DIY: Argyle Rug

I've been seeing all these amazing, hand-painted rugs on Pintrest lately, so decided to give it a try.  (it was super easy and totally worth it!!!)

This was my regular, boring, old, hall rug.  

It's your basic, flat woven, sisal rug from Pier 1.

I used chalk and a large ruler to trace the diamond shapes onto the rug.

Then taped them with painters tape. 

I used your basic flat, interior, latex paint from Home Depot (the small can) and had it tinted to the color that I wanted.  I also bought a couple cheap paint brushes.  The rug seemed to absorb quite a bit of paint, so it helped to "dab" it with the brush rather than "paint" it on.

The painters tape worked really well.  I was super impressed with the sharp lines.

I let the diamonds dry over night before starting on the contrasting argyle lines.

For the lines I also used basic latex paint, but this time I actually bought the little sample jar of Behr paint from Home Depot.  I also let the contrasting line dry over night before doing the second line.

See!  That was easy, huh?  I LOVE the way it turned out!

I still can't believe how easy (and cheap) this was to do!  For those of you who are wondering, it does feel a little funny to walk on (a little stiff in the painted area), but not bad.  It's been painted for a couple weeks now and seems to be holding up well to dogs, kids, shoes and vacuuming.

This was super fun and so easy!  The possibilities are endless.  It would be a great way to transform any flat-weave rug....I already have plans for our bedroom rug......