We’ve had this old rug, near the kitchen sink that while comfy on the toes is pretty hideous. Over New Year’s while cruising some interior design blogs, I thought of painting this rug with some chevron stripes.

Before and After

Here are the steps I took to get the Chevron look. The rug is a foam pad, nice on the feet, horrible on the eyes.

Rug Before

Step 1

• Two coats of primer. I had some latex acrylic left over from another project

Primer

Step 2

• Two coats of white latex acrylic base paint
• I chose an off-white-ivory color thinking bright white might show too much dirt

White Background Color

Step 3

• Chevron stripes look a little bit like Charlie Brown stripes and achieve the effect, I measured down the center width of the rug, then divided those spaces in half.
• I wanted the stripes to be fairly thick, you could make ’em wider.  So, I worked from the center outwards measuring 6 inches from the center point.
• Using a light pencil mark, I ticked the 6 inch measurements and drew the diagonal stripes to form the Chevron effect
• Finally, I masking taped off the stripes I was going to paint black

Measure twice before masking. This can also be done with a stencil

Step 4

• I painted in the black stripes
• Be sure to allow full drying time, then pull the masking tape off
• I touched up edges with the white paint as well
• I coated the entire rug with a polyethylene sealer

I wanted to see how it was going to look, so I put it by the sink

Finally

The finished rug with Izze posing. He is such a ham!