Thursday, April 24, 2014

{PB-Inspired Welcome Mat}

Hey, y'all!  I'm back from an unintended blogging break--life just got super busy--to share a fun post with y'all.
Stencil an IKEA rug to create a PB Inspired Doormat! #ikeahack www.PitterandGlink.com
Last week I was on spring break.  I was so happy!  On one of my vacation days, I went to visit my sister, and we went to IKEA.  I was in sensory overload because there were so many things to look at.  I wanted to buy pretty much everything!  I ended up buying a couple of big pieces for my living room makeover, and I bought several small items to revamp.  One of the items I bought was this rug.
Stencil an IKEA rug to create a PB Inspired Doormat! #ikeahack pitterandglink.com
It's the SINDAL Door Mat.  It cost me $4.99, which is definitely in my price range!  I had recently seen Pottery Barn's Hello Doormat, and I knew it was the perfect inspiration for my rug revamp.
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I'm sure the PB rug is of a higher quality than the IKEA rug, but it costs ten times what my IKEA rug cost!  The first step in my rug overhaul was taping off a border on the rug and spray painting it.
Stencil an IKEA rug to create a PB Inspired Doormat! #ikeahack pitterandglink.com
I put tape all around the edge of the rug.  Then the width of a ruler from the outer border of tape, I put another border of tape.  I covered the middle of the rug with newspaper.  I then spray painted the border with Valspar's gloss spray paint in Exotic Sea.  It took several coats to get good coverage because of all the nooks and crannies in the rug.  When that dried, I removed the tape and newspaper.
Stencil an IKEA rug to create a PB Inspired Doormat! #ikeahack pitterandglink.com
I used my Silhouette to cut a card stock "Hello" stencil.  I used a font called Respective and made sure to weld all the letters together before cutting the stencil.  I used tape to adhere the stencil to the rug.  I put double stick tape under the small parts of the stencil.  Then I used a stencil brush to dry brush black craft paint on the stencil.
Stencil an IKEA rug to create a PB Inspired Doormat! #ikeahack pitterandglink.com
When I removed the stencil, there were parts of the word that needed to be darkened.  (It's hard to stencil on a woven rug like this.)  I used an Elmer's Painter's pen to remedy this.
Stencil an IKEA rug to create a PB Inspired Doormat! #ikeahack pitterandglink.com
I love how the rug turned out!  It's not exactly like the PB rug, but I like my version of it.
Stencil an IKEA rug to create a PB Inspired Doormat! #ikeahack pitterandglink.com
And what I love most of all is that my rug cost ten times less than the PB rug!
So now I'm curious.  What greeting would you stencil on your doormat?  I'm thinking I'd also love one that says, "Hey, y'all!"  :)

13 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness! This is genius!! Love it girl!!

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  2. I would do my last name! This is so cute.

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  3. I need to make two. Yours turned out lovely. Come share it at my party tomorrow if you like. My readers would love it! Happy Spring. If only I could train my year old dog to wipe his feet! ;) Theresa @DearCreatives

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  4. This is so cute! I actually have this Ikea door mat! I guess now I need to make it cute too :) Thanks for some inspiration!

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  5. This is spectacular! Love the border you put around the edges! Beautiful!

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  6. Looks great! I would love it if you joined and contribute your awesome posts at my link party at City of Creative Dreams on Fridays :D Hope to see you there at City of Creative Dreams Link Party

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  7. My front porch needs a new rug! One like this would be perfect! Great job!

    I would love for you to share your creativity at my Show-Licious Craft & Recipe Party! The party is live now and starts each Saturday morning at 8:00 am EST.

    ~ Ashley

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    1. So excited you share your project with us! ;)

      Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us at Show-Licious Craft & Recipe Party! I hope you will join us again this Saturday at 8:00 am EST!

      ~ Ashley

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  8. I think I'd like...."Come back with a Warrant!"

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  9. Years ago my husband's baby sister gave us a doormat that read, "GO AWAY." We loved it, but it didn't even last a winter!!! This is what I would put on one, LOL!! This is an awesome idea. I spend a lot of time at IKEA, sad but true. I love that IKEA is inexpensive in some ways, but you are quite right that IKEA products can also be enhanced by personal tastes. On another note, I have been visiting a bunch of blog sites since I discovered Hometalk, this is my new favorite!!!!

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  10. So many possibilities ! Yours turned out great . Featuring this when my link party opens up tonight!

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  11. So pretty!! Thanks so much for sharing this with us! I pinned it to the party board! :)

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