Pre-made beautifully designed doormats can be quite pricey, so making your own DIY painted doormat is a brilliant and inexpensive solution to adding a bit of front door style!
You get to come up with your own design and your creations will be truly bespoke and unique to you. It’s really cheap to do and a lovely little fun summer project!
So if you want to learn how to paint your own designed doormat, then keep reading…
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How to Paint a Doormat For Outdoor Use
You Will Need:
- An idea
- Permanent Marker
- Card
- Craft Knife
- Plain Doormat
- Flexible Fabric Spray Paint
1. Create a Design For Your Doormat
This is the fun part, but probably also the hardest. I had loads of different ideas for doormats (I think I’ll definitely be making another!) but you just need one idea that’s easy enough to turn into a stencil.
Remember when designing stencils, that certain letters can be difficult to cut out (‘O’ for example) if not drawn in a certain way. You can of course, go for shapes instead – and your design can be as simple or as complex as you’d like!
I’ve gone for a simple, yet bold and playful ‘hey!’.
2. Draw Your Design onto Card
Firstly, you want to cut a bit of card to the same size at the door mat. This will ensure when you draw out your stencil, it will be in the right position on the doormat.
I’ve used a chunky permanent marker draw my design onto card, as it’s easy to see and colour in.
3. Cut out Your Doormat Stencil
Using a sharp craft knife, simply cut out around the permanent market to create a stencil. You need to take your time on this, as any jagged or rough edges will show up when painting.
4. Apply Spray Paint To Your Doormat
Using a flexible fabric spray paint (I’ve used this one by Rustoleum, which is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use), hold down the stencil against the doormat and spray away.
You don’t want to spray too close or heavily or you may have paint bleed through. I asked Grant to hold down the card nice and firm against the mat whilst I was spraying to make sure this didn’t happen.
You can also weigh the stencil down with objects, if you don’t mind them getting a little covered in paint!
5. Put Your New DIY Painted Doormat to Use!
And you’re done! You can now find a nice little spot for your doormat and put it to use wiping some dirty shoes.
Do you have an old door mat you’d like to decorate? What kind of design would you go for?
*The paint used in this project was kindly provided by Rustoleum.
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