungry for Oreos.<\/h3>\n

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Update: \u00a0I have had this rug in my laundry room for three years and it is holding up great! When Jordan and I overhauled her basement and made a laundry area, one of our projects was to make a large and cushiony area rug to add some pop to her painted concrete floor. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15709"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15709"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28409,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15709\/revisions\/28409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}